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There Is Significant Mismatch Between Officers with Graduate Degrees and the Billets That Require Them

• In fiscal years 2000-2010, only 58 percent of officer assignments to master's degree billets and 33 percent of officer assignments to doctorate degree billets were made such that the officer's degree level and academic specialty matched the billet requirement.
• There is a lower-than-desired utilization rate of officers who have earned Air Force-funded advanced academic degrees (AADs).
• The career points at which personnel earn AADs are misaligned with the AAD billet grade structure: There tends to be a shortfall in the number of personnel with required AADs in early years of service and, once earned, there isn't enough time in a particular grade to utilize personnel before reassignment or promotion to the next grade.