The Cost of a Military Person-Year: A Method for Computing Savings from Force Reductions

by Carl Dahlman

This work presents a new method of estimating the cost of a military person-year that focuses on the actual cost of the retirement benefits that the federal government must provide to military personal, where previously available measures focused only on annual retirement-fund accrual costs. A major implication of this alternative calculus is that truly effective force management requires an increased focus on the cost of personnel.

152 pages, Paperback

First published August 14, 2007

About the author

Carl Dahlman is professor of Geography and director of International Studies at Miami University (Oxford, OH).