Enclosed are first 38 pages of Report of the Us. Defense Advisory Committee on professional and technical compensation, Volume 1. (UC 74 A4 1957) This is known as the Cordiner Report. It is important in NCO history since the committee, in 1957,...
There is a pending crisis in the US Army that has received little attention, but that is having a critical effect on the military and its ability to continue its high current operational tempo. The pending crisis is a shortage of US Army field...
After setting on the shelf for 39 years, the first activation of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) program was a tremendous success. However, CRAF participants raised some significant issues such as lost revenue and government support during...
Senior noncommissioned officers are the frontline defense for this nation. They are the leaders that make things happen, without them no operation is carried out. In the Army a Command Sergeant Major will generally hold an 05 billet, yet is paid...
This handbook on Belgium from Civil Affairs details the following subjects regarding labor and economic background: employment conditions, employment agencies, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and labor policies, labor...
The military enlists citizens to be Soldiers. Upon doing so, Soldiers relinquish certain rights as a citizen as they take oath to voluntarily serve. At which point does one draw the line on the loss of rights? Over 50 years ago, the U.S. government...
Today, personnel protecting equipment and state-to-the-art medical support are saving more Soldiers’ life as better-than-ever. As a result the wounded to dead ratio increased in the same proportion and is for the Operation Iraqi Freedom at 7 to...
This study attempts to identify and analyze the economic aspects of military unionization. The research effort considers the literature on unionism, the evolution of foreign military unions, the evolution of U.S. federal government employees'...
I have not served in combat. Is it ethical for me to participate in the Army Referral System-Sergeant Major of the Army Recruiting Team referral bonus program? I know that each of us who serve is subject to conditions of grave danger. It is a...
The United States Army medical system is currently facing some of its biggest medical concerns it has ever faced in over forty years. The ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are producing a high rate of injuries to our Soldiers. We will examine...
I have not served in combat. Is it ethical for me to participate in the Army Referral System-Sergeant Major of the Army Recruiting Team referral bonus program? I know that each of us who serve is subject to conditions of grave danger. It is a...
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) allows state courts to treat military retirement pay as property for possible division in matters of divorce. The problem is that several military and veterans’ organizations...
The military retirement system is designed to allow the services to encourage the right amount of skilled professional service members to serve in the military. The U.S. Army's early retirement program is a temporary one designed to allow some...
The 1992 Defense Authorization Act directed the Army to adopt a policy of hiring and maintaining a greater number of civilians on the faculty at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. Currently and historically, the...
This monograph examines the reason for supervision failures in the U.S. Army. History has shown that proper supervision is important to success and that lack of proper supervision often is the cause of failure. This monograph uses examples from the...
In 2009, conflict, violence and the fear of governmental persecution caused over forty-three million people worldwide, equivalent to the population of Canada, to leave their homes and seek safety elsewhere. Twenty-seven million displaced within...
The purpose of this study is to discover the various cases on Aviation laws which have been decided in the courts of last resort of the various jurisdictions of the United States and other countries, and classify them under the general...