United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-01-19 monographic deposited born digital 63 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-224 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224 P0b002ee180376fa1 f:d07224 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224 GAO-07-224 Army personnel Colleges and universities Federal service academies Foreign languages Military forces Military officers Military personnel Military recruiting Military training Scholarship programs Strategic planning Other Written Product A65091 Accessing and retaining high-quality officers in the current environment of increasing deployments and armed conflict may be two of the all volunteer force's greatest challenges. The military services use three programs to access officer candidates: (1) military academies, (2) the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC), and (3) Officer Candidate Schools (OCS). In addition to accessing new officers, the services must retain enough experienced officers to meet current operational needs and the services' transformation initiatives. GAO was asked to assess the extent to which the services are accessing and retaining the officers required to meet their needs. GAO also identified steps that the Department of Defense (DOD) and the services have taken and the impediments they face in increasing officers' foreign language proficiency. For this report, GAO examined actual accession and retention rates for officers in fiscal years (FYs) 2001, 2003, and 2005 as well as projections for later years. Also, GAO reviewed documents on foreign language training and plans. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224.pdf GAO-07-224 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-224 Other Written Product GAO-07-224; Military Personnel: Strategic Plan Needed to Address Army's Emerging Officer Accession and Retention Challenges; Army personnel Colleges and universities Federal service academies Foreign languages Military forces Military officers Military personnel Military recruiting Military training Scholarship programs Strategic planning