A performance analysis of the officer lateral transfer and redesignation process

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Cook, Juliet A.
Mooney, Joseph P.
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2004-09Advisor
Mehay, Stephen L.
Hatch, William D.
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This thesis analyzes the role of the Navy’s Lateral Transfer and Redesignation
(LT&R) process in supporting officer flows across communities. Both surpluses and
shortages of officers significantly impact the productivity and readiness of the Navy.
Currently several methods exist to redistribute excess officer inventories in some
communities to fill officer shortages in other communities. Current policies often
adversely affect retention and may prevent the internal officer labor market from
efficiently redistributing officers. The LT&R process is the primary process used by
several Officer Community Managers to access officers at the junior and mid-grade
levels. However, the Navy restricts the ability of officers to redesignate or transfer.
Significant officer supply comes predominately from grades 0-2 and 0-3 in the Surface
Warfare community. The demand comes from officer shortages, mostly in the Restricted
Line and Staff Communities.
The data analyzed for this research represent officer cohorts 1987 through 2003.
The data shows sufficient officer inventories exist to meet requirements, but more
flexible LT&R policies are required to ensure the inventory (supply) is efficiently
distributed amongst communities with shortages. It also shows that officers who transfer
after O-3 tend to stay to 0-4, whereas officers who transfer before O-3 tend to leave the
service. The LT&R process should be seen as a force-shaping tool to redistribute
qualified officers at the junior and mid-grade levels. It improves retention by allowing
officers to transfer across communities. It also improves Navy force efficiencies by
increasing return on training investments (ROI) by retaining proven performers.
Additionally, officers who are allowed to transfer tend to have greater job satisfaction,
which tends to improve retention.
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