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    Enhancing space resilience through non-materiel means (2016)
    Santa Monica, California : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833093134 , 0833093134 , 0833093134 , 9780833093134
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 70 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-1067-AF
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als McLeod, Gary, 1948- Enhancing space resilience through non-materiel means
    DDC: 358/.84
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Astronautics, Military History 21st century ; Space security History 21st century ; Organizational resilience History 21st century ; Astronautics, Military ; Space security ; Organizational resilience ; Organizational resilience ; Air Forces ; Astronautics, Military ; Space security ; United States ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; History ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "Space is now a congested, contested, and competitive environment. Space systems must become more resilient to potential adversary actions and system failures, but changes to space systems are costly. To provide a complete look at resilience and possibly realize some benefit at lower cost, the Air Force asked RAND to identify non-materiel means--doctrine, organization, training, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy--to enhance space resilience over the near and far terms.The authors developed implementation options to improve resilience based on a notional space protection operational concept: enhancing the capability of space operators to respond, in a timely and effective manner, to adversary counterspace actions. Operators need actionable information, appropriate organization and tactics, and dynamic command and control, supported by appropriate tools and decision aids, relevant training and exercises, and qualified personnel brought into the career field. The authors also recommend that Air Force Space Command develop a formal, end-to-end, space protection concept of operations (CONOPS) that captures all elements needed to improve resilience. In addition, the CONOPS could potentially follow the tenet of centralized control and decentralized execution in certain situations, such as when responding to adversary counterspace actions. For the near-term options, the rough order of magnitude (ROM) nonrecurring engineering (NRE) cost of implementation is estimated to be between $2.5 million and $3.6 million. For the far-term options, the ROM NRE cost is estimated to be between $109 million and $166 million, with the ROM recurring cost between $4 million and $5.4 million per year"--Publisher's description
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: Background -- Objectives -- Scope -- Space resilience -- Approach -- Report structure -- 2. Resilience and civil institutions: General approaches for building resilient operations: Impact avoidance -- Adaptation and flexibility -- Recovery and restoration -- Potential applications to the space operations community -- Summary -- 3. Resilience and U.S. government civil space agencies: Civil policy considerations: Full and open access -- Rapid delivery -- Continuity of operations -- Security classification -- Civil practices: Information -- Organization and tactics -- Command and control -- Training -- Personnel -- Summary -- 4. Resilience and Air Force space operations: Operational concept -- Findings: information: Space order of battle -- Limited intelligence at SOPS/SWS -- Space knowledge of intelligence personnel -- Space Weather effects -- Summary -- Findings: organization and tactics: Space protection lead -- Space protection tactics -- Tactics-sharing -- Summary -- Findings: command and control: Satellite C2 contacts -- Responsibilities and authorities -- Anomaly resolution -- Summary -- Findings: training: Space protection training -- Exercises -- Multiple satellite C2 systems -- Summary -- Findings: personnel: Initial qualifications -- Career progression -- Trained operators -- Summary -- Cost of implementation options -- Detailed recommendations -- 5. Resilience and a world with international and commercial partners: Information -- Organization and tactics -- Command and control -- 6. Recommendations: Overarching recommendations: Resilience as a priority -- Space protection CONOPS -- Detailed recommendations: Near-term recommendations -- Far-term recommendations -- ROM costs -- Appendix A: Space resilience cost analysis.
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force" --Title page , "RR-1067-AF"--Cover page 4 , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-70)
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    Quality of care for PTSD and depression in the Military Health System : phase I report (2016)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833090508 , 0833090526 , 9780833090492 , 0833090518 , 083309050X , 9780833090515 , 9780833090522
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxi, 188 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-978-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Hepner, Kimberly A Quality of care for PTSD and depression in the Military Health System
    Schlagwort(e): Medicine, Military Evaluation ; Post-traumatic stress disorder Treatment ; Depression, Mental Treatment ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Mental health ; Medicine, Military ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Depression, Mental ; Soldiers ; Military Medicine ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic therapy ; Depression therapy ; Mental Health Services standards ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Diseases ; General ; MEDICAL ; Clinical Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Diseases ; MEDICAL ; Evidence-Based Medicine ; MEDICAL ; Internal Medicine ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Treatment ; Soldiers ; Mental health ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Psychopathology ; Depression ; United States Armed Forces ; Medical care ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: PTSD and Depression Among Service Members -- Care Provided to Service Members with PTSD and Depression -- Measuring Quality of Health Care -- PTSD and Depression Quality Measures -- Organization of This Report -- Chapter Two: Methods: Overview -- Processing Inpatient and Outpatient Encounter Data -- Identification of Service Members in PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Technical Specifications for Quality Measures -- Analyses -- Chapter Three: Characteristics of Service Members in PTSD and Depression Cohorts, and Their Care Settings and Treatments: Demographic Characteristics of the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Military Service Characteristics of the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Utilization of Mental Health Services -- Treatment Setting, Encounter Characteristics, and Types of Providers Seen by PTSD and Depression Patients -- Assessments and Behavioral Interventions Delivered to Service Members in the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Prescriptions for Psychotropic Medications Filled by Service Members in the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Summary -- Chapter Four: Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression: Quality Measure Results for PTSD -- Overview of Measures for Service Members in PTSD Cohort -- Quality Measure Results for Depression -- Summary of Measures for Service Members in the Depression Cohort -- Chapter Five: Variations in Care for PTSD and Depression Based on Patient Characteristics: Performance of PTSD Measures by Age of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Race/Ethnicity of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Gender of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Pay Grade of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Deployment History of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Age of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Race/Ethnicity of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Gender of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Pay Grade of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Deployment History of Service Member -- Summary of Variations by Service Member Characteristics -- Chapter Six: Summary and Recommendations: Main Findings -- Policy Implications -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix: A. Technical Specifications for Administrative Data Quality Measures for PTSD -- B. Technical Specifications for Administrative Data Quality Measures for Depression -- C. Rules for Processing Administrative Data for Inpatient Stays and Outpatient Visits -- References
    Kurzfassung: Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: PTSD and Depression Among Service Members -- Care Provided to Service Members with PTSD and Depression -- Measuring Quality of Health Care -- PTSD and Depression Quality Measures -- Organization of This Report -- Chapter Two: Methods: Overview -- Processing Inpatient and Outpatient Encounter Data -- Identification of Service Members in PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Technical Specifications for Quality Measures -- Analyses -- Chapter Three: Characteristics of Service Members in PTSD and Depression Cohorts, and Their Care Settings and Treatments: Demographic Characteristics of the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Military Service Characteristics of the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Utilization of Mental Health Services -- Treatment Setting, Encounter Characteristics, and Types of Providers Seen by PTSD and Depression Patients -- Assessments and Behavioral Interventions Delivered to Service Members in the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Prescriptions for Psychotropic Medications Filled by Service Members in the PTSD and Depression Cohorts -- Summary -- Chapter Four: Quality of Care for PTSD and Depression: Quality Measure Results for PTSD -- Overview of Measures for Service Members in PTSD Cohort -- Quality Measure Results for Depression -- Summary of Measures for Service Members in the Depression Cohort -- Chapter Five: Variations in Care for PTSD and Depression Based on Patient Characteristics: Performance of PTSD Measures by Age of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Race/Ethnicity of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Gender of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Pay Grade of Service Member -- Performance of PTSD Measures by Deployment History of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Age of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Race/Ethnicity of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Gender of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Pay Grade of Service Member -- Performance of Depression Measures by Deployment History of Service Member -- Summary of Variations by Service Member Characteristics -- Chapter Six: Summary and Recommendations: Main Findings -- Policy Implications -- Final Thoughts -- Appendix: A. Technical Specifications for Administrative Data Quality Measures for PTSD -- B. Technical Specifications for Administrative Data Quality Measures for Depression -- C. Rules for Processing Administrative Data for Inpatient Stays and Outpatient Visits -- References
    Anmerkung: "February 18, 2016"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references
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    SimCoach evaluation : a virtual human intervention to encourage service-member help-seeking for posttraumatic stress disorder and depression (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088130 , 0833093177 , 0833088130 , 9780833093172
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource
    Serie: [Research report] RR-505-OSD
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    DDC: 355.3/45
    Schlagwort(e): Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Virtual reality in medicine ; Depression, Mental ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Computer simulation ; Depression, Mental Treatment ; Computer simulation ; Post-traumatic stress disorder Treatment ; Computer simulation ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Virtual reality in medicine ; Depression, Mental ; Soldiers ; Depression, Mental ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Anxiety Disorders ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Computer Simulation ; Computing Methodologies ; Delivery of Health Care ; Depressive Disorder ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Services ; Information Science ; Mental Disorders ; Mental Health Services ; Military Personnel ; Mood Disorders ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic ; Stress Disorders, Traumatic ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Depression, Mental ; Post-traumatic stress disorder ; Virtual reality in medicine ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- Background -- Objectives and Approach -- Organization of This Report -- ch. Two Formative Evaluation -- Software Assessment -- Formative Evaluation of Development of SimCoach's Behavioral Health Intervention -- Formative Evaluation of SimCoach Content -- Conclusions -- ch. Three Summative Evaluation -- Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Limitations -- ch. Four Summary and Recommendations -- Key Findings -- Recommendations -- Conclusions -- APPENDIXES -- A.Revisions to SimCoach Beta Recommendations -- B.Additional Distress Signal Phrases -- C.SimCoach Beta Participant Comments -- D.SimCoach Proposal -- E.SimCoach Onsite Evaluation: Preliminary Results.
