The authors used the RAND Dynamic Retention Model to determine the most cost-effective way to increase the force size of the uniformed mental health provider workforce; specifically, accessing more providers or retaining more providers. The authors a...Lasīt vairāk
This report presents results of an effort to determine how the U.S. Army might modernize special and incentive pays to better reward Army aviators career advancement while cost-effectively achieving retention objectives. The...Lasīt vairāk
This report presents an analysis of the implications of flexible spending accounts for active-duty service members and their families that would allow pre-tax payment of dependent care expenses, insurance premiums, and out-of-pocket medical...Lasīt vairāk
Given the importance of the civilian workforce to the U.S. Department of Defenses (DoDs) cyber mission, it is imperative to understand how pay, promotion, and retention have varied over time. After establishing that personnel outcomes vary acros...Lasīt vairāk
In this report, the authors evaluate four hypothetical alternative U.S. Department of Defense disability compensation approaches that would support a simpler disability evaluation process by reducing reliance on disability ratings....Lasīt vairāk
The authors study how many service members and veterans experience recoupment or withholding of U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs compensation due to receipt of military separation pay and how much more money they would receive but for rec...Lasīt vairāk
In this report, the authors consider the feasibility and advisability of paying eligible part-time members of the reserve component the same full monthly rate of special and incentive pays that full-time active component members receive....Lasīt vairāk
This report documents research and analysis whose purpose was to help the Army determine how to best increase incentives for higher performance among enlisted members and to more efficiently achieve Army retention objectives....Lasīt vairāk
This report assesses the effects of the Blended Retirement System on military retention and continuation pay cost for the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy and finds that retention can be sustained relative to the legac...Lasīt vairāk
Comparing military pay with civilian pay, the authors find that military pay in 2017 was above the 70th percentile of civilian pay. It was at the 85th percentile for enlisted personnel and the 77th percentile for officers. ...Lasīt vairāk
In support of the Thirteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, this report provides analysis and recommendations on setting the level of military pay and the annual adjustment to military pay....Lasīt vairāk
In support of the Thirteenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, the authors of this report assess the advantages and drawbacks of a using a table based on time in grade, rather than time in service, to set military pay....Lasīt vairāk
The authors develop a capability to calculate the efficient amount of special and incentive pays for Air Force career enlisted aviators (CEAs). They also estimate the trade-offs between retaining CEAs and increasing accessions for a given fo...Lasīt vairāk
In this report, RAND researchers examine the Defense Department’s methodology for awarding hostile fire pay and imminent danger pay and explore whether a different approach might be more effective....Lasīt vairāk
Analysis of the new Blended Retirement System (BRS) finds that it can sustain U.S. Army Reserve participation relative to the legacy system. The analysis also predicts continuation-pay cost and the percentage of reservists opting in to the BRS....Lasīt vairāk
Are special and incentive pays to retain current U.S. Air Force pilot officers more efficient for sustaining the size of the pilot force than accessing new pilots? If so, how much do those pays need to be?...Lasīt vairāk
This report focuses on the effectiveness of monetary incentives, known as special and incentive pays, for U.S. Special Operations Forces commissioned officer retention....Lasīt vairāk
Special and incentive (S&I) pays allow the Department of Defense to address temporary personnel fluctuations, persistent differences between external pay and regular military compensation, personnel requirements for retention, and variations in exter...Lasīt vairāk
RAND researchers compared military and civilian pay for 2016, following up on comparisons for 2009 and 1999, and assessed how recruit quality changed as military pay rose relative to civilian pay after 1999....Lasīt vairāk
