Contents: U.S. Army -- Total Force Overview and General Purpose Force Manpower Requirements Issues; U.S. Navy -- Total Force Overview and Purpose Force Manpower Requirements Issues; U.S. Marine Corps -- Total Force Overview and General Purpose force Manpower Requirements Issues; U.S. Air Force -- Total Force Overview and General Purpose Force Manpower Requirements Issues; Overview of the Reserve Components; Selected Reserve Issues; Full-Time Personnel Support for the Reserve Components; Individual Reserves; U.S. and Soviet Combat-to-Support Ratios; Support Forces; and Alternatives to Manpower.
Contents: The Historical Context of the Evolution of Current Manpower Policies; Department of Defense Manpower, FY64-FY77: The Components of Change; The Internal Management System for Department of Defense Manpower; The External management System for Department of Defense Manpower; Manpower budgeting within the Department of Defense; Comparative costs of defense manpower; and Lessons Learned; The Mechanics of Establishing, Operating and Closing out a Temporary Commission.
Contents: The Defense Officer Personnel Management System (DOPMS); Reserve Component Officer Career Force Grade Authorization; Pre-Commissioning Programs; The Uniformed services University of the Health Sciences and Alternative methods of Procuring and Retaining Military Physicians; Professional Military Education; Professional Military Education for the Reserve Components; Officer Graduate Education; Funding of Education Programs; Flight Training; Overseas Rotation and Tour Lengths; Minority Participation in the Department of Defense; Women in the Defense Establishment; The Development and Utilization of women in the Department of Defense; The role of the DOD Civilian in the Total Force Structure; Limitations on Managers Brought about by Restrictions of the Civil Service System; The Air Force Institute of Technology and the Naval Postgraduate School; The G.I. Bill today; and The Career Force of the Future.
Contents: Recruitment in the Armed Forces; Job Selection Standards in the Armed Forces; The Recruit Screening Process in the Armed Forces; Representational Policy in the U.S. Armed Forces; The Impact of Socio-Economic Composition in the All Volunteer Force; Prospects for Sustaining the Peacetime All Volunteer Force; Standby Draft Capabilities; The Cost of the All Volunteer Force and Total Force Mobilization; Possible Improvements in Accessions Aptitude Testing and Selection in the Military Services; Econometric Analyses of Enlistment Behavior; and Influence of Demographic and Aptitude Factors on Turnover and Job Performance of Enlisted Military Personnel.