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Appendix B

Goldwater-Nichols Act
Implementation Report

This appendix contains the Department's Joint Officer Management Annual Report for FY 2001. Except for the progress/compliance with Section 619a, Title 10, United States Code, Tables B-2, B-5, reasons in Tables B-9 and B-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 requires each Military Service to develop and implement personnel plans to permit the orderly promotion of officers to brigadier general or rear admiral (lower half). The Department continues to benefit from the Joint Officer Management Program enacted by the Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986. The number of individual officers who are educated and experienced in joint matters continues to grow, with the leadership of the Services conveying to their officer corps the importance of joint duty and joint education.

The following brigadier general/rear admiral (lower half) promotion boards were approved during FY 2001 not including professionals:

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Number of Officers Selected for O-7

40

44

8

33

125

Number of officers joint qualified

33

31

7

21

92

Percent of officers joint qualified

83

70

88

64

74

Given the Department's experience and lessons learned since the implementation of Goldwater-Nichols in 1986, the Department and the Joint Staff completed an extensive review of both the law and policy governing joint officer management. Based on the review’s recommendation, this past year the Department advocated limited reforms to Goldwater-Nichols legislation. The Department sought to uphold the fundamental tenants of Goldwater-Nichols while streamlining the processes that will allow the Department to continue to meet the challenges of the next century.

Highlights of the Department's performance this past year include a continued increase of: the number of Critical Occupational Specialists (COS) who have completed JPME and COS officers designated JSOs or JSO Nominations. In addition, the number of officers who completed Phase I JPME through either the correspondence or the seminar program increased.

The Department will continue to emphasize the importance of ensuring that a significant number of officers be educated, trained and experienced in joint matters to enhance the joint warfighting capability of the United States through a heightened awareness of joint requirements and multi-Service perspectives. The Department’s focus remains the guarantee of long-term compliance with the personnel policy objectives of the Goldwater-Nichols DoD Reorganization Act of 1986.

 

 

Table B-1

Summary of Joint Specialty Officer (JSO) and
JSO Nominee Designations for FY 2001

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Number of officers designated as JSOs

310

315

56

139

820

Number of officers designated as JSO noms

702

621

264

423

2010

Number of JSO noms designated under COS provisions

451

330

142

288

1211

 

Table B-2

Critical Occupational Specialties (COS)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Infantry

Armor

Artillery

Air Defense Artillery

Aviation

Special Operations

Combat Engineers

Pilot

Navigator

Command/Control Operations

Space/Missile Operations

Infantry

Tanks/AAV

Artillery

Air Control/Air Support

Anti-Air Warfare

Aviation

Engineers

Surface

Submariner

Aviation

SEALS

Special Operations

 

Table B-3

Summary of Officers on Active Duty with a
Critical Occupational Specialty

(as of September 30, 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

COS officers who have completed JPME

1413

2179

492

1461

5545

COS officers designated as JSOs

1011

1102

347

904

3364

COS officers designated as JSO noms

2013

2938

698

2323

7972

COS officers designated as JSO noms who have not completed JPME

1572

1868

529

1841

5810

COS JSO noms currently serving in a JDA

946

1119

318

934

3317

COS JSO noms who completed a JDA and are currently attending JPME

11

10

1

14

36

 

Table B-4

Summary of JSOs with Critical Occupational Specialties Who are
Serving or Have Served in a Second Joint Assignment

(as of September 30, 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Field Grade

Have Served*

169 (100)

205 (136)

23 (14)

69 (37)

466 (287)

Are Serving*

99 (32)

77 (38)

7 (3)

55 (16)

238 (89)

General/Flag

Have Served*

11 (6)

35 (20)

7 (6)

6 (1)

59 (23)

Are Serving*

5 (9)

16 (6)

4 (4)

7 (4)

32 (23)

* Number in parenthesis indicates number of second joint assignments, which were to a critical joint position.

 

Table B-5

Analysis of the Assignment Where Officers Were
Reassigned (in FY 2001) on Their First Assignment
Following Designation as a JSO

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Assignment Category

Command

51

2

5

33

91

Service Headquarters

22

4

1

18

45

Joint Staff Critical

1

N/A

0

0

1

Joint Staff Other

2

3

0

1

6

Other JDA

42

16

1

18

77

Professional Military Education (PME)

11

5

2

5

23

Retirement/separation

0

N/A

1

0

1

Other Operations

0

N/A

10

7

17

Other Staff

78

N/A

0

25

103

Other Shore (Navy)

N/A

N/A

N/A

17

17

 

Table B-6

Average Length of Tour of Duty in Joint Duty Assignments
( FY 2001)
(in months)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

