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APPLYING PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS IN ASSESSING HEALTH CONDITIONS OF APPLICANTS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Predicting military attrition due to conditions that existed prior to service is a complicated problem. My thesis explores underwriting practices and risk assessment in the life and health insurance industries with the aim ...
PARENTHOOD AND ITS EFFECTS ON PERFORMANCE IN ACTIVE DUTY MEDICAL PERSONNEL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Minimal research to date has examined the impact of new parenthood on either military personnel or medical professionals. This thesis aims to identify the specific impacts of new parenthood on performance of military medical ...
PARENTHOOD AND ITS EFFECTS ON THE HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE OF DUAL-MILITARY MARINES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Proper talent management is essential to the longevity of the Marine Corps, and it is vital that policies exist to support and retain current personnel. Parenthood is a common experience among Marines, and Marine families ...
A LOCATION-BASED INSPECTION OF DIVERSITY IN MARINE CORPS OFFICER ACCESSIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
With the policy goal of gaining access to a higher quality and quantity of diverse Marine officer candidates, this thesis examines the spatial distribution of Officer Selection Offices relative to the Qualified Candidate ...
PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS AT INFANTRY TRAINING BATTALION USING COUNTERMOVEMENT JUMP METRICS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
The enlisted infantry community, all of whom acquire their training at Infantry Training Battalion (ITB), comprises approximately 15% of the Marine Corps. It is therefore concerning when, on average, 12.9% of the Marines ...
IMPROVING USMC RETENTION QUALITY THROUGH REENLISTMENT PRE-APPROVAL
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Improving the quality of Marines retained has long been an objective of the Marine Corps’ mission. This study assesses the effectiveness of utilizing a recently proposed binary logistic regression to select the most qualified ...
INCREASING THE SERVICEMEMBERS’ GROUP LIFE INSURANCE (SGLI) MAXIMUM PAYOUT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
This research addresses the decreasing worth of the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance (SGLI) payout based on the year a servicemember dies. The SGLI maximum has stagnated at $400,000 for over 16 years and nearly every ...
MARINE CORPS CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER (CDC) WAITLIST TRENDS AND IMPACT ON FAMILIES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
Across the fleet, Marine Corps installations provide childcare services to support military members and their families. These on-base services include those provided by the Childcare Development Center (CDC), which serves ...
HOW THE U.S. NAVY CAN BECOME A BETTER LEARNING ORGANIZATION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
How can the Navy become a better learning organization? This thesis addresses this question by taking a precise look at what a learning organization is, what its essential parts are, and why they are important. This research ...
ARE MENTORS BENEFICIAL?: MENTORS’ PERFORMANCE AND ATTRIBUTES AS PREDICTORS OF RETENTION FOR MARINE OFFICERS COMMISSIONED FROM NROTC PROGRAMS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2021-03)
The Marine Corps’ current manpower system focuses on producing quantity over quality and fails to encourage those it wants and needs to keep to increase the diversity and longevity of its officer corps. A renewed emphasis ...
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