Annual Report List of DACOWITS Members and Report Contributers
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DACOWITS Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services 2017 Annual Report List of DACOWITS Members and Report Contributers List of DACOWITS Members Report Contributors General Janet Wolfenbarger, USAF, Retired (Chair) DACOWITS Staff Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth Preston, USA, Colonel Toya Davis, USA, Military Director Retired (Vice Chair) Ms. Jessica Myers, Deputy Director Dr. Kristy Anderson Colonel John Boggs, USMC, Retired Mr. Robert Bowling, Operations Officer Major General Sharon Dunbar, USAF, Retired Master Sergeant Kristine Seebeck, USAF, Executive Support Lieutenant General Judy Fedder, USAF, Retired Ms. Sharlene Hawkes Insight Policy Research Sergeant Major Norma Helsham, USA, Retired Ms. Allyson Corbo Ms. Therese Hughes Mrs. Rachel Gaddes Dr. Kyleanne Hunter, USMC Veteran Dr. Amanda Hare Command Sergeant Major Michele Jones, USA, Retired Ms. Rachel Holzwart Ms. Priscilla Locke, USA Veteran Ms. Courtney Moore Major General John Macdonald, USA, Retired Dr. Meg Trucano Ms. Monica Medina, USA Veteran Ms. Janie Mines, USN Veteran Mr. Brian Morrison, USN Veteran Fleet Master Chief JoAnn Ortloff, USN, Retired Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger, USN, Retired Rear Admiral Cari Thomas, USCG, Retired Dr. Jackie Young Signature Pages Executive Summary ...........................................................................................................................................................................................ii Chapter 1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................................................1 Chapter 2. Recruitment and Retention Recommendations............................................................................................6 Accessions and Marketing....................................................................................................................................................................8 Dual-Military Co-Location Policy ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Mid-Career Retention ............................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Propensity to Serve...................................................................................................................................................................................25 Recruiting Strategies ................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Chapter 3. Employment and Integration Recommendations ....................................................................................36 Gender Integration .....................................................................................................................................................................................38 Gender-Integrated Boxing Programs at the Military Service Academies ................................................ 44 Key Job Opportunities and Assignments to Facilitate Promotion ..................................................................49 Physiological Gender Differences................................................................................................................................................54 Chapter 4. Well-Being and Treatment Recommendations .........................................................................................60 Childcare Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................... 62 Family Care Plans ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 Impacts of Social Media/Online Harassment ................................................................................................................... 74 Parental Leave Policies ..........................................................................................................................................................................78 Appendix A. DACOWITS Charter ..................................................................................................................................................... A-1 Appendix B. Research Methodology..............................................................................................................................................B-1 Appendix C. Biographies of DACOWITS Members ..........................................................................................................C-1 Appendix D. Installations Visited ..................................................................................................................................................... D-1 Appendix E. DACOWITS Requests for Information and Corresponding List of Responses Received .................................................................................................................................................................................... E-1 Appendix F. Gender Distribution of Active Duty Officers and Enlisted Service Members in Each Service and across the Total Force, 2013–2017 ............................................................................................... F-1 Appendix G. Abbreviations and Acronyms ..............................................................................................................................G-1 Appendix H. References ........................................................................................................................................................................... H-1 ii Executive Summary iii Executive Summary he Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Dual-Military Co-Location Policy Services (DACOWITS) (hereafter referred to as the T“Committee” or “DACOWITS”) was established in ¡ The Secretary of Defense should direct the 1951 with a mandate to provide the Secretary of Defense Military Services to review and consider revising (SecDef) with independent advice and recommendations their active duty dual-military co-location on matters and policies relating to servicewomen in policies to incorporate the best practice from the the Armed Forces of the United States. The Committee Navy of establishing additional oversight from is composed of no more than 20 members who are a higher level authority should an assignment appointed by the SecDef and serve in a voluntary manager/detailer be unable to accommodate capacity for 1- to 4-year terms. co-location. ¡ The Secretary of Defense should consider Each December, the Committee selects study topics establishing a DoD policy that would make it to examine during the following year. For 2017, mandatory for assignment managers/detailers DACOWITS studied 13 topics. The Committee gathered to work across the Military Services to maximize information from multiple sources in examining these the co-location of inter-Service active duty dual- topics; for example, briefings and written responses military couples. from Department of Defense (DoD), Service-level ¡ The Secretary of Defense should consider military representatives, and subject matter experts; expanding the co-location policy to include any data collected from focus groups and interactions with active duty dual-military parents, regardless of Service members during installation visits; and peer- marital status, who share parental custody of the reviewed literature. same minor child(ren) and desire to be assigned Based upon the data collected and analyzed, within the same geographic location for the DACOWITS offers 17 recommendations, which follow. benefit of his and/or her minor child(ren). Mid-Career Retention DACOWITS 2017 ¡ The Secretary of Defense should direct the development and adoption of an exit survey Recommendations or surveys to assess why the attrition level for Recruitment and Retention women is higher than for men at various career points. Accessions and Marketing ¡ The Secretary of Defense should consider seeking legislation and making appropriate ¡ The Secretary of Defense should require the policy changes to facilitate the smooth transition Military Services to tailor their marketing to of military members between the components reflect the most salient reasons women join in of each of the Military Services, to include inter- order to inspire more women toward military Service transfers. service. iv Propensity to Serve Key Job Opportunities and Assignments to Facilitate Promotion ¡ The Secretary of Defense should require the Military Services to increase and measure ¡ The Secretary of Defense should direct the outreach efforts that most effectively educate Military Services to create policies similar and leverage key influencers to positively to the Air Force best practice of mandating impact women’s propensity to serve. diverse gender slates for key developmental/ nominative positions such as those for aides Recruiting Strategies and military assistants, which are routinely considered springboards to higher ranks. ¡ The Secretary of Defense should require the Military Services to examine successful Physiological Gender Differences