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How Have Deployments During the War on Terrorism Affected Reenlistment?
The military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have placed considerable strain on service members, particularly those in the Army and Marine Corps. This research responds to widespread concern about the ability of the services to maintain required force levels under these circumstances. The research reviews deployment trends, develops a theoretical model, and analyzes both survey and administrative data. Survey data findings show that deployment increased both work and personal stress and reduced the intention to reenlist as reported at the time of the survey, but it had little effect on subsequent reenlistment. Administrative data showed how the effect of deployment varied by year and differed between first- and second-term reenlistment for each branch of service. The effect of deployment on reenlistment was positive or near zero in most years but became negative for the Army in 2006 and 2007. Analysis traced the negative effect to those soldiers with the highest cumulative months of deployment, whereas soldiers with few months of deployment had a positive effect. Findings for the Marine Corps were similar, but with shorter deployments, fewer Marines accumulated high cumulative months of deployment. The research also considered the roles of deployment pay and reenlistment bonuses in supporting overall reenlistment, which was especially important for the Army, in which the effect of deployment became negative.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
Background and Review of Selected Literature
Chapter Three:
Modeling Deployment and Reenlistment
Chapter Four:
Data Sources and Analysis Samples
Chapter Five:
Econometric Model
Chapter Six:
Empirical Results Using Survey Data
Chapter Seven:
Empirical Results Using Administrative Data
Chapter Eight:
The Role of Reenlistment Bonuses in Sustaining Retention
Chapter Nine:
Conclusion
Appendix A:
A Model of Reenlistment Bonus Setting
Appendix B:
relationship Between Bias in Estimated Bonus Effect and Estimated Deployment Effect
Appendix C:
Additional Regression Results
Appendix D:
Comparison with Hansen and Eenger's Navy Pay Elasticity
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