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Appendix E
GOLDWATER-NICHOLS ACT IMPLEMENTATION REPORT

This appendix contains the Department's Joint Officer Management Annual Report for FY 1996. Except for the progress/compliance with Section 619a, Title 10, United States Code, Tables E-2, E-5, reasons in Tables E-9 and E-11, and promotion objectives, the Joint Duty Assignment Management Information System (JDAMIS) was used to produce this report.

PROGRESS/COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 619a, TITLE 10, U.S. CODE

Section 931 of the FY 1994 National Defense Authorization Act required each Service to develop and implement personnel plans to permit the orderly promotion of officers to brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half). As addressed by the certification report submitted to Congress in June 1995, these plans have been developed and fully implemented by the Department. The Services have continued to revise career development paths to accommodate early joint assignments; assign greater numbers of former 0-5/0-6 commanders and Senior Service College graduates to joint duty; educate the officer corps on joint education opportunities; and toughen the quality standards for Joint Specialty Officer (JSO) designation.

The following brigadier general/rear admiral (lower half) promotion boards were completed during FY 1996 (does not include professionals):

CATEGORY USA USAF USMC USN
Number of officers selected for O-7 45 51 8 34
Number (percent) of officers joint qualified 18 (40%) 39 (76%) 5 (63%) 11 (32%)
Number of joint equivalency waivers used (percent) 4 (9%) 1 (2%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%)


The Department is committed to ensuring the completion of a joint duty assignment remains an essential element of an officer's ability to perform duties at the general/flag officer level. Attention will continue to be devoted to guarantee long-term compliance with the personnel policy objectives of the Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986.

SUMMARY OF JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICER AND JOINT
SPECIALTY OFFICER NOMINEE DESIGNATIONS FOR FY 1996		 Table E-1
CATEGORY USA USAF USMC USN TOTAL
Number of officers
designated asJSOs		 346 125 0 44 515
Number of officers
designated as JSO nominees		 797 934 140 485 2356
Number of JSO nominees
designated under COS provisions		 405 471 97 292 1265

CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES (COS) Table E-2
USA USAF USMC USN
Infantry Pilot Infantry Surface
Armor Navigator Tanks/AAV Submariner
Artillery Command/Control Operations Artillery Aviation
Air Defense Artillery Space/Missile Operations Air Control/Air Support/
Antiair Warfare		 SEALS
Aviation Aviation Special Operations
Special Operations
Combat Engineers


SUMMARY OF OFFICERS ON ACTIVE DUTY WITH A CRITICAL
OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996)		 Table E-3
CATEGORY USA USAF USMC USN TOTAL
COS officers who have completed JPME 1566 1952 509 1264 5291
COS officers designated as JSOs 1109 1037 430 899 3475
COS officers designated as JSO nominees 2144 2863 554 1717 7278
COS officers designated as JSO nominees who
have not completed JPME		 1495 1810 353 1330 4988
COS JSO nominees currently serving in aJDA 1149 1212 253 832 3446
COS JSO nominees who completed a JDA and
are currently attending JPME		 8 0 1 0 9


SUMMARY OF JSOs WITH CRITICAL OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTIES WHO ARE SERVING OR HAVE SERVED IN A SECOND JOINT ASSIGNMENT (AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996) Table E-4
USA USAF USMC USN TOTAL
Field Grade
Have served*
Are serving*		 163 (46)
155 (74)		 173 (66)
141 (68)		 21 (9)
17 (9)		 41 (16)
51 (29)		 398 (137)
364 (180)
General/Flag
Have served*
Are serving*		 14 (7)
12 (9)		 18 (7)
29 (10)		 5 (3)
4 (3)		 11 (6)
7 (3)		 48 (23)
52 (25)
* Number in parenthesis indicates number of second joint assignments which were to a critical joint position.

