United States Military Retirement Migration: Patterns and Processes

Department of Defense policy concerning the stationing of the military population has a direct impact on population redistribution patterns. The rate and volume of the movement of military personnel and their dependents represents an important element in this redistribution. There is, however, an important additional population redistribution impact resulting more indirectly from Defense Department actions. With a strength in excess of 1.3 million persons, the geographic patterns of the retired military population reflect the long term effects of governmental relocation policy. Each year approximately 45,000 to 50,000 military members retire from active military service and select a retirement location. These retirees have considerable impact on the areas in which they choose to live. However, because of a dearth of published information on the location and movement of military retirees, the magnitude of their impacts is unknown.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Barnes, Carroll Taylor

• Geography

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8422014

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/70642