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    Demystifying the citizen soldier (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833091635 , 0833093592 , 0833091638 , 9780833093592
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 39 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-1141-AF
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Cohen, Raphael S Demystifying the citizen soldier
    Schlagwort(e): Civil-military relations ; Civil-military relations ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Civil-military relations ; History ; Armies ; United States National Guard ; United States National Guard ; History ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "The National Guard is often portrayed as the modern heir to the colonial militia and retaining at least three of the latter's defining attributes -- a key instrument of American national security, a check on federal power, and home of today's 'citizen soldiers.' This report explores how the term citizen soldier has been defined in academic literature -- as compulsory, universal, legitimate service by civilians -- and then looks at how the National Guard has evinced these attributes at various periods in its history. Since the United States' founding, the militia -- and later, the National Guard -- slowly evolved into an increasingly formidable warfighting force and increasingly important tool for national security. This evolution, however, has come at the expense of two other attributes of the colonial militia -- serving as a check on federal power and filling its ranks with citizen soldiers. The report concludes that there are inherent and increasing tensions among being a warfighting force, serving as a check on federal power, and embodying the ideals of a citizen soldier, and it is not clear that the Guard -- or any other force for that matter -- can fully reconcile them. Ultimately, the Guard's transformation from citizen soldiers to a professional force may very well be inevitable and is likely a positive development for American national security. It is, however, important to realize that this trend is occurring, to demystify the citizen soldier, and to see the force for what it is"--Publisher's web site
    Kurzfassung: "The National Guard is often portrayed as the modern heir to the colonial militia and retaining at least three of the latter's defining attributes -- a key instrument of American national security, a check on federal power, and home of today's 'citizen soldiers.' This report explores how the term citizen soldier has been defined in academic literature -- as compulsory, universal, legitimate service by civilians -- and then looks at how the National Guard has evinced these attributes at various periods in its history. Since the United States' founding, the militia -- and later, the National Guard -- slowly evolved into an increasingly formidable warfighting force and increasingly important tool for national security. This evolution, however, has come at the expense of two other attributes of the colonial militia -- serving as a check on federal power and filling its ranks with citizen soldiers. The report concludes that there are inherent and increasing tensions among being a warfighting force, serving as a check on federal power, and embodying the ideals of a citizen soldier, and it is not clear that the Guard -- or any other force for that matter -- can fully reconcile them. Ultimately, the Guard's transformation from citizen soldiers to a professional force may very well be inevitable and is likely a positive development for American national security. It is, however, important to realize that this trend is occurring, to demystify the citizen soldier, and to see the force for what it is"--Publisher's web site
    Anmerkung: "Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-39) , Series from web site
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    Advising the Command : Best Practices from the Special Operation's Advisory Experience in Afghanistan (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088918 , 0833093339 , 0833088912 , 9780833093332
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 54 pages)
    Serie: RR-949-OSD Advising the command
    Schlagwort(e): Military assistance, American ; Military education ; Consultants Armed Forces ; Military assistance, American ; Military education ; Consultants ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military assistance, American ; Military education ; Military relations ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Afghanistan ; United States ; United States Military relations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Special Operators assigned to Special Operations Advisory Groups advise the commanders and staff of the Afghan Special Security Forces. Drawing on in-depth interviews with these personnel, this report identifies best practices for operational level advising. Topics addressed include rapport building, the advising engagement, integration, sustainability, pre-deployment training, and continuity of operations"--Puiblisher's description
    Kurzfassung: "Special Operators assigned to Special Operations Advisory Groups advise the commanders and staff of the Afghan Special Security Forces. Drawing on in-depth interviews with these personnel, this report identifies best practices for operational level advising. Topics addressed include rapport building, the advising engagement, integration, sustainability, pre-deployment training, and continuity of operations"--Puiblisher's description
    Anmerkung: "RR-949-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 53-54)
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    Advancing the careers of military spouses : an assessment of education and employment goals and barriers facing military spouses eligible for MyCAA (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088659 , 0833089463 , 0833088653 , 9780833089465
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 68 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Friedman, Esther M., 1976- Advancing the careers of military spouses
    Schlagwort(e): Military spouses Training of ; Military spouses Services for ; Military spouses Employment ; Military spouses Education (Continuing education) ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; Military spouses ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Since the move to an all-volunteer force, the U.S. military has increasingly provided an array of programs, services, and facilities to support military families, including programs to assist spouses in pursuing their educational and employment goals. These programs are particularly important, given that military spouses face challenges related to military life that can make it difficult for them to maintain and develop careers. One program designed to help spouses of junior military personnel meet their educational and employment objectives is the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship. This report analyzes data collected from November 2012 to March 2013 on the 2012 Active Duty Spouse Survey to examine MyCAA scholarship use in the previous year and educational and employment goals and barriers faced by recent MyCAA users and nonusers. The survey showed that nearly one in five eligible spouses used MyCAA in the previous year, and more than half of nonusers were unaware of the scholarship. Key reasons for not using the scholarship among those who were aware of it include perceived program ineligibility and lack of time for education. Reported barriers to achieving educational and employment goals were remarkably similar for recent MyCAA users and nonusers. Cost was the key reason spouses reported for not pursuing higher education. Barriers to both education and employment among interested spouses included competing family responsibilities and difficulties with child care. The authors conclude with recommendations for improving and complementing the existing MyCAA scholarship to help military spouses achieve their educational and career objectives
    Kurzfassung: Since the move to an all-volunteer force, the U.S. military has increasingly provided an array of programs, services, and facilities to support military families, including programs to assist spouses in pursuing their educational and employment goals. These programs are particularly important, given that military spouses face challenges related to military life that can make it difficult for them to maintain and develop careers. One program designed to help spouses of junior military personnel meet their educational and employment objectives is the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship. This report analyzes data collected from November 2012 to March 2013 on the 2012 Active Duty Spouse Survey to examine MyCAA scholarship use in the previous year and educational and employment goals and barriers faced by recent MyCAA users and nonusers. The survey showed that nearly one in five eligible spouses used MyCAA in the previous year, and more than half of nonusers were unaware of the scholarship. Key reasons for not using the scholarship among those who were aware of it include perceived program ineligibility and lack of time for education. Reported barriers to achieving educational and employment goals were remarkably similar for recent MyCAA users and nonusers. Cost was the key reason spouses reported for not pursuing higher education. Barriers to both education and employment among interested spouses included competing family responsibilities and difficulties with child care. The authors conclude with recommendations for improving and complementing the existing MyCAA scholarship to help military spouses achieve their educational and career objectives
    Anmerkung: "RR-784-OSD , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68)
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    Care transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for service members with traumatic brain injury (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088888 , 083309145X , 0833088882 , 9780833091451
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 105 pages)
    Serie: RR-653-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Ayer, Lynsay Care transitions to and from the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) for service members with traumatic brain injury
    Schlagwort(e): Brain Wounds and injuries ; Treatment ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Medical care ; Evaluation ; Brain ; Soldiers ; Disciplines and Occupations ; Disease ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Occupations ; Health Services ; Health ; Medicine ; Military Medicine ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Nervous System Diseases ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine ; Population Characteristics ; Rehabilitation ; Therapeutics ; Trauma, Nervous System ; Veterans Health ; Wounds and Injuries ; Central Nervous System Diseases ; Brain Diseases ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Delivery of Health Care ; Brain Injuries ; Law, Politics & Government ; MEDICAL ; Neurology ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Military Administration ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have been one of the leading causes of death and injury among U.S. troops. Those who survive an IED blast or other injuries may be left with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and attendant or co-occurring psychological symptoms. In response to the need for specialized services for these populations, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) established the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) in Bethesda, Maryland, in 2010. The NICoE's success in fulfilling its mission is impacted by its relationships with home station providers, patients, and their families. The RAND Corporation was asked to evaluate these relationships and provide recommendations for strengthening the NICoE's efforts to communicate with these groups to improve patients' TBI care. Through surveys, site visits, and interviews with NICoE staff, home station providers, service members who have received care at the NICoE, and the families of these patients, RAND's evaluation examined the interactions between the NICoE and the providers responsible for referring patients and implementing treatment plans
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references
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    Navigating the road to reintegration : status and continuing support of the U.S. Air Force's wounded warriors (2015)
    Santa Monica : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088383 , 0833091484 , 0833088386 , 9780833091482
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 160 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Sims, Carra S Navigating the road to reintegration
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans Services for ; Disabled veterans Rehabilitation ; Veterans Medical care ; Disabled veterans Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans ; Disabled veterans ; Veterans Health ; Military Personnel ; Community Integration ; Veterans psychology ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Disabled veterans ; Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans ; Medical care ; Veterans ; Services for ; United States ; Military Administration ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Disabled veterans ; Rehabilitation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force, wanting to gain greater insight into the well-being of its members who have sustained mental or physical injuries in combat or combat-related situations, including their quality of life and the challenges they will confront in their reintegration following separation or retirement, asked the RAND Corporation for assistance in gauging the current status of the Air Force's wounded warriors, including their use of and satisfaction with Air Force programs designed to serve them. This report presents the baseline findings from a longitudinal analysis of enrollees in the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) program who were receiving benefits or undergoing evaluation to receive benefits, the majority of whom had a primary administrative diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A high proportion of the Airmen in the sample screened positive for PTSD (roughly 78 percent) and major depressive disorder (MDD) (roughly 75 percent); 69 percent screened positive for both. Although more than 90 percent of those in the sample who screened positive for PTSD or MDD were receiving treatment, about half indicated that there was at least one instance during the past year in which they desired mental health treatment but did not receive it. Participants reported concerns about stigma, confidentiality, and the quality of available treatment as barriers to receiving mental health care, though the current data do not link these concerns to a particular treatment setting. About 10 percent of Airmen reported a financial situation that could be considered as living in poverty based on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' poverty guidelines. Similarly, close to 15 percent of those in the labor force could be considered unemployed. Reserve and National Guard Airmen evidenced heightened challenges across examined domains. Respondents were overall satisfied with the services they received from the AFW2 and Air Force Recovery Care Coordinator programs
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force, wanting to gain greater insight into the well-being of its members who have sustained mental or physical injuries in combat or combat-related situations, including their quality of life and the challenges they will confront in their reintegration following separation or retirement, asked the RAND Corporation for assistance in gauging the current status of the Air Force's wounded warriors, including their use of and satisfaction with Air Force programs designed to serve them. This report presents the baseline findings from a longitudinal analysis of enrollees in the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) program who were receiving benefits or undergoing evaluation to receive benefits, the majority of whom had a primary administrative diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A high proportion of the Airmen in the sample screened positive for PTSD (roughly 78 percent) and major depressive disorder (MDD) (roughly 75 percent); 69 percent screened positive for both. Although more than 90 percent of those in the sample who screened positive for PTSD or MDD were receiving treatment, about half indicated that there was at least one instance during the past year in which they desired mental health treatment but did not receive it. Participants reported concerns about stigma, confidentiality, and the quality of available treatment as barriers to receiving mental health care, though the current data do not link these concerns to a particular treatment setting. About 10 percent of Airmen reported a financial situation that could be considered as living in poverty based on U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' poverty guidelines. Similarly, close to 15 percent of those in the labor force could be considered unemployed. Reserve and National Guard Airmen evidenced heightened challenges across examined domains. Respondents were overall satisfied with the services they received from the AFW2 and Air Force Recovery Care Coordinator programs
    Anmerkung: "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "Rand Project Air Force , "RR-599-AF"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-160)
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    What works best when building partner capacity in challenging contexts (2015)
    Santa Monica : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088710 , 0833093320 , 0833088718 , 9780833093325
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 58 pages)
    Serie: [Research report] RR-937-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print versionPaul, Christopher, 1971- What works best when building partner capacity in challenging contexts
    Schlagwort(e): Soldiers Training of ; International cooperation ; National security International cooperation ; Military education International cooperation ; Military assistance, American ; Soldiers ; National security ; Military education ; Military assistance, American ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military assistance, American ; Military education ; International cooperation ; National security ; International cooperation ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "For both diplomatic and national security reasons, security cooperation continues to be important for the United States. The needs and existing capabilities of various nations differ, however, as will results. In previous research, RAND identified a series of factors that correlate with the success of building partner capacity (BPC) efforts. Some of these are under U.S. control, and some are inherent in the partner nation or under its control. Strategic imperatives sometimes compel the United States to work with PNs that lack favorable characteristics but with which the United States needs to conduct BPC anyway. This report explores what the United States can do, when conducting BPC in challenging contexts, to maximize prospects for success. The authors address this question using the logic model outlined in a companion report and examining a series of case studies, looking explicitly at the challenges that can interfere with BPC. Some of the challenges stemmed from U.S. shortcomings, such as policy or funding issues; others from the partner's side, including issues with practices, personalities, baseline capacity, and lack of willingness; still others from disagreements among various stakeholders over objectives and approaches. Among the factors correlated with success in overcoming these challenges were consistency of funding and implementation, shared security interests, and matching objectives with the partner nation's ability to absorb and sustain capabilities."--Back cover
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Preface -- Figures and Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction: Methods and Approach -- Outline of the Remainder of the Report -- Chapter Two: Insights from Building Partner Capacity in Four Contextually Challenging Cases: Results from a Previous Study Largely Validated in the New Case Studies -- Additional Comparative Observations -- Chapter Three: Contextual Challenges, Disrupters, and Workarounds: Variations in How Contextual Challenges Play Out -- Input and Disrupter Categories -- Disrupters and Workarounds, by Disrupter Category -- Chapter Four: Recommendations: Get Your Own House in Order -- Anticipate Challenges and Plan Accordingly -- Match Delivery to Partners' Willingness, Interests, and Absorption Capacity -- Plan for Sustainment -- Strive for Consistency, but Retain Agility -- Appendix: Catalog of Identified Disrupters -- References.
