Manpower For A 600 Ship Navy PDF Download

Three major events in the past two decades have shaped the course of U.S. Navy manpower: the conflict in Vietnam, the transition from military conscription to the All-Volunteer Force, and the rebuilding of the Navy into a modern 600-ship force. This book traces the trends and issues in Navy manpower during the tours of the six chiefs of naval operations who guided the uniformed Navy over this historic period. The analyses of these trends and issues by the Center for Naval Analyses are described, from which lessons are drawn that apply when searching for solutions to future manpower problems. Ways to identify and define manpower problems in the future are also presented. A glossary of terms that have special meaning in both naval and broader manpower circles is provided. Manpower is a term with many meanings. It is associated with such things as labor-force measurement, matching the supply of people with the jobs available, government training programs, civilian staffing requirements, military manning requirements, personnel management, statistics, labor economics, organizational behavior, and manpower planning. In the broadest sense, the term manpower encompasses the requirements for human resources, the supply of human resources, and ways to reconcile requirements and supply to achieve organizational goals. It subsumes the personnel and training functions necessary to manage human resources.