Accession Number:

AD1182927

Title:

Military Personnel Issues: Managing and Compensating the Armed Forces

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Study/Analysis]

Corporate Author:

GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Gould, Clifford I
• Coffey, Kenneth J.

Report Date:

1982-10-12

Pagination or Media Count:

30

Abstract:

Military personnel issues will continue to receive considerable interest in the 1980s as a consequence of the Administrations effort to expand and modernize the Armed Forces. Budget outlays for military pay and benefits in fiscal year 1982 are expected to approach 59 billion or over 31 percent of the total national defense budget. Related costs will increase these expenditures significantly. This study covers the issues and problems relating to the management and compensation of the U.S. Armed Forces and the views of GAO in organizing its audit efforts in this area.

Descriptors:

• personnel management
• enlisted personnel
• national security
• air force
• employment
• military personnel
• living standards
• recruiting
• business administration
• congress
• management personnel
• manpower utilization
• department of defense
• manpower
• organizational structure
• recruits
• standards

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations
• Personnel Management and Labor Relations

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]