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "August 21, 2015"--Table of contents page , "Prepared for the Joint Staff J5, the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-58)
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    Identifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087980 , 0833091425 , 0833087983 , 9780833091420
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 59 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Watts, Stephen Identifying and mitigating risks in security sector assistance for Africa's fragile states
    Schlagwort(e): Political stability ; Conflict management ; Military assistance, American Risk assessment ; Security sector ; Political stability ; Conflict management ; Military assistance, American ; Security sector ; Conflict management ; Political stability ; Security sector ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Africa ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: This report explores the nature of the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate these risks. It examines these issues through a review of qualitative and quantitative literature from both the academic and policy fields and through interviews conducted throughout the agencies of the U.S. government. The quantitative literature suggests a stark dilemma for those responsible for U.S. security sector assistance to the AFRICOM area of responsibility: The countries that are most in need of assistance are usually the ones least able to make positive use of it. Case studies of security sector assistance in the fragile countries in Africa are used to trace multiple specific pathways by which such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Finally, the report provides numerous recommendations about ways in which the United States can improve the processes by which it monitors and evaluates, plans, and implements security sector assistance in the fragile states of Africa and more generally
    Kurzfassung: This report explores the nature of the risks inherent in U.S. security sector assistance to the fragile states of Africa and how the United States might better anticipate and mitigate these risks. It examines these issues through a review of qualitative and quantitative literature from both the academic and policy fields and through interviews conducted throughout the agencies of the U.S. government. The quantitative literature suggests a stark dilemma for those responsible for U.S. security sector assistance to the AFRICOM area of responsibility: The countries that are most in need of assistance are usually the ones least able to make positive use of it. Case studies of security sector assistance in the fragile countries in Africa are used to trace multiple specific pathways by which such assistance can have negative second- and third-order effects. Finally, the report provides numerous recommendations about ways in which the United States can improve the processes by which it monitors and evaluates, plans, and implements security sector assistance in the fragile states of Africa and more generally
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-59)
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    Confronting Emergent Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries : Prospects for Neutralization, Strategies for Escalation Management (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833089090 , 0833093355 , 0833089099 , 9780833093356
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 99 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-974-AF
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Morgan, Forrest E Confronting Emergent Nuclear-Armed Regional Adversaries
    Schlagwort(e): Deterrence (Strategy) ; Conflict management 21st century ; Security, International 21st century ; Military planning 21st century ; Nuclear weapons Government policy 21st century ; Escalation (Military science) ; Nuclear arms control Government policy 21st century ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Conflict management ; Security, International ; Military planning ; Nuclear weapons ; Escalation (Military science) ; Nuclear arms control ; Deterrence (Strategy) ; Escalation (Military science) ; Military planning ; Military policy ; Nuclear arms control ; Government policy ; Nuclear weapons ; Government policy ; Security, International ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; United States ; Conflict management ; United States Military policy 21st century ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "Risks are increasing that the United States will find itself in confrontations with nuclear-armed regional adversaries--that is, hostile states with small nuclear arsenals. This research seeks to help the U.S. Air Force understand and prepare for such confrontations. The authors explore circumstances in which the United States might be able to neutralize a regional opponent's nuclear capabilities, and describe how and in what circumstances the United States can manage escalation while defeating nuclear-armed opponents in conventional conflict. The analysis finds that there is probably no case in which U.S. forces could neutralize an opponent's nuclear capabilities with a high enough probability of success that U.S. leaders would let them attempt it. However, U.S. forces should be able to manage escalation in some conventional conflicts, as long as the United States does not threaten the survival of the enemy regime or its nuclear deterrent forces. U.S. leaders must deter the adversary from escalating above critical U.S. thresholds and manage U.S. forces to avoid inadvertent and accidental escalation. The authors recommend that the Air Force continue research and development on methods and capabilities to find, fix, track, target, and assess enemy nuclear weapons capabilities; continue research and development on ballistic and cruise missile defenses; and conduct research on how to rebalance the force to better enable posturing airpower to conduct conventional strike operations from afar, in order to defeat a nuclear-armed regional adversary's conventional forces while operating from bases beyond the range of its conventional and nuclear strike capabilities"--Publisher's description
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: In Memoriam -- Preface -- Figures and Table -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- 1. An Emerging National Security Challenge: Introduction -- Purpose of This Research -- Research Methodology -- How This Report Is Organized -- 2. Bringing the Challenge into Focus: The Blurred Nuclear Threshold -- Third-Party Considerations -- These Factors Increase Risks of Conflict Escalation -- Dilemmas for U.S. Decisionmakers -- 3. Assessing the Neutralization Options: The Adversary's Range of Options -- Potential Ways to Neutralize an Adversary's Nuclear Capabilities -- Concluding Observations 4. Managing Escalation in Crisis and War -- The Principles of Threshold Management -- Managing Escalation in Three Geostrategic Challenges -- Looking at the Larger Picture -- 5. Meeting the Challenge -- The Regional Nuclear Paradox -- Crafting Strategies for Escalation Management -- Putting These Observations in Today's Geostrategic Context -- Recommendations for the U.S. Air Force -- Appendix A. The Second Nuclear Age -- Appendix B. The Inadequacy of Cold War Concepts -- Abbreviations -- References.
    Anmerkung: "October 27, 2015"--Table of contents page , Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-99)
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    Building special operations partnerships in Afghanistan and beyond : challenges and best practices from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia (2015)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087607 , 0833087606 , 9780833087591 , 0833087622 , 0833087592 , 9780833087621
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 100 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Long, Austin. Building Special Operations Partnerships in Afghanistan and Beyond Challenges and Best Practices from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Colombia
    Schlagwort(e): Soldiers Training of ; Soldiers Training of ; Soldiers Training of ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Internal security ; Internal security ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Military assistance, American ; Military assistance, American ; Soldiers ; Soldiers ; Soldiers ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Nation-building ; Internal security ; Internal security ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Military assistance, American ; Military assistance, American ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Internal security ; Afghanistan ; Colombia ; Iraq ; United States ; Military assistance, American ; Military relations ; Nation-building ; Soldiers ; Training of ; Military Science - General ; Iraq Armed Forces ; Training of ; Colombia Armed Forces ; Training of ; United States Military relations ; United States Military relations ; United States Military relations ; Afghanistan Armed Forces ; Training of ; Iraq ; Colombia ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Afghanistan ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Preface -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's National Mission Units -- Chapter Three: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's Provincial Response Companies -- Chapter Four: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The ANASOF Special Operations Kandaks -- Chapter Five: SOF Partnership in Iraq -- Chapter Six: SOF Partnership in Colombia -- Chapter Seven: Best Practices and Recommendations for SOF Partnering -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: SOF Partnership Beyond Afghanistan -- Appendix: Interview Protocol -- References
    Kurzfassung: Preface -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's National Mission Units -- Chapter Three: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The Ministry of Interior's Provincial Response Companies -- Chapter Four: SOF Partnership in Afghanistan: The ANASOF Special Operations Kandaks -- Chapter Five: SOF Partnership in Iraq -- Chapter Six: SOF Partnership in Colombia -- Chapter Seven: Best Practices and Recommendations for SOF Partnering -- Chapter Eight: Conclusion: SOF Partnership Beyond Afghanistan -- Appendix: Interview Protocol -- References
    Anmerkung: "RR-713-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-100)
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    Reforming military retirement : analysis in support of the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (2015)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833090157 , 0833093401 , 0833090151 , 9780833093400
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print versionAsch, Beth J Reforming military retirement
    Schlagwort(e): Military pensions Law and legislation ; Military pensions ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Military pensions ; Law and legislation ; Military Administration ; United States Armed Forces ; Pay, allowances, etc ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "This report documents RAND analytical support to the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC). Using the Dynamic Retention Model, the report evaluates MCRMC's proposed military compensation and retirement plan reforms, by service, for officers and enlisted personnel in both the active and reserve components. In addition to generating cost savings, the proposed reforms sustain the current force size and shape"--Publisher's description
    Kurzfassung: "This report documents RAND analytical support to the Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission (MCRMC). Using the Dynamic Retention Model, the report evaluates MCRMC's proposed military compensation and retirement plan reforms, by service, for officers and enlisted personnel in both the active and reserve components. In addition to generating cost savings, the proposed reforms sustain the current force size and shape"--Publisher's description
    Anmerkung: "RR-1022-MCRMC , Includes bibliographical references (page 105)
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    Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense : status of current research, prioritizing areas of need, and recommendations for moving forward (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087720 , 083308772X , 9780833087737 , 0833087746 , 0833087738 , 0833087711 , 9780833087713 , 9780833087744
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Ramchand, Rajeev Developing a research strategy for suicide prevention in the Department of Defense
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; Research ; United States ; Suicide Prevention ; Government policy ; Military research ; Suicide Prevention ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Military research ; Suicide ; Psychology, Military ; Military research ; Personnel management ; Research ; Psychology, Military ; Suicide ; Prevention ; Government policy ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Suicide ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The study indexed each of 12 research goals according to rankings of importance, effectiveness, cultural acceptability, cost, and learning potential provided by experts who participated in a multistep elicitation exercise. The results revealed that research funding is overwhelmingly allocated to prevention goals already considered by experts to be effective. Other goals considered by experts to be important and appropriate for the military context receive relatively little funding and have been the subject of relatively few studies, meaning that there is still much to learn about these strategies. Furthermore, DoD, like other organizations, suffers from a research-to-practice gap. The most promising results from studies funded by DoD and other entities do not always find their way to those responsible for implementing suicide prevention programs that serve military personnel
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    Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833085061 , 0833087150 , 0833085069 , 9780833087157
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Loredo, Elvira N Authorities and options for funding USSOCOM operations
    Schlagwort(e): U.S. Special Operations Command Finance ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Military planning ; Military planning ; United States ; Military policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; U.S. Special Operations Command ; Armies ; Finance ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Military planning ; United States Military policy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Kurzfassung: This report examines mechanisms, sources, and inter-Service agreements for funding special operations forces (SOF) operations and provides recommendations to reduce the frequency and duration of disputes between the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), the Military Departments, and Geographic Combatant Commands over their respective funding responsibilities for SOF, especially with respect to when Service Common (Major Force Program (MFP) 2) and SOF Peculiar (MFP 11) funds should be used. The Geographic Combatant Commanders, in accordance with guidance received from the President and Secretary of Defense, generate requests for unplanned activities and operations, sometimes in response to unanticipated events. Such events fall outside planned and programmed activities, creating validated operational support requirements that are unfunded and/or unbudgeted. Each time this occurs, it leads to prolonged negotiations to work out funding responsibility disputes among a variety of stakeholders to secure the funding necessary to execute the new requirement. SOCOM's Global SOF Network (GSN) envisions increased use of SOF, which would further increase the frequency of such disputes and could be hindered by current funding processes, motivating the research conducted to produce this report. If the President and Congress agree to expand the use of SOF as described by the GSN concept, it would be necessary to increase the flexibility of funding available for validated but unfunded operations. To increase the effectiveness of SOF, the Department of Defense needs funding solutions that are responsive to global events while enabling effective financial stewardship that satisfies the needs of all stakeholders
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the U.S. Special Operations Command."' , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-360-SOCOM"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-75)
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    Enhanced Army Airborne Forces : a new joint operational capability (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082169 , 083309002X , 0833082167 , 9780833090027
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR309
    Schlagwort(e): United States Airborne troops ; Reorganization ; United States Airborne troops ; Equipment ; United States ; United States ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Airborne operations (Military science) ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Airborne operations (Military science) ; Airborne operations (Military science) ; Armored vehicles, Military ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: At the request of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, a RAND research team examined options to increase the mobility, protection, and firepower of the Army's airborne forces, given likely future missions and threats, identifying a concept for enhancing today's forces by adding a light armored infantry capability. Because the Army requested near-term options, the new concept incorporates equipment and platforms that are already available within the U.S. Department of Defense. The near-term focus also meant that the current Air Force airlift fleet was an important consideration, since Army airborne forces rely on Air Force transport aircraft to deploy. The research team examined notional future brigade- and battalion-sized airborne units, including the numbers and types of vehicles that would be needed to create an airborne light armored force that could be airdropped or air-landed from Air Force transport planes. The primary light armored vehicle possibilities studied were the Stryker (currently used by the Army) and the Light Armored Vehicle, second generation (LAV-II, used by the Marine Corps and the militaries of several other nations). Each family of vehicles would have advantages and disadvantages for the Army's airborne force, with the LAV-II provisionally identified as the preferred candidate. A tabletop exercise with subject-matter experts, using scenarios developed through a review of historical Army missions, identified how the addition of light armor could enhance the performance of airborne units
    Kurzfassung: At the request of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, a RAND research team examined options to increase the mobility, protection, and firepower of the Army's airborne forces, given likely future missions and threats, identifying a concept for enhancing today's forces by adding a light armored infantry capability. Because the Army requested near-term options, the new concept incorporates equipment and platforms that are already available within the U.S. Department of Defense. The near-term focus also meant that the current Air Force airlift fleet was an important consideration, since Army airborne forces rely on Air Force transport aircraft to deploy. The research team examined notional future brigade- and battalion-sized airborne units, including the numbers and types of vehicles that would be needed to create an airborne light armored force that could be airdropped or air-landed from Air Force transport planes. The primary light armored vehicle possibilities studied were the Stryker (currently used by the Army) and the Light Armored Vehicle, second generation (LAV-II, used by the Marine Corps and the militaries of several other nations). Each family of vehicles would have advantages and disadvantages for the Army's airborne force, with the LAV-II provisionally identified as the preferred candidate. A tabletop exercise with subject-matter experts, using scenarios developed through a review of historical Army missions, identified how the addition of light armor could enhance the performance of airborne units
