Specialized Skill Training and Personnel Retention as Factors Impacting Training Costs: Summary Report

This is a summary report of a CNO-directed study of factors that affect the costs of training Navy personnel. It focuses on the relationship between retention and specialized skill training for enlisted personnel on the expectation that increased retention could be expected to reduce training requirements and costs. Other detailed findings of the study are contained in several earlier CNA documents; this memorandum summarizes those findings, highlighting the more important patterns and trends.