ANALYSIS OF THE ASSIGNMENT WHERE OFFICERS WERE
REASSIGNED (IN FY 1996) ON THEIR FIRST ASSIGNMENT
FOLLOWING DESIGNATION AS A JOINT SPECIALTY OFFICER		 Table E-5
ASSIGNMENT CATEGORY USA USAF USMC USN TOTAL
Command 116 39 10 13 178
Service HQ 13 6 6 6 31
Joint Staff critical 2 2 0 4 8
Joint Staff other 6 6 0 0 12
Other JDA critical 15 6 1 9 31
Other JDA 84 10 2 3 99
PME 15 22 2 2 41
Other Operations 32 5 5 10 52
Other Staff 60 12 4 13 89
Other Shore -- -- -- 6 6
* For the Marine Corps: Other Operations = Fleet Marine Force; Other Staff = Non-Fleet Marine Corps

AVERAGE LENGTH OF TOURS OF DUTY IN JOINT DUTY
ASSIGNMENTS (FY 1996) (IN MONTHS)		 Table E-6
GENERAL/FLAG OFFICERS 

    		
    JOINT STAFF
    OTHER JOINT
    JOINT TOTAL
  

  

    USA
    20.8
    25.5
    24.4
  

  

    USAF
    22.8
    24.4
    24.0
  

  

    USMC
    15.0
    24.0
    22.7
  

  

    USN
    26.6
    25.3
    25.6
  

  

    DoD
    22.8
    25.1
    24.6
  

  

    FIELD GRADE OFFICERS
  

  

    

    		
    JOINT STAFF
    OTHER JOINT
    JOINT TOTAL
  

  

    USA
    32.9
    37.0
    36.5
  

  

    USAF
    35.5
    38.2
    37.9
  

  

    USMC
    35.8
    39.6
    39.3
  

  

    USN
    36.6
    38.6
    38.4
  

  

    DoD
    34.8
    38.0
    37.6
  







  

    SUMMARY OF TOUR LENGTH EXCLUSIONS FOR
      FY 1996
    Table E-7
  

  

    CATEGORY
    USA
    USAF
    USMC
    USN
    TOTAL
  

  

    Retirement
    141
    140
    7
    40
    328
  

  

    Separation
    0
    0
    0
    15
    15
  

  

    Suspension from duty
    9
    4
    0
    0
    13
  

  

    Compassionate/Medical
    6
    3
    1
    0
    10
  

  

    Other joint after promotion
    15
    1
    1
    0
    17
  

  

    Reorganization
    11
    2
    0
    1
    14
  

  

    Joint overseas-short tours
    183
    132
    12
    39
    366
  

  

    Joint accumulation
    6
    18
    0
    2
    26
  

  

    COS reassignment
    145
    124
    10
    129
    408
  

  

    TOTAL
    516
    424
    31
    226
    1197
  







  

    JOINT DUTY POSITION DISTRIBUTION BY
      SERVICE 

      (AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 1996)		
    Table E-8
  

  

    

    		
    JOINT STAFF
    OTHER 

      JOINT DUTY		
    TOTAL 

      JOINT DUTY		
    TOTAL 

      DOD JDAs%		
    TOTAL DOD 

      OFFICERS %*		
  

  

    USA
    269
    2980
    3249
    34.8%
    28.7%
  

  

    USAF
    270
    3247
    3517
    37.7%
    38.1%
  

  

    USMC
    65
    494
    559
    6.0%
    8.4%
  

  

    USN
    213
    1802
    2015
    21.6%
    24.8%
  

  

    DoD
    817
    8523
    9340
    100.0%
    100.0%
  





* Total Commissioned Officers: 0-3 through 0-10 less professional
categories.




  

    CRITICAL POSITIONS SUMMARY (AS OF SEPTEMBER
      30, 1996)
    Table E-9
  

  

    Category
    USA
    USAF
    USMC
    USN
    TOTAL
  

  

    Total Critical Positions
    366
    351
    59
    195
    971
  

  

    Number of Vacant Positions
    54
    80
    20
    57
    211
  

  

    Of Those Filled, Number (and %) Filled by JSOs
    281 (90%)
    239 (88%)
    31 (79%)
    121 (88%)
    672 (88%)
  

  

    Number of Critical Positions Filled by Non-JSOs
    31
    32
    8
    17
    88
  

  

    Percent of Critical Positions Filled by JSOs or Non-JSOs
    85%
    77%
    66%
    71%
    78%
  





Reasons for filling critical positions with officers who are not JSOs
are listed below:




  