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106)
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    Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085139 , 0833086499 , 0833085131 , 9780833086495
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Hanauer, Larry Evaluating the impact of the Department of Defense Regional Centers for Security Studies
    Schlagwort(e): United States Management ; Evaluation ; United States ; National security International cooperation ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; Military assistance, American ; National security ; International cooperation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Treaties ; Management ; Evaluation ; Military assistance, American ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Kurzfassung: The five U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Regional Centers for Security Studies have been helping partner nations build strategic capacity for almost 20 years. However, recent DoD budget constraints have put pressure on the regional centers (RCs) to increase efficiency. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) asked RAND to conduct a study on the overall impact of the RCs, their effectiveness in advancing DoD policy priorities, the ways in which they assess their programs, and ways in which they could improve their impact and efficiency and the resulting outcomes. The RAND study team found that centers have had great success at the missions they have undertaken. They are high-impact components of U.S. security cooperation and engagement efforts, despite their relatively small budgets. The team identified 24 ways in which the centers advance U.S. interests, including building partner capacity, building relationships, fostering pro-U.S. outlooks, offering unique opportunities for engagement, and promoting regional dialogue that reduces tensions. However, RCs should improve impact-oriented data collection and analysis for improved assessment, methodically collecting such data over time. OSD and the combatant commands should improve their oversight and management of the RCs to ensure alignment with department- and theater-level objectives. In addition, OSD should maintain the RCs' focus on regional security challenges rather than refashioning them to address specific threats. Options to consider for greater impact include evaluating the balance between core residential courses and in-region workshops and determining whether and to what extent the centers should develop customized programs for DoD components so as to secure funds beyond the core budget they receive from OSD
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-388-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152)
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    Recruiting older youths : insights from a new survey of army recruits (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833083906 , 0833086472 , 0833083902 , 9780833086471
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 66 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Rostker, Bernard Recruiting older youths
    Schlagwort(e): United States Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Recruiting and enlistment ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: More than half of all U.S. Army recruits are choosing to join later in life instead of immediately after high school graduation. Older recruits tend to reenlist and receive promotions at greater rates than their younger peers. Among those surveyed, recruits who enlisted later were more concerned about the domestic job market and less concerned about external factors, such as opposition from family and friends. Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, little attention has been paid to high school graduates who do not enlist immediately after graduation, primarily those who seek employment in the private sector of the economy. However, over time, this group has made up a significant and increasing portion of total enlistments. However, since 2005, the majority of the Army's recruits has not joined directly out of high school but has instead made the decision to join at a later time. Why these recruits initially chose not to join when they had the opportunity after graduating from high school and why they changed their minds several years later and enlisted are the subjects of this report. Given the importance of older recruits to the Army, the authors examine what is known about these recruits, their performance during military service, and why they came to join the Army after first choosing another postsecondary path. The results of a survey of 5,000 Army recruits designed to answer this question are presented. Finally, the implications of the survey results are discussed, along with suggestions of ways to gain additional insights by tracking this survey cohort through their Army careers
    Kurzfassung: More than half of all U.S. Army recruits are choosing to join later in life instead of immediately after high school graduation. Older recruits tend to reenlist and receive promotions at greater rates than their younger peers. Among those surveyed, recruits who enlisted later were more concerned about the domestic job market and less concerned about external factors, such as opposition from family and friends. Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, little attention has been paid to high school graduates who do not enlist immediately after graduation, primarily those who seek employment in the private sector of the economy. However, over time, this group has made up a significant and increasing portion of total enlistments. However, since 2005, the majority of the Army's recruits has not joined directly out of high school but has instead made the decision to join at a later time. Why these recruits initially chose not to join when they had the opportunity after graduating from high school and why they changed their minds several years later and enlisted are the subjects of this report. Given the importance of older recruits to the Army, the authors examine what is known about these recruits, their performance during military service, and why they came to join the Army after first choosing another postsecondary path. The results of a survey of 5,000 Army recruits designed to answer this question are presented. Finally, the implications of the survey results are discussed, along with suggestions of ways to gain additional insights by tracking this survey cohort through their Army careers
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-247-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-66)
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    The Deployment Life Study : methodological overview and baseline sample description (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833079923 , 0833086766 , 0833079921 , 9780833086761
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 82 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version Tanielian, Terri L Deployment Life Study
    Schlagwort(e): Families of military personnel Longitudinal studies ; Families of military personnel Research ; Families of military personnel ; Families of military personnel ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Longitudinal studies ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Families of military personnel ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Kurzfassung: In the past decade, U.S. military families have experienced extreme stress, as U.S. soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines have experienced extended and repeated deployments. As a result, U.S. policymakers and Department of Defense leadership have placed an emphasis on family readiness for deployment and other military-related stressors. However, family readiness is not a well-understood construct. The Deployment Life Study was designed to provide a deeper understanding of family readiness and to address the sources of readiness among military families. It is a longitudinal study of military families over the course of a full deployment cycle--predeployment, during deployment, and postdeployment. Over the course of three years, the study will follow 2,724 families from each service and component, interviewing service members, their spouses, and one child between the ages of 11 and 17 in each family (if applicable) every four months. Baseline data are weighted to be representative of married service members who were eligible to deploy sometime between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012. This report describes the Deployment Life Study theoretical model; the content of the baseline assessment; the design and procedures associated with data collection, sampling and recruiting procedures; and the baseline sample of military families
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center and National Defense Research Institute , "RR-209-A/OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references
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    Mental health stigma in the military (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085047 , 0833089994 , 0833085042 , 9780833089991
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 296 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Acosta, Joie D Mental health stigma in the military
    Schlagwort(e): Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers Mental health services ; Evaluation ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; Soldiers ; Mental health policy ; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Delivery of Health Care ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Health Care Economics and Organizations ; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms ; Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services ; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation ; Health Services ; Investigative Techniques ; Mental Health Services ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Persons ; Policy ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Public Policy ; Quality of Health Care ; Social Behavior ; Social Control Policies ; Social Control, Formal ; Social Sciences ; Social Stigma ; Sociology ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Mental health policy ; Stigma (Social psychology) ; United States Armed Forces ; Mental health services ; Evaluation ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Kurzfassung: Despite the efforts of both the U.S. Department of Defense and the Veterans Health Administration to enhance mental health services, many service members are not regularly seeking needed care when they have mental health problems. Without appropriate treatment, these mental health problems can have wide-ranging and negative impacts on the quality of life and the social, emotional, and cognitive functioning of affected service members. The services have been actively engaged in developing policies, programs, and campaigns designed to reduce stigma and increase service members' help-seeking behavior. However, there has been no comprehensive assessment of these efforts' effectiveness and the extent to which they align with service members' needs or evidence-based practices. The goal of this research was to assess DoD's approach to stigma reduction, how well it is working and how it might be improved. To address these questions, RAND researchers used five complementary methods: (1) literature review, (2) a microsimulation modeling of costs, (3) interviews with program staff, (4) prospective policy analysis, and (5) an expert panel. The priorities outlined in this report identify ways in which program and policy development and research and evaluation can improve understanding of how best to efficiently and effectively provide needed treatment to service members with mental illness
    Anmerkung: "RR-426-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-296)
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    Innovative leader development : evaluation of the U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, California : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833089915 , 0833089919 , 9780833087492 , 0833087495
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 133 pages)
    DDC: 355.5/40973
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Asymmetric warfare ; Military education Evaluation ; Leadership ; Asymmetric warfare ; Military education ; Leadership ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; Asymmetric warfare ; Leadership ; Military education ; Evaluation ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Asymmetric Warfare Group offers the Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP)--a 10-day course designed to enhance adaptive performance in leaders and promote innovative solutions in training in support of unified land operations. This report describes results of a systematic evaluation of AWALP, offers recommendations to improve the course, and provides recommendations for ongoing evaluation of AWALP and other courses or events that address adaptive performance and acquisition of other intangible skills. The study used a pretest-posttest design and collected data from 104 students who participated in AWALP. Results show substantial improvement in training outcomes, including students' self-efficacy for being adaptive and leading adaptive teams and knowledge of course concepts. Graduates also reported that they were applying course concepts on the job after returning to their units. In addition, students had exceptionally favorable reactions to AWALP and remained extremely positive about the course three months after graduation. Results indicate few needs for improvement in the course; the most important area to address is challenges in applying concepts on the job because of the command climate and entrenched leadership. Recommendations for ongoing evaluation focus on obtaining additional measures of adaptive performance, particularly to establish the impact of AWALP on subsequent job performance. The current success of AWALP suggests that its approach to training might be usefully expanded in the Army, and the authors discuss strategies to achieve broader dissemination. Finally, the authors describe how the methods used in this study might be applied to evaluating related training in other contexts
    Kurzfassung: The Asymmetric Warfare Group offers the Asymmetric Warfare Adaptive Leader Program (AWALP)--a 10-day course designed to enhance adaptive performance in leaders and promote innovative solutions in training in support of unified land operations. This report describes results of a systematic evaluation of AWALP, offers recommendations to improve the course, and provides recommendations for ongoing evaluation of AWALP and other courses or events that address adaptive performance and acquisition of other intangible skills. The study used a pretest-posttest design and collected data from 104 students who participated in AWALP. Results show substantial improvement in training outcomes, including students' self-efficacy for being adaptive and leading adaptive teams and knowledge of course concepts. Graduates also reported that they were applying course concepts on the job after returning to their units. In addition, students had exceptionally favorable reactions to AWALP and remained extremely positive about the course three months after graduation. Results indicate few needs for improvement in the course; the most important area to address is challenges in applying concepts on the job because of the command climate and entrenched leadership. Recommendations for ongoing evaluation focus on obtaining additional measures of adaptive performance, particularly to establish the impact of AWALP on subsequent job performance. The current success of AWALP suggests that its approach to training might be usefully expanded in the Army, and the authors discuss strategies to achieve broader dissemination. Finally, the authors describe how the methods used in this study might be applied to evaluating related training in other contexts
    Anmerkung: "RR-504-A."--Back cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-133)
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    Veteran employment : lessons from the 100,000 Jobs Mission (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833088147 , 0833089382 , 0833088149 , 9780833089380
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Hall, Kimberly Curry Veteran employment
    Schlagwort(e): Veterans Services for ; Veterans Employment ; Veterans ; Veterans ; Military Administration ; United States ; Veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; LAW ; Labor & Employment ; Law, Politics & Government ; Veterans ; Employment ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Eleven companies cofounded the 100,000 Jobs Mission in 2011 to promote veteran employment, with a goal of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2020. The coalition has grown to over 175 companies, which have exceeded the initial goal and are now on track to hire 200,000 veterans by the end of 2014. These companies represent nearly every U.S. industry and vary in size, geographic location, and in the types of veterans they hire. Reflecting on the first three years of operation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked the RAND Corporation to capture the lessons and experiences from the 100,000 Jobs Mission to identify further improvements to veteran employment opportunities. RAND researchers conducted qualitative interviews with representatives of a sample of member companies, delving into the ways they recruit and hire veterans, help veterans transition into their new jobs, and manage and develop veteran employees and the value veterans bring as employees. Interviewees pointed out that veterans are most noted for their leadership skills and teamwork; for their flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment without undue stress; for their dependability, integrity, and loyalty; and for their experience working in a culturally diverse or global environment. This research also explored the challenges to hiring and employing veterans and provides recommendations to assist employers and promote veteran employment opportunities more broadly
    Kurzfassung: Eleven companies cofounded the 100,000 Jobs Mission in 2011 to promote veteran employment, with a goal of hiring 100,000 veterans by 2020. The coalition has grown to over 175 companies, which have exceeded the initial goal and are now on track to hire 200,000 veterans by the end of 2014. These companies represent nearly every U.S. industry and vary in size, geographic location, and in the types of veterans they hire. Reflecting on the first three years of operation, JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked the RAND Corporation to capture the lessons and experiences from the 100,000 Jobs Mission to identify further improvements to veteran employment opportunities. RAND researchers conducted qualitative interviews with representatives of a sample of member companies, delving into the ways they recruit and hire veterans, help veterans transition into their new jobs, and manage and develop veteran employees and the value veterans bring as employees. Interviewees pointed out that veterans are most noted for their leadership skills and teamwork; for their flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced, changing environment without undue stress; for their dependability, integrity, and loyalty; and for their experience working in a culturally diverse or global environment. This research also explored the challenges to hiring and employing veterans and provides recommendations to assist employers and promote veteran employment opportunities more broadly
