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                 U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                        WASHINGTON, D.C.                 LM116873


                                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                      Expected at 10:00 a.m.
                                      Thursday, November 19, 1981


                          STATEMENT OF

                      DR. KENNETH J. COFFEY
                  ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR (MILITARY)
           FEDERAL PERSONNEL AND COMPENSATION DIVISION

                           BEFORE THE

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON MANPOWER AND PERSONNEL
               SENATE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

                               ON
                 THE USE OF MONETARY RECRUITMENT
                    AND RETENTION INCENTIVES                116873


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We aooreciate the opportunity to appear before you again today

to discuss a most pressing problem facing the military services;

that of how to best use monetary incentives to attract and keep

sufficient numbers of quality people to man the force. We believe

that in addressing this problem the two basic questions that need

to be asked are: What are the most reasonable cost-effective means

of achieving the military manpower objectives? And, do military

managers have the necessary tools to achieve this overriding goal?

     There are obviously many nonmonetary, quality-of-life

factors--such as the necessity for frequent changes in location,

family separations, and long work hours--which are, to a greater

or lesser extent, within the services' ability to control and

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