General military training standardization and reduction options

Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yardley, Roland J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND Corporation 2012©2012, 2012
Series:Technical report
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Defining general military training and establishing general military training baseline topics
  • Summary of service approaches to general military training
  • Why general military training is a challenge
  • What options exist to standardize requirements for general military training and reduce its burden?
  • Conclusions and recommendations
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100)