    Anmerkung: "This research was sponsored by JPMorgan Chase & Co. and conducted within RAND Labor and Population"--Page 45 , "RAND Labor and Population , Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-43)
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : : Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088598 , 0833089315 , 0833088599 , 9780833089311
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 43 pages)
    Serie: RR-870-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty service members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082097
    Schlagwort(e): Women soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Soldiers Crimes against ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Social surveys ; Soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014
    Kurzfassung: In early 2014, the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel. Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38) , Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
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    Strength testing in the Air Force : current processes and suggestions for improvements (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084354 , 0833089951 , 0833084356 , 9780833089953
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Research report RR-471-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Sims, Carra S Strength testing in the Air Force
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States Physical training ; United States ; United States ; Physical fitness Evaluation ; Physical fitness Measurement ; Physical fitness ; Physical fitness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Armed Forces ; Physical training ; Physical fitness ; Measurement ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Background and Research on the Strength Aptitude Test -- Observations and Interviews at the Military Entrance Processing Stations -- Strength Requirements Survey: Sample and Screener -- Survey Results: Actions and Movement Type -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: AFSC Codes and Career Field Specialty Names -- Appendix B: Additional Details on the Process Currently Used to Establish SAT Cut Scores -- Appendix C: LNCO and Recruit Interview Questions -- Appendix D: Tabular Overview of Survey -- Appendix E: Responses to Open-Ended Survey Questions -- Appendix F: Population and Sample Characteristics for Strength Requirements Survey
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references
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    Psychological fitness and resilience : a review of relevant constructs, measures, and links to well-being (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085689 , 0833085689 , 9780833080769 , 0833080768
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 48 pages)
    Serie: Rand Project Air Force series on resiliency
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Robson, Sean Psychological fitness and resilience
    Schlagwort(e): Families of military personnel Health and hygiene ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen Health and hygiene ; Stress management ; Families of military personnel ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Psychology, Military ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Airmen ; Stress management ; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms ; Behavior ; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities ; Behavioral Symptoms ; Military Personnel ; Named Groups ; Occupational Groups ; Personality Assessment ; Persons ; Psychiatry and Psychology ; Psychological Phenomena and Processes ; Psychophysiology ; Resilience, Psychological ; Stress, Psychological ; Adjustment (Psychology) ; Psychology, Military ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Stress management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Engineering ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Kurzfassung: This report is one of a series designed to support Air Force leaders in promoting resilience among its Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force family members. It examines the relationship between physical fitness and resilience, using key constructs found in the scientific literature that address self-regulation, positive affect, perceived control, self-efficacy, self-esteem, and optimism. Supporting or increasing the levels of the key measures of psychological fitness identified in this report may facilitate resilience and can protect Airmen, civilian employees, and Air Force families from the negative effects of stress. The report also reviews construct measures, well-being, and resilience outcomes as well as interventions designed to promote the psychological fitness constructs
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 33-48)
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    Balancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082084 , 0833090011 , 0833082086 , 9780833090010
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Research report RR-337-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Mills, Patrick, 1975- Balancing agile combat support manpower to better meet the future security environment
    Schlagwort(e): United States Combat sustainability ; United States Operational readiness ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Manpower ; Military planning ; Manpower ; Military planning ; Manpower ; Military planning ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Combat sustainability ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force's (USAF's) current approach to sizing and shaping non-maintenance agile combat support (ACS) manpower often results in a discrepancy between the supply of ACS forces and operational demands because much of ACS is sized and shaped to meet the requirements of home-station installation operations, not expeditionary operations. This report proposes a more enterprise-oriented approach to measuring ACS manpower requirements by synthesizing combatant commander operational plans, Defense Planning Scenarios, functional area deployment rules, and subject-matter expert input. Using these new expeditionary metrics to assess the capacity of the current ACS manpower mix to support expeditionary operations, this report finds that there are imbalances among its career fields relative to expeditionary demands. To address these imbalances, it develops and assesses several rebalanced manpower mixes and finds that the USAF can achieve more expeditionary ACS capacity than it currently has by realigning manpower, and it can realize substantial savings by reducing end strength and substituting civilian billets for military billets
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force's (USAF's) current approach to sizing and shaping non-maintenance agile combat support (ACS) manpower often results in a discrepancy between the supply of ACS forces and operational demands because much of ACS is sized and shaped to meet the requirements of home-station installation operations, not expeditionary operations. This report proposes a more enterprise-oriented approach to measuring ACS manpower requirements by synthesizing combatant commander operational plans, Defense Planning Scenarios, functional area deployment rules, and subject-matter expert input. Using these new expeditionary metrics to assess the capacity of the current ACS manpower mix to support expeditionary operations, this report finds that there are imbalances among its career fields relative to expeditionary demands. To address these imbalances, it develops and assesses several rebalanced manpower mixes and finds that the USAF can achieve more expeditionary ACS capacity than it currently has by realigning manpower, and it can realize substantial savings by reducing end strength and substituting civilian billets for military billets
    Anmerkung: "The analysis was conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 50-53)
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    Management perspectives pertaining to Root Cause Analyses of Nunn-McCurdy Breaches : contractor motivations and anticipating breaches (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833087393 , 0833090089 , 0833087398 , 9780833090089
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Arena, Mark V Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches. Volume 6 : Contractor motivations and anticipating breaches
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; United States ; Government contractors ; Motivation (Psychology) ; Defense contracts Cost effectiveness ; Government contractors ; Motivation (Psychology) ; Defense contracts ; Government contractors ; United States ; Motivation (Psychology) ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Armies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: With an eye to making defense acquisition more effective and efficient, the authors explore defense contractor motivations in pursuing defense contracts and identify mechanisms that might more closely align those incentives with Department of Defense goals. They enumerate several motivations that drive contractors, most of which center on the financial aspects of running an enterprise. Then, they turn to the other side of the negotiating table and identify areas of influence or levers that the government can use to align the contracting process more closely with contractor motivations. They also analyze major defense acquisition programs to determine if it is possible to identify programs that might incur a future Nunn-McCurdy breach by reviewing a number of acquisition programs that have incurred breaches in the past and analyzing them for common characteristics. Their analytic framework enables oversight officials to identify programs with a greater risk of incurring a critical cost breach, which enables officials to focus more intently on a smaller set of programs and which provides hypotheses about what to look for in these programs
    Kurzfassung: With an eye to making defense acquisition more effective and efficient, the authors explore defense contractor motivations in pursuing defense contracts and identify mechanisms that might more closely align those incentives with Department of Defense goals. They enumerate several motivations that drive contractors, most of which center on the financial aspects of running an enterprise. Then, they turn to the other side of the negotiating table and identify areas of influence or levers that the government can use to align the contracting process more closely with contractor motivations. They also analyze major defense acquisition programs to determine if it is possible to identify programs that might incur a future Nunn-McCurdy breach by reviewing a number of acquisition programs that have incurred breaches in the past and analyzing them for common characteristics. Their analytic framework enables oversight officials to identify programs with a greater risk of incurring a critical cost breach, which enables officials to focus more intently on a smaller set of programs and which provides hypotheses about what to look for in these programs
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was sponsored by OSD PARCA and conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108)
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    Air force major defense acquisition program cost growth is driven by three space programs and the f-35a : fiscal year 2013 president's budget selected acquisition reports (2014)
    Santa Monica : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833084361 , 0833089943 , 0833084364 , 9780833089946
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Research report (Rand Corporation) RR-477-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Leonard, Robert S Air force major defense acquisition program cost growth is driven by three space programs and the f-35a
    Schlagwort(e): United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report provides the results of Air Force weapon system cost growth analyses based on the RAND Corporation's internal Selected Acquisition Report database. The database provides consistent, current metrics to support analyses both within RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and in the Air Force acquisition community. This work assesses, quantifies, and documents cost and schedule growth of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and provides data and detailed program histories
    Kurzfassung: This report provides the results of Air Force weapon system cost growth analyses based on the RAND Corporation's internal Selected Acquisition Report database. The database provides consistent, current metrics to support analyses both within RAND Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and in the Air Force acquisition community. This work assesses, quantifies, and documents cost and schedule growth of Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAPs) and provides data and detailed program histories
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 31-32)
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    The association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078599 , 0833085190 , 0833078593 , 9780833085191
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 168 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-132-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Meadows, Sarah O. (Sarah Opal), 1978- Association between base-area social and economic characteristics and airmen's outcomes
    Schlagwort(e): Quality of life Statistics ; Social indicators ; Airmen Social conditions 21st century ; Neighborhoods Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Airmen ; Neighborhoods ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; HEALTH & FITNESS ; Work-Related Health ; United States ; Statistics ; Neighborhoods ; Social aspects ; Quality of life ; Social indicators ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Kurzfassung: To help Air Force Services tailor support for Airmen and their families through analyses of the relevance of neighborhood, or area, characteristics of major Air Force installations located within the United States, researchers applied established social indicators and neighborhood methodology to identify which areas may have greater need for Air Force resources. This document reports the results of that analysis. It examines whether and how base-area characteristics are associated with individual-level Airman outcomes across several different domains. The objective is to help the Air Force identify communities where Airmen and their families may have greater levels of need so that it can adapt programs or resources to counteract stressors related to the base areas and the lack of nonmilitary resources in the area. Using census and personnel data, the authors created a set of area profiles that make up the RAND Base Area Social and Economic Index, or RAND BASE-I, measuring aspects of household composition, employment, income and poverty, housing, social, and transportation of area residents (both military and civilian). These factors are outside of Air Force control; however, Air Force Services may be able to help offset potential negative impacts of community characteristics on Airmen and their families. Using existing Air Force survey data, the authors then assessed whether these base-area characteristics were associated with Airmen's outcomes related to health and well-being, military and neighborhood cohesion, ratings of neighborhood resources, use of on-base resources, satisfaction, and career intentions. The analysis also tested whether Airmen who live off base and commute to work may be more exposed to social and economic conditions in the larger base area than Airmen who primarily live and work on base
    Anmerkung: "RR-132-AF"--Back cover , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-168)
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    An evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833086280 , 0833087134 , 0833086286 , 9780833087133
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 83 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Evaluation of the implementation and perceived utility of the Airman Resilience Training Program
    Schlagwort(e): United States Airmen ; United States ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military art and science ; Military education ; Resilience (Personality trait) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; MEDICAL ; Preventive Medicine ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Airmen ; Military art and science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Kurzfassung: "Since 2001, the U.S. military has been functioning at an operational tempo that is historically high for the all-volunteer force in which service members are deploying for extended periods on a repeated basis. Even with the drawdown of troops from Iraq in 2011, some service members are returning from deployment experiencing difficulties handling stress, mental health problems, or deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury (TBI). In response to these challenges, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has implemented numerous programs to support service members and their families in these areas. In 2009, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute to develop a comprehensive catalog of existing programs sponsored or funded by DoD to support psychological health and care for TBI, to create tools to support ongoing assessment and evaluation of the DoD portfolio of programs, and to conduct evaluations of a subset of these programs. This report describes RAND's assessment of an Air Force program, Airman Resilience Training (ART), a psychoeducational program designed to improve airmen's reactions to stress during and after deployment and to increase the use of mental health services when needed. ART was initiated in November 2010, replacing a previous program named Landing Gear, which had been in place since April 2008. The RAND study took place from August 2011 through November 2011. This report will be of particular interest to officials within the Air Force who are responsible for the psychological health and well-being of airmen, as well as to others within the military who are developing programs for service members to help them cope with stress while in combat situations and after returning from deployment."--"Abstract" on web page
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , "RR-655-OSD , Includes bibliographical references (pages 81-83)
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    Building toward an unmanned aircraft system training strategy (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085313 , 0833089978 , 083308531X , 9780833089977
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 94 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Rostker, Bernard Building toward an unmanned aircraft system training strategy
    Schlagwort(e): Drone aircraft ; Drone aircraft pilots Training of ; Drone aircraft ; Drone aircraft pilots ; Air Forces ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Drone aircraft ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Electronic book
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "The research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Research Institute (NDRI)"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-94) , Online version: Building toward an unmanned aircraft system training strategy
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    Improving strategic competence : lessons from 13 years of war (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833087751 , 0833089412 , 0833087754 , 9780833089410
