Postgraduate education and professional military development: are they compatible?

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Wilson, James Roger
Date
1991-12Advisor
Elster, Richard S.
Second Reader
Mehay, Stephen L.
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This thesis examines the utilization of graduate education for
graduates of the Naval Postgraduate School, Manpower, Personnel,
and Training Analysis (MPTA) curriculum, from December 1986 through
June 1991. The study focuses on four areas: 1) developing a list
and rank structure of billets requiring the xx33P code granted upon
completion of the education, 2) tracking the careers of the
officers following their graduation from the curriculum, 3)
examining career progression paths to find places where timely
utilization could be undertaken, and 4) examining the designator
composition of population. The study determined that utilization
for the period December 1986 thourgh June 1991 was 22.2%. Assuming
that all officers still in the two- tour Department of Defense
utilization window were assigned to utilization billets as their next assignment, the utilization rate would rise to 52.5%. This
was deemed unacceptable, and the recommendation was to require an
eighteen-month utilization tour immediately following completion of
the curriculum. This would cause the utilization rate for MPTA
graduates to rise to 97%.
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