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Author Yardley, Roland J., author.

Title General military training : standardization and reduction options / Roland J. Yardley, Dulani Woods, Cesse Cameron Ip, Jerry M. Sollinger
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2012
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 100 pages) : color illustrations
Series Technical report
Technical report (Rand Corporation)
Contents Introduction -- Defining general military training and establishing general military training baseline topics -- Summary of service approaches to general military training -- Why general military training is a challenge -- What options exist to standardize requirements for general military training and reduce its burden? -- Conclusions and recommendations
Summary Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
Notes "National Defense Research Institute."
"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100)
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed January 4, 2013)
Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Vocational guidance
SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense fast
Subject Armed Forces -- Training of
Military education -- United States.
Military readiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Armed Forces -- Operational readiness
Armed Forces -- Vocational guidance
Military education
Military readiness
Vocational guidance
SUBJECT United States -- Armed Forces -- Vocational guidance. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139903
United States -- Armed Forces -- Operational readiness. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139864
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Rand Corporation.
National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
ISBN 9780833083210
083308321X