"Always an Airman": Enhancing the USAF Reserve's Continuum of Service

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Abstract:

The momentum to strengthen the Continuum of Service concept within the Department of Defense and the services has steadily increased over the last 10 years. Varying programs, initiatives, and processes have been created by each of the services with the intent of easing a military members transition through the different active, reserve, and civilian duty statuses. The U.S. Air Force and U.S. Air Force Reserve have made great progress towards that end. Major initiatives involving the consolidation of personnel and pay systems within the U.S. Air Force, as well as the creation of websites that provide additional information regarding this concept are currently underway. There are additional opportunities that could advance the USAF Reserves CoS effort even further. The intent of this strategic research paper is to do just that identify programs, processes, concepts, or modifications of current policy that could potentially improve the current USAF Reserve CoS effort. This will be accomplished by analyzing the following 1 past USAF and USAF Reserve CoS initiatives 2 CoS initiatives currently employed by the United States Army, United States Navy, and United States Marine Corps that could be incorporated into the USAF Reserve CoS 3 programs from other foreign military organizations that manage CoS-type personnel systems and 4 human resource programs at select corporations and companies in the private sector that utilize a CoS-type concept to manage their full-time and part-time work forces.

Author(s):
Cronce, Christopher
Author Organization(s):
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Descriptive Note:
Research paper
Supplementary Note:
Strategy Research Project.
Pagination:
0038

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
USAWC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.1_Force Management; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.2.3_Share Knowledge and Situational Awareness; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.2.3_Core Enterprise Services; JCA_8.1.1_Inform Domestic and Foreign Audiences; JCA_8.1_Communicate
Communities of Interest:
Human Systems
Descriptor(s):
*AIR FORCE, *CAREERS, *MILITARY RESERVES, *PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT, *POLICIES, *TRANSITIONS, ACTIVE DUTY, ARMY, CORPORATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, MARINE CORPS, MILITARY FORCES(FOREIGN), MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY, PERSONNEL RETENTION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Personnel Management and Labor Relations, Military Forces and Organizations
Keyword(s):
*UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESERVE, *CONTINUUM OF SERVICE, *ACTIVE COMPONENT, *RESERVE COMPONENT, *CIVIL SERVICE, FULL TIME WORK, PART TIME WORK, 3 1 INITIATIVE, INDIVIDUAL READY RESERVE, TRADITIONAL RESERVIST, AIRMEN, CAREER LIFE CYCLE, TOTAL FORCE, MENTORSHIP, DELOITTE LLP, MASS CAREER CUSTOMIZATION MODEL
Report Date:
2012 Feb 09
Creation Date:
2012 Jul 18