This personnel research report basically represents a consolidation of three research working papers designed to enumerate the quantitative Navy manpower requirements for various proposed candidate configurations of a new Hydrographic Survey Ship System (AGS). Included is a description of the various AGS candidate proposals and a breakdown of the…

Describes the various educational programs offered to military personnel. (HS)

This sample survey of military personnel, as of February 1971, provides the following data: Total Enlisted Men by Grade; Regular Army Enlisted Men by Grade; and Other Than Regular Army Enlisted Men by Grade. (Author/DB)

Negative aspects concerning military career and service life can have widespread effects in many aspects of the military personnel system. Areas of irritants in the military service discussed, involving Australia, Canada, U.K., and the U.S., are the following: negative aspects of service life, sources of job satisfaction in the military service,…

The objective of the basic level NCOES is to prepare selected enlisted personnel in grade E-4 and E-5 to perform duties as noncommissioned officers in grades E-5 and E-6. The major difficulty with the present program is an effective procurement system. HQ CONARC has placed great emphasis on the program and has recognized and addressed many problem…

This document is one of a series of manuals designed to provide enlisted men with background information that will be useful in preparing for advancement in rating and necessary in the proper performance of their duties. The manual serves as an aid for enlisted men who are preparing for advancement to Gunner's Mate Missles 1 and C and covers the…

This report covers 5 regional seminars designed to increase the Veterans Administration understanding of Vietnam Era veterans. The process used was one of involvement and interaction of Veterans Administration officials with returning Vietnam Era veterans and other young people. After the traditional introductions and keynote remarks, there was a…

The document presents a forecast model of the future Air Force applicant pool. By forecasting applicants' quality (means and standard deviations of aptitude scores) and quantity (total number of applicants), a potential enlistee could be compared to the forecasted pool. The data used to develop the model consisted of means, standard deviation, and…

This report is an attempt to add to the existing information about cannabis use, its correlates, and its effects. The sample population consisted of self-admitted abusers of various drugs, identified shortly after entering the Air Force. The subjects (N=4688) were located through the Drug Control Office at Lackland Air Force Base. Variables…

A soldier's occupation is a very stressful one, especially for junior enlisted soldiers who have little control over their highly-regimented work lives. This prospective study examined the relationship between soldier occupational stress and health and well-being 8 to 10 months later. Through an ongoing, longitudinal study of attitudes, health,…

A quality comparison of enlistees under the draft lottery system and enlistees under the all-volunteer force policy is made from data obtained in the Monterey Peninsula, California area of the Eighth Naval Recruiting District. The results indicate that no significant change in quality has occurred during the first four months of the All-Volunteer…

The research objectives were to describe the tactics and techniques used by soldiers recognized as expert mine and boobytrap detectors and to discover the psychological, background, and Army experience contributing to their expertise. The study participants were those individuals named by peers and superiors as expert. The 78 men were given…

As part of a program to evaluate noncognitive tests for use in identifying enlisted men most likely to remain in the Navy, the Navy Vocational Interest Inventory (NVII) was analyzed for its ability to predict career motivation. The NVII was administered experimentally to incoming students at seven "A" schools varying widely in…

Describes the Junior Leaders Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Bramcote, England and their program for sixteen year old boys. (GB)

Questionnaire data were obtained from 149 enlisted men in the U.S. Navy. The job scope (JS)-satisfaction with the work itself (SWI) relationship was examined for the study's total sample and for subsamples created by grouping individuals on the basis of belief in the Protestant Ethic (PE). PE did not moderate the JS-SWI relationship. (Author)