Christina M. Hirose - Storming Media

First Watch on the First Term of Enlistment: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analysis of Data from the First Year of the Study

JAN 2007

181 pages

Authors: Joanne C. Marshall-Mies; Tanya B. Jupton; Christina M. Hirose; Michael A. White; Jacqueline A. Mottern; Naina C. Eshwar; NAVY PERSONNEL RESEARCH STUDIES AND TECHNOLOGY MILLINGTON TN

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First Watch is designed to determine the core reasons for attrition and retention for first-term Sailors in the U.S. Navy. Attrition rate is staggering both in terms of dollars expended and in disruption to the personnel readiness of the Navy. The First Watch project is designed as a longitudinal project in which cohorts of new recruits are tracked through their first term of enlistment in the Navy (normally a 4-year ...