Defense will spend about $1.24 billion in fiscal year 1985 to move military personnel to and from overseas locations. Lengthening tours and limiting curtailments would lower the cost. Yet, when Defense changes tour lengths, cost considerations play a secondary role. In 1980, Defense shortened tours for most first-term personnel in long tour areas from 30 to 18 months. This was to reduce disciplinary problems and may have been appropriate for the time. Disciplinary problems have declined, but it is not clear whether this resulted from shorter tours or from higher pay and better quality of recruits. In light of the savings that would accrue from lengthening tours, GAO believes that Defense should reevaluate its earlier decision.


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    Title :

    Military Tour-Length and Tour-Curtailment Policies and Practices


    Publication date :

    1985


    Size :

    30 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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