    Position filled by non-JSO incumbent prior to being a joint position
    0
  

  

    Position being converted to a noncritical position or being deleted
    6
  

  

    Joint specialist officer not yet available
    31
  

  

    Best qualified officer not joint specialist
    50
  

  

    Position filled by non-JSO incumbent prior to being a critical position
    1
  

  

    Other
    0
  

  

    TOTAL
    88
  





The following organizations have joint duty critical positions which are
filled by officers who do not possess the joint specialty:




  

    Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD)
    3
  

  

    Joint Staff
    18
  

  

    U.S. Atlantic Command (USACOM)
    4
  

  

    U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM
    2
  

  

    U.S. European Command (USEUCOM)
    2
  

  

    U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM)
    5
  

  

    U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM)
    2
  

  

    U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)
    3
  

  

    U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM)
    1
  

  

    Allied Command Europe (ACE)
    12
  

  

    Defense Attaches
    5
  

  

    Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)
    3
  

  

    Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
    2
  

  

    Deputy Chairman NATO Military Committee
    1
  

  

    Joint Warfighting Center
    1
  

  

    Joint Interagency Anti-drug Task Force
    1
  

  

    Defense Special Weapons Agency
    1
  

  

    National Defense University (NDU)
    3
  

  

    Non-Joint Staff (G/FO)
    19
  

  

    TOTAL 
    88
  







  

    COMPARISON OF WAIVER USAGE (FY 1996)
    Table E-10
  

  

    CATEGORY
    USA
    USAF
    USMC
    USN
    TOTAL
  

  

    Field Grade Section
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
  

  

    JSO Designations
    345
    125
    0
    43
    513
  

  

    JSO Sequence Waivers
    5
    2
    0
    0
    7
  

  

    JSO Two-tour Waivers
    0
    4
    0
    0
    4
  

  

    JSOs Graduating from JPME
    5
    14
    1
    9
    29
  

  

    JDA Assignment Waivers Granted
    2
    2
    0
    1
    5
  

  

    Field Grade Officers who departed JDAs
    1070
    1081
    151
    471
    2773
  

  

    Field Grade JDA tour length waivers
    80
    78
    0
    19
    177
  

  

    General/Flag Officer Section
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
    

    		
  

  

    General/Flag Officers who departed JDAs
    45
    33
    9
    33
    120
  

  

    Attended CAPSTONE
    36
    41
    12
    24
    113
  

  

    General/Flag Officer JDA tour length waivers
    10
    7
    0
    6
    23
  

  

    CAPSTONE Waivers
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

  

    * Selected for Promotion to 0-7
    45
    51
    8
    34
    138
  

  

    Good of the Service Waivers
    13
    0
    1
    7
    21
  

  

    Other Waivers
    18
    19
    2
    22
    61
  





* Does not include professional categories.




  

    JOINT PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION
      (PME) PHASE II 

      SUMMARY (FY 1996)		
    Table E-11
  

  

    

    		
    USA
    USAF
    USMC
    USN
    TOTAL
  

  

    Students graduating from Armed 

      Forces Staff College in FY 1996		
    282
    321
    46
    212
    861
  

  

    Students who had not completed 

      resident PME (percent of total)		
    43(15%)
    68(21%)
    0(0%)
    73(35%)
    184(21%)
  

  

    Students who had completed 

      nonresident PME (percent of total)		
    40(14%)
    68(21%)
    0(0%)
    72(34%)
    180(21%)
  

  

    Students who had not completed resident or nonresident
      PME 

      (percent of total)		
    3(1%)
    0(0%)
    0(0%)
    1(0%)
    4(0%)
  







Reasons for students not completing resident Professional Military Education
(PME) prior to attending Phase II 



  

    Officer completed Phase I by correspondence/seminar
    173
  

  

    Officer completed Phase I equivalent program
    7
    
  

  

    Officer scheduled to attend a resident PME immediately following Phase
      II
    1
  

  

    Officer career path did not allow attendance at a resident PME program
    3
  

  

    Other
    0
  







Attachments:


Joint Officer Promotion Rates 

Table E-12 (Air Force) 

Table E-12 (Army) 

Table E-12 (Marine Corps) 

Table E-12 (Navy)


  



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