Targeting the Occupational Skill Pairings Needed in New Air Force Colonels (Technical Report (Rand Corporation))

The Air Force needs to develop a second occupational competency, or paired skill, in many of its future colonels and generals. The authors report how a team of Air Force officers and RAND staff derived the minimum percentage of each occupation's future new colonels who should have each paired skill. The minimums could help occupational overseers guide appropriate numbers of officers into appropriate paired skills.