Preface |
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Summary |
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Acknowledgments |
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Abbreviations |
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Current Guidelines for Managing Active-Duty Officers |
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New Flexibilities in Officer Personnel Management |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (2) |
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Organization of This Report |
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7 | (1) |
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2 Sections 501 and 502: Allowing Older Accessions and Enhancing Constructive Credit |
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The Potential Impact of Using Section 501 and 502 Flexibilities |
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Officer Perspectives on the Potential Usefulness of Sections 501 and 502 |
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12 | (4) |
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16 | (1) |
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3 Section 504: Adjusting Promotion Lists Based on Merit |
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17 | (11) |
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The Potential Impact of Merit-Based Promotions on Promotion Timing |
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17 | (6) |
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The Impact of Merit-Based Promotions on Pilots |
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23 | (2) |
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Officer Perspectives on the Potential Usefulness of Section 504 |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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4 Section 505: Authority for Officers to Opt Out of Promotion Board Consideration |
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Insights from Historical Promotion Data |
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Perspectives on the Potential Usefulness of Section 505 |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (1) |
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5 Section 507 and Related Considerations: Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories |
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37 | (13) |
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Modeling the Potential Consequences of Increasing the Number of Competitive Categories |
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38 | (5) |
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Introducing a Separate Category for Lateral Entries |
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43 | (1) |
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Officer Perspectives on the Potential Usefulness of Competitive Categories and Section 507 |
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44 | (5) |
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49 | (1) |
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6 Summary and Conclusions |
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50 | (4) |
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Sections 501 and 502: Allowing Older Accessions and Enhancing Constructive Credit |
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50 | (1) |
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Section 504: Adjusting Promotion Lists Based on Merit |
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51 | (1) |
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Section 505: Authority for Officers to Opt Out of Promotion Board Consideration |
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51 | (1) |
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Section 507: Alternative Promotion Authority for Officers in Designated Competitive Categories |
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52 | (1) |
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Appendix A Increasing Opportunities for Cross-Flow |
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Appendix B Assessing the Supply of Potential Lateral-Entry Candidates |
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Appendix C Military Career Model and Baseline Simulations |
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Appendix D Additional Officer Interview Comments |
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Appendix E Interview Approach and Protocol |
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References |
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