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 142 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Strategy ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Strategy ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Iraq ; Irregular warfare ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; Strategy ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report contributes to the ongoing debate about the lessons from the past 13 years of war and the requirements for addressing future conflicts. It addresses a particular disconnect in the current debate on the future of national security strategy and the role of landpower caused by an inadequate examination of the national level of strategy made by the U.S. government. The disconnect exists because there has been no systematic effort to collect and analyze insights from those who have been actively engaged in making policy and strategy from 2001 to 2014. A RAND Arroyo Center workshop provided a mechanism for eliciting insights from policymakers and academic experts involved in the formation of national-level strategy and its implementation over the past 13 years. This study analyzes and develops those insights in the context of the debate on future national security strategy. It applies those insights to the future operating environment, which will include irregular and hybrid threats, and identifies critical requirements for land forces and special operations forces to operate successfully in conjunction with other joint, interagency, and multinational partners
    Kurzfassung: This report contributes to the ongoing debate about the lessons from the past 13 years of war and the requirements for addressing future conflicts. It addresses a particular disconnect in the current debate on the future of national security strategy and the role of landpower caused by an inadequate examination of the national level of strategy made by the U.S. government. The disconnect exists because there has been no systematic effort to collect and analyze insights from those who have been actively engaged in making policy and strategy from 2001 to 2014. A RAND Arroyo Center workshop provided a mechanism for eliciting insights from policymakers and academic experts involved in the formation of national-level strategy and its implementation over the past 13 years. This study analyzes and develops those insights in the context of the debate on future national security strategy. It applies those insights to the future operating environment, which will include irregular and hybrid threats, and identifies critical requirements for land forces and special operations forces to operate successfully in conjunction with other joint, interagency, and multinational partners
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center , "This research was ... conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-142)
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    Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military : : Top-line estimates for active-duty Coast Guard members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study (2014)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833088611 , 0833089234 , 0833088610 , 9780833089236
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 27 pages)
    Serie: RR-944-USCG
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military. Top-line estimates for active-duty Coast Guard members from the 2014 Rand Military Workplace Study
    DDC: 355.0082
    Schlagwort(e): Soldiers Crimes against ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers Crimes against ; Soldiers ; Social surveys ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Women soldiers ; Sexual harassment in the military ; Social surveys ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; Crimes against ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014"--Website
    Kurzfassung: "In early 2014, the Department of Defense (DoD) Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) asked the RAND National Defense Research Institute (NDRI) to conduct an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military -- an assessment last conducted in 2012 by the department itself with the Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Personnel (WGRA). Separately, the Coast Guard requested that we expand the 2014 study to include an assessment of its active and reserve force. This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the resulting RAND Military Workplace Study, which invited close to 560,000 service members to participate in a survey fielded in August and September of 2014"--Website
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 23, 25-26) , Prepared for the DoD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office
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    Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition : a literature review (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833085153 , 0833086731 , 0833085158 , 9780833086730
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Riposo, Jessie Prolonged cycle times and schedule growth in defense acquisition
    Schlagwort(e): Armed Forces Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report summarizes a selection of the defense acquisition literature from the 1960s to the present on potential sources of prolonged acquisition cycle times and schedule growth, as well as potential opportunities for improvement. It presents the range of possible causes of schedule-related problems and various recommendations cited for improving schedules by various authors and organizations. This report does not provide critical analysis or an assessment of the strengths or weaknesses of the claims made in the literature. Rather, it provides a starting point for further research or consideration by government acquisition professionals, oversight organizations, and the analytic community. We identified the following reasons for schedule delays in the literature: (1) the difficulty of managing technical risk (e.g., program complexity, immature technology, and unanticipated technical issues), (2) initial assumptions or expectations that were difficult to fulfill (e.g., schedule estimates, risk control, requirements, and performance assumptions), and (3) funding instability. The most commonly cited recommendations for reducing cycle time and controlling schedule growth in the literature are strategies that manage or reduce technical risk. Some of those recommendations include using incremental fielding or evolutionary acquisition strategies, developing derivative products (rather than brand-new designs), using mature or proven technology (i.e., commercial, off-the-shelf components), maintaining stable funding, and using atypical contracting vehicles
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "RR-455-OSD"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-83)
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    Changing the Army's weapon training strategies to meet operational requirements more efficiently and effectively (2014)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082619 , 083308996X , 0833082612 , 9780833089960
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 75 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-448-A
    Paralleltitel: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Changing the Army's weapon training strategies to meet operational requirements more efficiently and effectively
    Schlagwort(e): Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers Training of ; Military education ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Military weapons ; Soldiers ; Training of ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military Science - General ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Kurzfassung: "The ability of soldiers to engage the enemy effectively is fundamental to the operational success of the U.S. Army. As a result, the Army devotes considerable effort and resources to weapon training. The Army's current challenge is to adapt weapon training strategies to meet complex operational environments and changing unit readiness processes; take full advantage of training technologies; and, in an era of declining defense budgets, make weapon training strategies more efficient. This report documents the findings, conclusions, and implications of a two-year project supporting the Army's efforts to adapt its weapon training strategies and the processes through which they are developed. The potential of emerging technologies to make weapon training strategies more effective and efficient is also examined. The report outlines directions the Army could take to improve its weapon training strategies and the processes for adapting them. It concludes that improving the processes for adapting weapon training to new requirements can make them more effective and efficient, but that improvements should be made in the context of holistically improving the Army's training and leader development programs. In addition, while there are many potential benefits to increasing the use of technologies in weapon training strategies, there are many factors that act to limit the amount of improvement that must be considered before deciding on implementation."--Abstract on RAND home page
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , "RAND Arroyo Center , "Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , "RR-448-A"--Page 4 of cover , "The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Army under Contract, No. W74V8H-06-C-0001"--Title page verso , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75)
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    Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833084286 , 0833086960 , 0833084283 , 9780833086969
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 70 pages)
    Serie: Project Air Force report
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Lim, Nelson Improving demographic diversity in the U.S. Air Force officer corps
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air Forces ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Diversity in the workplace ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Kurzfassung: "Despite the Air Force's efforts to create a force that mirrors the racial, ethnic, and gender differences of the nation's population, minority groups and women are underrepresented in the active-duty line officer population, especially at senior levels (i.e., colonel and above). This report examines the reasons for this, with the goal of identifying potential policy responses. The authors analyzed data from multiple sources on Air Force eligibility, youths' intention to serve, accessions, retention, and promotion. A key finding is that African Americans and Hispanics are underrepresented in the Air Force compared with the nation's population mainly because they meet Air Force officer eligibility requirements at lower rates (e.g., they are much less likely than whites to have a college degree). Another reason for lower representation of minorities and women among senior leaders is that, once in the military, women and minorities are less likely to choose career fields that give them the highest potential to become senior leaders. In addition, female officers have lower retention rates than male officers, and the reasons for this are not clear. Finally, the authors comprehensively examined the Air Force promotion system and found no evidence to suggest it treats women and minorities differently than white men with similar records. The authors recommend that the Air Force should seek comparable quality across ethnic/minority groups in the accession processes, since competitiveness even at this stage is a predictor of promotion success. More racial/ethnic minorities and women who are cadets and officers should be in rated career fields, which have the highest promotion rates to the senior ranks."--Publisher's website
    Anmerkung: "RR-495-AF"--Page 4 of cover , Includes bibliographical references (pages 68-70)
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    Assessing locally focused stability operations (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833085641 , 0833090003 , 0833085646 , 9780833090003
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 97 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Osburg, Jan Assessing locally focused stability operations
    Schlagwort(e): Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; Military Science - General ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Counterinsurgency ; United States Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report describes how the Army and other services can better measure and assess the progress and outcomes of locally focused stability operations (LFSO), which are defined as the missions, tasks, and activities that build security, governance, and development by, with, and through the directly affected community, in order to increase stability at the local level. A number of issues related to assessing LFSO are identified, along with foundational challenges that include an inherently complex operational environment, limited doctrinal guidance, competing visions of stability, untested assumptions, and redundant or excessive reporting requirements. The report offers solutions to these and other challenges, and provides concrete recommendations and implementation-related guidance for designing and conducting assessments of LFSO. The report concludes with an assessment plan for a notional African LFSO scenario that illustrates the practical application of those insights
    Kurzfassung: This report describes how the Army and other services can better measure and assess the progress and outcomes of locally focused stability operations (LFSO), which are defined as the missions, tasks, and activities that build security, governance, and development by, with, and through the directly affected community, in order to increase stability at the local level. A number of issues related to assessing LFSO are identified, along with foundational challenges that include an inherently complex operational environment, limited doctrinal guidance, competing visions of stability, untested assumptions, and redundant or excessive reporting requirements. The report offers solutions to these and other challenges, and provides concrete recommendations and implementation-related guidance for designing and conducting assessments of LFSO. The report concludes with an assessment plan for a notional African LFSO scenario that illustrates the practical application of those insights
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center , "This research was sponsored by the Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group and was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Force Development and Technology Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-97)
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    Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq : operational vignettes, lessons learned, and a survey of selected efforts (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833082114 , 0833084704 , 0833082116 , 9780833084705
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 167 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-382-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Connable, Ben Modeling, simulation, and operations analysis in Afghanistan and Iraq
    Schlagwort(e): Soldiers Protection ; Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Logistics Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Military planning Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Decision making Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Irregular warfare Simulation methods ; Evaluation ; Soldiers ; Logistics ; Military planning ; Decision making ; Operations research ; Counterinsurgency ; Irregular warfare ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Operations research ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Kurzfassung: RAND conducted a lessons learned examination of operations analysis, modeling, and simulation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. This report identifies ways in which analysts have attempted to support commanders' decisions in counterinsurgency and irregular warfare, describes many of the models and tools they employed, provides insight into the challenges they faced, and suggests ways in which the application of modeling, simulation, and analysis might be improved for current and future operations. RAND identified four broad categories of decisions: force protection, logistics, campaign assessment, and force structuring. Modeling, simulation, and analysis were most effective in supporting force protection and logistics decisions, and least effective in supporting campaign assessment and force structuring
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-167)
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    The future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833076236 , 083307623X , 9780833076267 , 0833076264 , 9780833076274 , 0833076280 , 0833076272 , 9780833076281
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 156 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series
    Serie: Rand Project Air Force
    Paralleltitel: Print version Caston, Lauren Future of the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile force
    Schlagwort(e): Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Intercontinental ballistic missiles ; Minuteman (Missile) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In the lead-up to the Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Analysis of Alternatives, RAND was asked to examine and assess possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alternatives against the current Minuteman III system and to provide insights into the potential impact of further force reductions. The researchers developed a framework consisting of five categories - basing, propulsion, boost, reentry, and payload - to characterize alternative classes of ICBM and to assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives. Using existing cost analyses and cost data from historical ICBM programs, they derived likely cost bounds on alternative classes of ICBM systems. Finally, they developed force reduction scenarios, examined their impacts on several key nuclear specialty career fields to understand the implications of reductions on the current organizational structure, and compared sustainment and requirement profiles within the various reduction scenarios
    Kurzfassung: In the lead-up to the Air Force Ground Based Strategic Deterrent Analysis of Alternatives, RAND was asked to examine and assess possible intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alternatives against the current Minuteman III system and to provide insights into the potential impact of further force reductions. The researchers developed a framework consisting of five categories - basing, propulsion, boost, reentry, and payload - to characterize alternative classes of ICBM and to assess the survivability and effectiveness of possible alternatives. Using existing cost analyses and cost data from historical ICBM programs, they derived likely cost bounds on alternative classes of ICBM systems. Finally, they developed force reduction scenarios, examined their impacts on several key nuclear specialty career fields to understand the implications of reductions on the current organizational structure, and compared sustainment and requirement profiles within the various reduction scenarios
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    Elements of success : how type of secondary education credential helps predict enlistee attrition (2014)
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    ISBN: 9780833084248 , 0833085220 , 0833084240 , 9780833085221
