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Title: | Strategic Warfighting Readiness: Evaluating the Navy Reserve Cross-Assignment Program |
Authors: | Joshua Neal |
Keywords: | Cross-Assignment Manpower Chief of Navy Reserve Navy Reserve Augmentation Unit Cross-Assigned Out Cross-Assigned In Reserve Force Management Tool |
Issue Date: | 12-Jan-2024 |
Publisher: | Acquisition Research Program |
Citation: | Published--Unlimited Distribution |
Series/Report no.: | Cost Estimation;NPS-CE-23-258 |
Abstract: | The Navy Reserves augment the active duty with sailors who live away from fleet concentration areas. Thus, they must travel to provide support. Reservists bring civilian expertise that is specific to mission areas of their supported units. To get the right sailors with the right skills to the right command at the right time, this study develops a tool seeking to optimize the cost efficiency of personnel-billet assignments within a defined budget, without sacrificing their readiness. Using a tailored mixed-method approach, this research focuses on the reserve travel component and a series of qualitative matching scales. This thesis develops a prototype to increase qualitative matches between reserve personnel and their billets while also reducing travel costs. The prototype is based on a specific community of officers, and this study finds that optimal personnel-billet matches’ value can be sustained for this community, but for 64 percent of the original cost. Future researchers can apply this prototype and alter the matching scales to the specific needs of each community. Ultimately, the prototype developed in this study seeks to maximize cost-effective use of the reserve labor supply, and ensures reservists bring the critical skills and experience to our strategic warfighting readiness, aligned with the vision of the Chief of Navy Reserve. |
Description: | Cost Estimation / Graduate Student Research |
URI: | https://dair.nps.edu/handle/123456789/5045 |
Appears in Collections: | NPS Graduate Student Theses & Reports |
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NPS-CE-23-258.pdf | Student Thesis | 1.62 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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