General/Flag Officers

Joint Staff

28.0

26.6

27.0

23.0

26.2

Other Joint

27.1

26.0

25.0

28.0

26.5

Joint Total

27.5

26.3

26.0

25.5

26.3

Field Grade Officers

Joint Staff

32.7

31.6

35

37.4

33.1

Other Joint

37.1

36.7

36.1

38.6

37.2

Joint Total

36.7

36.2

36

38.5

36.8

 

Table B-7

Summary of Tour Length Exclusions for FY 2001

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Category

Retirement

104

81

22

85

292

Separation

0

4

1

6

11

Suspension from duty

6

2

1

2

11

Compassionate/Medical

6

2

0

0

8

Other joint after promotion

2

5

1

1

9

Reorganization

3

4

1

2

10

Joint overseas-short tours

168

136

15

50

369

Second tours

25

38

3

27

93

Joint accumulation

10

40

0

14

64

COS reassignment

109

112

57

172

450

Total

433

424

101

359

1317

 

Table B-8

Joint Duty Position Distribution by Service

(as of September 30, 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Joint Staff Positions

248

221

63

205

737

Other Joint Duty Assignment Positions

2782

3068

513

1832

8195

Total Joint Duty Assignment Positions

3030

3289

576

2037

8932

Percent of Total Number of Joint Duty Assignments

34

37

6

23

100

Percent of Total Number of Officers*

31

36

9

24

100

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

 

Table B-9

Critical Position Summary

(as of September 30, 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Total number of critical positions

331

293

55

146

825

Number of vacant critical positions

65

77

2

39

183

Number of critical positions filled by JSOs

131

135

9

56

331

Of those positions filled, percent filled by JSOs

49

63

17

52

52

Number of critical positions filled by non-JSOs

134

81

44

52

311

Percent of critical positions filled by JSOs/Non-JSOs

80

74

96

74

78

 

 

Reasons for Filling Critical Positions with Officers Who are Not JSOs

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

N/A

Position being converted to a non-critical position or being deleted

N/A

Joint specialty officer not yet available

N/A

Best qualified officer not joint specialist

103

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

20

Other

10

 

 

 

The following organizations have joint duty critical positions,

which are filled by officers who do not possess the joint specialty

USJFCOM

13

USCENTCOM

15

NORAD

3

OSD

8

USEUCOM

21

CJCS Activities

13

USSPACECOM

11

DoD Agencies

43

JOINT STAFF

35

USSTRATCOM

9

General/Flag Officers

22

USPACOM

23

USSOCOM

7

USSOUTHCOM

12

USTRANSCOM

6

NATO Support

1

Cross Department

1

Allied Command Europe

7

Allied Command Atlantic

2

NATO

2

Total

254

 

Table B-10

Comparison of Waiver Usage (FY 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Field Grade

JSO Designations

309

315

55

139

818

JSO Sequence Waivers

24

0

7

9

40

JSO Two-tour Waivers

19

0

4

6

29

JSOs Graduating from JPME

9

2

2

5

18

JDA Assignment Waivers Granted

2

0

2

0

4

Field Grade Officers who departed JDAs

961

986

193

658

2798

Field Grade JDA tour length waivers

100

105

23

26

254

General/Flag Officer

JSO Designations

0

0

1

1

2

JSO Desig Waivers

0

3

1

1

5

General/Flag Officers who departed JDAs

28

33

7

16

84

General/Flag Officer JDA tour length waivers

6

12

2

5

25

Attended CAPSTONE

30

33

10

1

74

CAPSTONE Waivers

0

0

0

8

0

Selected for Promotion to O-7*

40

41

8

14

103

Good of the Service Waivers

3

0

1

2

6

Other Waivers*

19

10

1

12

42

*Does not include professional categories.

 

Table B-11

Joint Professional Military Education (PME)
Phase II Summary (FY 2001)

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Students graduating from AFSC in FY01

214

321

48

143

726

Students who had not completed Resident PME

81

243

48

28

400

Percent of Total

38

76

100

20

55

Students who had completed non-resident PME

79

243

0

1

323

Percent of Total

37

76

0

1

44

Students without resident or non-resident PME

2

0

0

1

3

Percent of Total

1

0

0

1

1

 

Reasons for Students Not Completing Resident PME

Prior to Attending Phase II

Officer completed Phase I by correspondence/seminar

396

Officer completed Phase I equivalent program

2

Officer scheduled to attend a resident PME immediately following Phase II

326

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

0

Other

0

 

Table B-12

Temporary Joint Task Force Credit (FY 2001)

Category

USA

USAF

USMC

USN

Total

Full Joint Tour Credit

0

0

0

0

0

Cumulative Credit

0

0

0

0

0

 

