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<p>The  Operations  and  Maintenance  (O&amp;M)  Appropriations  of  the  military  services  provide  resources for  a  wide  variety  of  programs,  including  manpower  support  programs. It is assumed that  some  relationship  exists  between  changes  in  manpower  levels  and  O&amp;M  tunding,  often  referred  to  as  the  O&amp;M  support  "tail"This  research  examined  the  O&amp;M,  Navy  and  O&amp;M,  Marine  Corps  appropriations  to  identify  programs  which  provide  funding  that  surports  the  general  active  duty  population  of  the  Navy  and  Marine  Corps.  A  framework  to  be  used  in  calculating  the  O&amp;M  support "tail" that  accompanies  manpower  adjustments  was  developed.  It  was  determined  that  the  O&amp;M  support  "tail" was  small  and  specific  to  certain  manpower  support  programs.  Many  O&amp;M  manpower  support  costs  will  not  change  until  force  structure  and  infrastructure  changes  take  place.  It  is  concluded  that  O&amp;M  adjustments  based  on  changes  to  manpower  should  be  targeted  only  at  specific  programs  whose  costs  vary  with  the  manpower  level.  Otherwise,  O&amp;M  reductions  are  essentially  horizontal  adjustments  which  have  the  potential  to  either  under  or  overfund  other  O&amp;M  programs.
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Panos, Kenneth J.</div>
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