By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Mar 12, 2008 15:25:32 EDT
The Pentagon should overhaul its pay system to attract and reward the best performers and broaden bonuses for those in critical skills, a far-reaching review of military pay released today concludes.
The changes would help address the need to recruit the "best and the brightest" despite wartime demands on the force, a shrinking pool of military-eligible recruits and competition from the private sector.
The 10th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation said these convergent factors demand that the military be given more pay flexibility — what the report’s authors call "competitive compensation."
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/03/military_10thqrmc_pay_031208w/
Read The 10th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (5.6 MB PDF)
See also
A briefing on the report from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (Microsoft PowerPoint presentation)
DoD Press release at http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11747