Table B-13

Army Joint Officer Promotion Comparisons

Grade

Category

Are Serving In

Have Served In

Total In Zone

Remarks

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

Con1

Sel1

%

O-8

Joint Staff

100

N/A

0

63

N/A

N/A

10

6

60

See 2 & 3

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

12

52

Service Hqs

84

N/A

34

50

N/A

N/A

15

9

60

Other Joint

1005

N/A

0

40

N/A

0

12

6

50

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

65

30

46

O-7

Joint Staff

0

N/A

23

0

N/A

4

69

11

16

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

574

13

2

Service Hqs

0

N/A

5

0

N/A

0

179

5

3

Other Joint

0

N/A

5

0

N/A

2

344

13

4

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1615

40

3

O-6

Joint Staff

67

5

33

77

11

67

40

29

73

See 4 & 5

JSO

61

0

13

78

4

8

146

29

77

Service Hqs

70

4

11

56

8

11

158

94

60

Other Joint

52

1

10

34

3

5

188

83

44

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

712

368

52

O-5

Joint Staff

89

13

0

100

0

0

12

11

92

JSO

0

0

0

50

0

0

4

2

50

Service Hqs

89

6

11

93

9

33

74

67

91

Other Joint

80

9

10

69

1

9

315

240

76

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1405

1064

76

O-4

Joint Staff

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

JSO

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Service Hqs

100

0

100

0

0

0

7

7

100

Other Joint

100

0

0

0

0

0

4

4

100

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1373

1653

83

Note 1: Con = Considered; Sel = Selected

Note 2: No BZ category/candidates for O-7 and O-8.

Note 3: N/A indicates that no officers considered were in this category.

Note 4: O-6 promotion results from FY 2000 promotion board, results not released until FY 2001.

Note 5: O-6 promotion results from FY 2001 promotion board not published in FY 2001.

 

Table B-13

Air Force Joint Officer Promotion Comparisons

Grade

Category

Are Serving In

Have Served In

Total In Zone

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

Con1

Sel1

%

O-8

Joint Staff

50

N/A

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

8

3

38

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

46

14

30

Service Hqs

33

N/A

N/A

33

N/A

N/A

15

5

33

Other Joint

25

N/A

N/A

33

N/A

N/A

15

2

29

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

7

26

36

O-7

Joint Staff

5

N/A

N/A

2

N/A

N/A

82

2

2

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

588

23

4

Service Hqs

4

N/A

N/A

4

N/A

N/A

195

8

4

Other Joint

2

N/A

N/A

2

N/A

N/A

238

5

2

Board Avg

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1574

41

3

O-6

Joint Staff

74

6

67

76

10

0

61

45

74

JSO

76

8

8

80

14

0

116

93

80

Service Hqs

68

5

0

65

5

N/A

202

132

65

Other Joint

49

2

3

35

4

9

330

135

41

Board Avg

45

4

3

45

4

3

1188

530

45

O-5

Joint Staff

100

22

0

43

14

N/A

20

16

80

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

Service Hqs

84

7

10

76

11

11

192

155

81

Other Joint

74

3

3

70

2

3

401

289

72

Board Avg

65

3

2

65

3

2

1718

1118

65

O-4

Joint Staff

100

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

1

1

100

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

0

N/A

Service Hqs

98

N/A

67

100

N/A

100

80

79

99

Other Joint

92

N/A

N/A

92

N/A

33

64

59

92

Board Avg

88

N/A

9

88

N/A

9

4036

3563

88

Note 1: Con = Considered; Sel = Selected

 

Table B-13

Marine Corps Joint Officer Promotion Comparisons

Grade

Category

Are Serving In

Have Served In

Total In Zone

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

IZ%

BZ%

AZ%

Con1

Sel1

%

O-8

Joint Staff

N/A

N/A

N/A

0

N/A

N/A

1

0

0

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

8

7

88

Service Hqs

100

N/A

N/A

67

N/A

N/A

6

5

83

Other Joint

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Board Avg

73

N/A

N/A

73

N/A

N/A

11

8

73

O-7

Joint Staff

0

N/A

N/A

29

N/A

N/A

9

2

22

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

118

4

3

Service Hqs

8

N/A

N/A

3

N/A

N/A

85

4

5

Other Joint

0

N/A

N/A

15

N/A

N/A

28

2

7

Board Avg

3

N/A

N/A

3

N/A

N/A

274

8

3

O-6

Joint Staff

100

N/A

0

80

0

N/A

14

13

93

JSO

0

N/A

0

71

0

0

36

25

69

Service Hqs

46

0

5

48

0

0

35

16

46

Other Joint

80

0

0

5

0

0

44

21

48

Board Avg

49

0

1

49

0

1

238

116

49

O-5

Joint Staff

75

0

0

N/A

0

N/A

4

3

75

JSO

N/A

N/A

N/A

100

N/A

N/A

1

1

0

Service Hqs

61

0

6

61

0

5