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 47 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-374-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Burkhauser, Susan Elements of success
    Schlagwort(e): Military discharge ; Education, Secondary Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Education, Secondary ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; Education, Secondary ; Evaluation ; Military discharge ; Recruiting and enlistment ; United States Armed Forces ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
    Kurzfassung: The U.S military services have traditionally used a tiering system, including education credentials such as high school diplomas, in combination with Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) scores to help gauge the likelihood of a recruit persevering through his or her first term of service. But what about less traditional credentials, such as diplomas earned through homeschooling and distance learning? The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) asked RAND to examine whether its current education-credential tiering policy is still useful in predicting first-term attrition. The authors examined attrition rates at 12, 24, and 36 months of service for all enlistees from 2000 through 2011. Using statistical regression techniques, they compared attrition rates for those with distance learning or homeschool credentials to those of high school diploma holders, after controlling for other observable population differences. Overall, the analyses support current tiering policy classifying homeschool diplomas as Tier 1 if a recruit's AFQT score is 50 or higher (i.e., they are treated the same as high school diploma holders) or Tier 2 if a recruit's AFQT score is lower than 50. The results also support classifying distance learning credentials as Tier 2 regardless of AFQT score
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    A methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081292 , 0833084755 , 0833081292 , 9780833084750
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 39 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Terry, Tara L Methodology for determining Air Force Education Requirements Board (AFERB) advanced academic degree (AAD) requirements
    Schlagwort(e): United States Air Force Academy ; United States Officers ; Promotions ; United States Personnel management ; United States Officers ; Education (Higher) ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Promotions ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Kurzfassung: United States Air Force career field managers (CFMs) annually predict the number of billet vacancies that will require an officer who holds an advanced academic degree (AAD), and submit these requirements to the Air Force Education Requirements Board to fill the projected vacancies. The process requires CFMs to predict specific vacancies three to five years before they occur, which can be difficult and produces inaccuracies that can lead to a shortfall of officers qualified to fill positions that require an AAD or to an oversupply of officers with AADs, which unnecessarily increases Air Force costs. This report examines the Air Force process for producing, allocating, and assigning officers with master's and doctorate degrees. The authors find that a relatively low percentage of officers with master's or doctorate degrees were matched to a billet that requires that degree and academic specialty in fiscal years 2000 through 2010. The authors provide a methodology for determining the required production level of officers who earn AADs, and this report serves as a user's guide for the modeling tools that illustrate the methodology
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , "RR-332-AF"--Back cover , "This work was ... conducted within the Manpower, Personnel, and Training Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 39)
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    Adapting the Army's training and leader development programs for future challenges (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833076380 , 0833083236 , 0833076388 , 9780833083234
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxix, 118 pages)
    Serie: Technical report
    Paralleltitel: Print version Crowley, James C., 1945- Adapting the Army's training and leader development programs for future challenges
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Command of troops Study and teaching ; Military education ; Leadership Study and teaching ; Command of troops ; Military education ; Leadership ; Command of troops ; Study and teaching ; Leadership ; Study and teaching ; Military education ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Kurzfassung: The Army's operational requirements have expanded since the start of the 21st century. Its forces must be prepared to react to a wide range of potential missions, ranging from peacekeeping to high-intensity conflict, and these complex preparation activities must be accomplished even while a significant proportion of its structure is deployed and operationally engaged. Complicating force preparation is the consideration that Army budgets are facing large reductions and efficiency is of increasing importance. This new environment generates a need for major changes to the Army's programs for training units and developing leaders. RAND Arroyo Center undertook research designed to support Army efforts in these areas by examining the Army's processes for managing its training and leader development programs. This examination concluded that current processes are not set up for making major, integrated changes across the range of training and leader development programs and that these processes need major change. Especially important is the lack of a true businesslike approach for making resource allocation decisions that achieve the best possible overall readiness benefit. Based on this examination, specific directions for improving training and leader development management processes are developed and presented. This report should be of interest to those involved in designing Army training and leader development strategies and those involved in the process of providing resources for their implementation
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Army , "Arroyo Center , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)
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    Maximizing throughput at soft airfields (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078650 , 0833083325 , 0833078658 , 9780833083326
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 15 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR148
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    Schlagwort(e): Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air bases, American ; Airlift, Military ; Planning ; C-17 (Jet transport) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
    Kurzfassung: Aircraft operations on soft fields are limited due to field rutting. Each subsequent aircraft pass, defined as one takeoff and one landing, increases field rutting until the field reaches a point where further aircraft operations are no longer permissible. The ability of aircraft to operate on soft fields is often expressed as a function of aircraft landing weight and the California Bearing Ratio (CBR) of the field, which measures the ability the soil to resist compressive loads. Because soft fields can support only a limited number of takeoffs and landings, it is important to understand how to maximize the cargo throughput at these soft fields. This document shows that there exists an optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery. This optimum landing weight is found to be constant and independent of field CBR. One of the three objectives of this study was to inform important analytic tradeoffs. Understanding the ability of aircraft to operate from soft fields is one of these important trade-offs. This document details the mathematical calculations used to determine the optimum landing weight that allows for maximum cargo delivery
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    Virtual collaboration for a distributed enterprise (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080035 , 0833083341 , 0833080032 , 9780833083340
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 29 pages)
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    Schlagwort(e): United States Communication systems ; United States ; Military intelligence ; Teleconferencing ; Virtual work teams ; Military intelligence ; Teleconferencing ; Virtual work teams ; Armies ; United States ; Military intelligence ; United States ; Teleconferencing ; Virtual work teams ; Military & Naval Science ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Communication systems ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The geographic diversity of many military enterprises, along with that of their partners and customers, has made virtual collaboration indispensable for conducting daily operations. Virtual collaboration tools can enable intrasite and intersite collaborative analyses, allow for sites to provide more effective surge capacity, and allow the regional expertise developed at each site to be applied wherever necessary across the enterprise. But communication between non-colocated (virtual) teams poses important challenges, including potential difficulty building cohesiveness and trust among team members and difficulty establishing a common understanding of information or situations. This report addresses these challenges through an assessment of three modes of virtual collaboration, computer-mediated communication, audioconferencing, and videoconferencing, and recommends several ways for intelligence enterprises to tackle them using virtual collaboration tools. These recommendations include: (1) determine which virtual collaboration tools and features are most beneficial using experimental research involving simulated tasks and constraints that closely mirror the military enterprise's operational environment; (2) standardize the lexicon and communications practices associated with virtual collaboration-chat, in particular-and train personnel in these practices; and (3) explore the use of videoconferencing in real-time communications between personnel, their partners, and their customers at different sites. In particular, we recommend that Air Force intelligence enterprises consider the use of personal or webcam-based videoconferencing between intelligence personnel located at different sites, as well as between these personnel and remotely piloted aircraft flight crews
    Kurzfassung: The geographic diversity of many military enterprises, along with that of their partners and customers, has made virtual collaboration indispensable for conducting daily operations. Virtual collaboration tools can enable intrasite and intersite collaborative analyses, allow for sites to provide more effective surge capacity, and allow the regional expertise developed at each site to be applied wherever necessary across the enterprise. But communication between non-colocated (virtual) teams poses important challenges, including potential difficulty building cohesiveness and trust among team members and difficulty establishing a common understanding of information or situations. This report addresses these challenges through an assessment of three modes of virtual collaboration, computer-mediated communication, audioconferencing, and videoconferencing, and recommends several ways for intelligence enterprises to tackle them using virtual collaboration tools. These recommendations include: (1) determine which virtual collaboration tools and features are most beneficial using experimental research involving simulated tasks and constraints that closely mirror the military enterprise's operational environment; (2) standardize the lexicon and communications practices associated with virtual collaboration-chat, in particular-and train personnel in these practices; and (3) explore the use of videoconferencing in real-time communications between personnel, their partners, and their customers at different sites. In particular, we recommend that Air Force intelligence enterprises consider the use of personal or webcam-based videoconferencing between intelligence personnel located at different sites, as well as between these personnel and remotely piloted aircraft flight crews
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    Using EPIC to find conflicts, inconsistencies, and gaps in Department of Defense policies (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833076762 , 0833081926 , 0833076760 , 9780833081926
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Technical report Using EPIC to find conflicts, inconsistencies, and gaps in Department of Defense policies
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    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; Data processing ; United States Officials and employees ; Selection and appointment ; United States ; United States ; Manpower ; Manpower ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Manpower ; Personnel management ; Data processing ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The authors present a framework and methodology to identify the roles and responsibilities (R & R) of those implementing Department of Defense policies and also potential conflicts, ambiguities, gaps, inconsistencies, and redundancies in those policies. They introduce a new software tool that automates one step of the methodology-EPIC-and demonstrate its use with three case studies to illustrate the technique and also the tool's flexibility. EPIC allows analysts to efficiently analyze multiple policy documents to detect potential conflicts in policy early on, thereby allowing policy developers to focus their attention on the need for clarification and, possibly, changes in policy. The authors relate executive positions to R & R and the products that result from their execution. If it can be shown that more than one actor is assigned to take the same action on the same product, then a potential conflict exists in the body of policy. If, on the other hand, no executive is assigned to take action on a product, then there is a potential gap in the body of policy. Use of this new tool will result in better and more consistent defense policy
    Kurzfassung: The authors present a framework and methodology to identify the roles and responsibilities (R & R) of those implementing Department of Defense policies and also potential conflicts, ambiguities, gaps, inconsistencies, and redundancies in those policies. They introduce a new software tool that automates one step of the methodology-EPIC-and demonstrate its use with three case studies to illustrate the technique and also the tool's flexibility. EPIC allows analysts to efficiently analyze multiple policy documents to detect potential conflicts in policy early on, thereby allowing policy developers to focus their attention on the need for clarification and, possibly, changes in policy. The authors relate executive positions to R & R and the products that result from their execution. If it can be shown that more than one actor is assigned to take the same action on the same product, then a potential conflict exists in the body of policy. If, on the other hand, no executive is assigned to take action on a product, then there is a potential gap in the body of policy. Use of this new tool will result in better and more consistent defense policy
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center (ATPC) of RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-63)
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    Enhancing critical thinking skills for Army leaders using blended-learning methods (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833079091 , 0833081985 , 0833079093 , 9780833081988
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR172
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Straus, Susan G Enhancing critical thinking skills for Army leaders using blended-learning methods
    Schlagwort(e): United States Officers ; Training of ; United States ; Distance education Computer-assisted instruction ; Military education Technological innovations ; Blended learning ; Distance education ; Military education ; Blended learning ; Armed Forces ; Officers ; Training of ; Blended learning ; Distance education ; Computer-assisted instruction ; Military education ; Technological innovations ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; United States ; LAW ; Torts ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). The BDL course lasts 12 months and uses a variety of information and communication technologies to support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration among students and instructors entirely at a distance, with most students completing the course on discretionary time. This report assesses the effectiveness of AOC-BDL based on student and graduate surveys and identifies best practices for BDL from empirical research and case studies. Results show that the course has a number of strengths and that students were generally satisfied with the course. However, student responses also suggest that improvements are needed to support computer-supported cooperative learning and collaboration in distributed teams, particularly for instruction and collaboration on complex tasks. Furthermore, while students were satisfied with instruction for some operational topics, their responses may indicate needs for improvement in instruction of critical field-grade competencies, such as the military decision making process, problem solving, and communication skills, and in teaching leadership skills corresponding to a range of operational environments. Case studies and the research literature point to a number of best practices and options for improvement. Adding a resident segment may offer the greatest potential for improvement but may not be feasible in this context. Alternatives for improvement include modifying the composition of student teams to alleviate coordination challenges, moving the course delivery platform to a dotcom to improve technology reliability and functionality, and addressing policy to ensure that the chain of command and employers provided dedicated time for students to work on the course
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Army's Command and General Staff School offers its Advanced Operations Course (AOC) for junior field-grade officers using both traditional resident instruction and a model referred to as blended distributed learning (BDL). The BDL course lasts 12 months and uses a variety of information and communication technologies to support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration among students and instructors entirely at a distance, with most students completing the course on discretionary time. This report assesses the effectiveness of AOC-BDL based on student and graduate surveys and identifies best practices for BDL from empirical research and case studies. Results show that the course has a number of strengths and that students were generally satisfied with the course. However, student responses also suggest that improvements are needed to support computer-supported cooperative learning and collaboration in distributed teams, particularly for instruction and collaboration on complex tasks. Furthermore, while students were satisfied with instruction for some operational topics, their responses may indicate needs for improvement in instruction of critical field-grade competencies, such as the military decision making process, problem solving, and communication skills, and in teaching leadership skills corresponding to a range of operational environments. Case studies and the research literature point to a number of best practices and options for improvement. Adding a resident segment may offer the greatest potential for improvement but may not be feasible in this context. Alternatives for improvement include modifying the composition of student teams to alleviate coordination challenges, moving the course delivery platform to a dotcom to improve technology reliability and functionality, and addressing policy to ensure that the chain of command and employers provided dedicated time for students to work on the course
