Retention Measures and Reporting Systems

This report details an effort commissioned by the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower and Personnel (N1) and performed by the Navy Personnel Research and Development Center (NPRDC) to: (1) review current retention measures in use in the Navy, as well as the system used to distribute retention statistics, and (2) make recommendations for standardizing and improving the accuracy of retention measures, and for improving distribution of retention statistics. Information was gathered by reviewing background materials, including previous related reports and materials provided by retention experts. In addition, a large amount of information was obtained through face-to-face interviews with the retention experts, who included N1 retention analysts, Fleet career counselors at CINCPACFLT and CINCLANTFLT, and analysts at the DoD level and in the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Manpower and Reserve Affairs office.