Accession Number:

ADA188870

Title:

An Analysis of the United States Naval Reserve Budget Growth.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA

Personal Author(s):

• Hough, David E.

Report Date:

1987-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

64.0

Abstract:

This thesis analyzes the Naval Reserve budget during the period FYs 1970-1987 and compares the Naval Reserve budget growth to the active Navy budget growth during the same period. By performing descriptive data analysis on the total budget authority of both the active and reserve Navy during the period under study, the data indicates that the Naval Reserve has received its fair share of the active budget during the majority of the years of the study. The Naval Reserves share of the active Navy budget is justified due to the tremendous growth of personnel and missions in the Naval Reserve during the period. The growth of the Naval Reserve budget appears to have been affected more by the defense buildup of the Reagan administration than by the formulation of the Total Force concept in 1970 for the Guard and Reserves. The yearly changes of the Naval Reserve budget are primarily incremental, which indicates the Naval Reserve is an agency with an established budgetary base.

Descriptors:

• *NAVAL BUDGETS
• ACTIVE DUTY
• DATA PROCESSING
• GROWTH(GENERAL)
• MILITARY RESERVES
• NAVAL PERSONNEL
• PERSONNEL
• NAVAL PERSONNEL

Subject Categories:

• Administration and Management
• Economics and Cost Analysis

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE