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Monetary incentives are valuable tools for managing SOF officer retention, and a rigorous, empirical model can provide useful insights for personnel managers

• The Dynamic Retention Model for SOF Commissioned Officers provides a capability to assess how changes in S&I pays affect retention over an SOF career.
• The model can be used to assess the effect on SOF officer retention of changes in the dollar amount of S&I pay, the service obligation required to receive the pay, and when the pay is offered during a SOF career.

Offering the CSRB program to Army SOF commissioned officers would have a large effect on steady-state retention

• The program would increase the size of the SOF officer force by 11.1 percent.
• The main increase in retention occurs among those with more than 19 years of service (YOS), substantially extending the careers of personnel who reach retirement eligibility at 20 YOS and might otherwise retire.

Increasing the amounts offered to Navy SOF officers under its existing CSRB program would also increase retention

• An increase of 25 percent would increase the steady-state Navy SOF force by 3.7 percent.
• Most of the retention increase would occur among those with between 15 and 26 YOS, when members are eligible to receive the CSRB.