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134)
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    Paths to victory : detailed insurgency case studies (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081094 , 0833083422 , 0833081098 , 9780833083425
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxvii, 468 pages)
    Suppl.: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-291/2-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory
    Schlagwort(e): Insurgency Case studies ; Insurgency ; Case studies ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Military Science - General ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Insurgency ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Kurzfassung: Detailed overviews of 41 insurgency cases. UK in Palestine, 1944-1947 -- Greece, 1945-1949 -- Indochina, 1946-1954 -- Philippines (Huk Rebellion), 1946-1956 -- Colombia ("La Violencia"), 1948-1958 -- Malaya, 1948-1955 -- Kenya, 1952-1956 -- Algerian Independence, 1954-1962 -- Cyprus, 1955-1959 -- Cuba, 1956-1959 -- Oman (Imamate Uprising), 1957-1959 -- Indonesia (Darul Islam), 1958-1962 -- Tibet, 1956-1974 -- Guatemala, 1960-1996 -- Laos, 1959-1975 -- Namibia, 1960-1989 -- South Africa, 1960-1990 -- South Vietnam, 1960-1975 -- Eritrea, 1961-1991 -- Iraqi Kurdistan, 1961-1975 -- Angolan Independence, 1961-1974 -- Guinea-Bissau, 1962-1974 -- Mozambican Independence, 1962-1974 -- Yemen, 1962-1970 -- Uruguay, 1963-1972 -- Oman (Dhofar Rebellion), 1965-1975 -- Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, 1965-1980 -- Argentina, 1969-1979 -- Cambodia, 1967-1975 -- Northern Ireland, 1969-1999 -- Jordan, 1970-1971 -- Bangladesh, 1971 -- Philippines (MNLF), 1971-1996 -- Baluchistan, 1973-1978 -- Angola (UNITA), 1975-2002 -- Indonesia (East Timor), 1975-2000 -- Lebanese Civil War, 1975-1990 -- Western Sahara, 1975-1991 -- Indonesia (Aceh), 1976-2005 -- Mozambique (RENAMO), 1976-1995 -- Sri Lanka, 1976-2009
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Companion publication to: Paths to victory: lessons from modern insurgencies , Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-468)
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    Readiness reporting for a different Army (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080325 , 0833083759 , 0833080326 , 9780833083753
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 139 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR230
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; Evaluation ; United States Reorganization ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army has developed an impressive capacity to adapt to emerging requirements by providing units with new capabilities rapidly and flexibly as units prepare for deployment through the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) process. The Army's ability to report on readiness throughout these adaptations, however, is challenged. The readiness reporting system is largely predicated on a bottom-up, deliberate process with known milestones and pre-determined designs to which the Army would build readiness. As those targets are changed, for instance when deploying to a changing operational environment as was seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, the reporting system cannot easily keep up. The key challenge to readiness reporting is that Army units now routinely prepare for assigned missions that sometimes differ in meaningful ways from their designed missions. This study examines the Army's readiness reporting system in light of the increased adaptiveness demonstrated by Army units in the past decade. In this study we found that while the readiness reporting system still works as originally intended, the current readiness reporting system captures only a portion of the adaptations readily seen in recent years. The study offers recommendations to better reflect these adaptations in the readiness reporting system
    Kurzfassung: The Army has developed an impressive capacity to adapt to emerging requirements by providing units with new capabilities rapidly and flexibly as units prepare for deployment through the Army Force Generation (ARFORGEN) process. The Army's ability to report on readiness throughout these adaptations, however, is challenged. The readiness reporting system is largely predicated on a bottom-up, deliberate process with known milestones and pre-determined designs to which the Army would build readiness. As those targets are changed, for instance when deploying to a changing operational environment as was seen in Iraq and Afghanistan, the reporting system cannot easily keep up. The key challenge to readiness reporting is that Army units now routinely prepare for assigned missions that sometimes differ in meaningful ways from their designed missions. This study examines the Army's readiness reporting system in light of the increased adaptiveness demonstrated by Army units in the past decade. In this study we found that while the readiness reporting system still works as originally intended, the current readiness reporting system captures only a portion of the adaptations readily seen in recent years. The study offers recommendations to better reflect these adaptations in the readiness reporting system
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-139)
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    Increasing flexibility and agility at the National Reconnaissance Office : lessons from modular design, occupational surprise, and commercial research and development processes (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081025 , 0833082035 , 0833081020 , 9780833082039
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 71 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Organizational change Management ; Corporate culture ; Strategic planning ; Organizational change ; Corporate culture ; Strategic planning ; Military Administration ; Corporate culture ; Organizational change ; Management ; Strategic planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Strategic Planning ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for evaluating whether a system is a good candidate for modularity and applied it to systems both inside and outside the NRO. The authors found that NRO space systems do not appear to be strong candidates for modularization. Second, what lessons might be drawn from how chief executive officers, military personnel, and health care professionals (among others) respond to surprise? RAND developed a framework to categorize professionals' responses to surprise and then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. The authors observed that all interviewees used common coping strategies. The authors also found some differences in response to surprise that depend on two factors: time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment. The report concludes with recommendations on actions that the NRO can take to improve the flexibility of its hardware and the workforce
    Kurzfassung: To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for evaluating whether a system is a good candidate for modularity and applied it to systems both inside and outside the NRO. The authors found that NRO space systems do not appear to be strong candidates for modularization. Second, what lessons might be drawn from how chief executive officers, military personnel, and health care professionals (among others) respond to surprise? RAND developed a framework to categorize professionals' responses to surprise and then conducted discussions with representatives from 13 different professions, including former ambassadors, chief executive officers, military personnel, and physicians. The authors observed that all interviewees used common coping strategies. The authors also found some differences in response to surprise that depend on two factors: time available to respond and the level of chaos in the environment. The report concludes with recommendations on actions that the NRO can take to improve the flexibility of its hardware and the workforce
    Anmerkung: "This research was conducted within the Intelligence Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Division (NSRD)"--Preface , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-71)
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    First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity : response to the 2012 Department of Defense STEM Diversity Summit (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833081018 , 0833084763 , 0833081012 , 9780833084767
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 110 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-329-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson First steps toward improving DoD STEM workforce diversity
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Diversity in the workplace ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Kurzfassung: In FY 2011-2012, leaders from the Executive Branch and the Department of Defense (DoD) offered directives and guidance intended to increase diversity across all federal agencies. In response, the DoD Research and Engineering Enterprise and DoD's Office of Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity held a two-day summit in November 2012 on improving diversity within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce. This report supports the efforts of the DoD STEM Diversity Summit by providing suggestions for future research, analysis, and action. The authors describe policies that discuss the federal government's values and priorities regarding diversity in the federal workforce; offer a closer look at current STEM demographics, including those of the DoD's STEM workforce; discuss current STEM-diversity outreach programs, highlighting the types of data that should be collected in the future; and offer recommendations for DoD leaders to consider as they move forward with their efforts to diversify the STEM workforce
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-110)
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    Assessment of the Air Force Materiel Command reorganization : report for Congress (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082503 , 0833084682 , 0833082507 , 9780833084682
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 76 pages)
    Serie: Research report (Rand Corporation) RR389
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Snyder, Don Assessment of the Air Force Materiel Command reorganization
    Schlagwort(e): United States Reorganization ; Evaluation ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; American Government ; General ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In fiscal year 2012, the Air Force Materiel Command reorganized as one of a number of initiatives to achieve mandated budget reductions. In the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress required an assessment of five elements of this reorganization: (1) the effectiveness and efficiency of the reorganization; (2) the extent to which synergies due to collocation among developmental test and evaluation, science and technology, and acquisition can be replicated in the new organization; (3) the reorganization's impact on other commands' ability to meet their responsibilities for operational test and evaluation and follow-on test and evaluation; (4) whether the reorganization is in adherence with 10 U.S. Code Section 2687 (i.e., BRAC law); and (5) the extent to which the Air Force coordinated the reorganization with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and if any concerns raised by OSD were addressed. This document fulfills the NDAA reporting requirements
    Kurzfassung: In fiscal year 2012, the Air Force Materiel Command reorganized as one of a number of initiatives to achieve mandated budget reductions. In the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress required an assessment of five elements of this reorganization: (1) the effectiveness and efficiency of the reorganization; (2) the extent to which synergies due to collocation among developmental test and evaluation, science and technology, and acquisition can be replicated in the new organization; (3) the reorganization's impact on other commands' ability to meet their responsibilities for operational test and evaluation and follow-on test and evaluation; (4) whether the reorganization is in adherence with 10 U.S. Code Section 2687 (i.e., BRAC law); and (5) the extent to which the Air Force coordinated the reorganization with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and if any concerns raised by OSD were addressed. This document fulfills the NDAA reporting requirements
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-76)
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard : Afghanistan in early 2013 relative to insurgencies since World War II (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081766 , 0833083643 , 0833081764 , 9780833083647
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Afghanistan ; Military Science - General ; Case studies ; Military & Naval Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Counterinsurgency ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding of this research was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly discriminated the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2013. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi exercise, in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2013 Afghanistan ranks among the historical COIN winners, but its score is equal to those of the lowest-scoring historical wins. This tenuous position points to several areas in need of improvement, but particularly the need to disrupt the flow of insurgent support and the need for the Afghan government and Afghan security forces to better demonstrate their commitment and motivation. Afghanistan in early 2011 scored in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses, suggesting an overall improvement in COIN progress in that conflict by early 2013. However, conditions may change as coalition forces prepare to hand over responsibility for the country's security to the Afghan government and Afghan security forces in 2014
    Kurzfassung: The RAND report Paths to Victory: Lessons from Modern Insurgencies added 41 new cases to a previously studied set of 30 insurgencies, examining the 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide between World War II and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A key finding of this research was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 11 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly discriminated the outcomes of the cases analyzed. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND study sought to apply the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2013. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi exercise, in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2013 Afghanistan ranks among the historical COIN winners, but its score is equal to those of the lowest-scoring historical wins. This tenuous position points to several areas in need of improvement, but particularly the need to disrupt the flow of insurgent support and the need for the Afghan government and Afghan security forces to better demonstrate their commitment and motivation. Afghanistan in early 2011 scored in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses, suggesting an overall improvement in COIN progress in that conflict by early 2013. However, conditions may change as coalition forces prepare to hand over responsibility for the country's security to the Afghan government and Afghan security forces in 2014
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (page 25)
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    Do joint fighter programs save money? (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833074560 , 0833084887 , 0833074563 , 9780833084880
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lorell, Mark A., 1947- Do joint fighter programs save money?
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; Costs ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; Fighter planes Costs ; Life cycle costing ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; Fighter planes ; Life cycle costing ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; Fighter planes ; Costs ; Life cycle costing ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Air Forces ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Costs ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: In the past 50 years, the U.S. Department of Defense has pursued numerous joint aircraft programs, the largest and most recent of which is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Joint aircraft programs are thought to reduce Life Cycle Cost (LCC) by eliminating duplicate research, development, test, and evaluation efforts and by realizing economies of scale in procurement, operations, and support. But the need to accommodate different service requirements in a single design or common design family can lead to greater program complexity, increased technical risk, and common functionality or increased weight in excess of that needed for some variants, potentially leading to higher overall cost, despite these efficiencies. To help Air Force leaders (and acquisition decisionmakers in general) select an appropriate acquisition strategy for future combat aircraft, this report analyzes the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs. The project team examined whether historical joint aircraft programs have saved LCC compared with single-service programs. In addition, the project team assessed whether JSF is on track to achieving the joint savings originally anticipated at the beginning of full-scale development. Also examined were the implications of joint fighter programs for the health of the industrial base and for operational and strategic risk
    Kurzfassung: In the past 50 years, the U.S. Department of Defense has pursued numerous joint aircraft programs, the largest and most recent of which is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Joint aircraft programs are thought to reduce Life Cycle Cost (LCC) by eliminating duplicate research, development, test, and evaluation efforts and by realizing economies of scale in procurement, operations, and support. But the need to accommodate different service requirements in a single design or common design family can lead to greater program complexity, increased technical risk, and common functionality or increased weight in excess of that needed for some variants, potentially leading to higher overall cost, despite these efficiencies. To help Air Force leaders (and acquisition decisionmakers in general) select an appropriate acquisition strategy for future combat aircraft, this report analyzes the costs and savings of joint aircraft acquisition programs. The project team examined whether historical joint aircraft programs have saved LCC compared with single-service programs. In addition, the project team assessed whether JSF is on track to achieving the joint savings originally anticipated at the beginning of full-scale development. Also examined were the implications of joint fighter programs for the health of the industrial base and for operational and strategic risk
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-51)
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    Implementation of the DOD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan : a framework for change through accountability (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833082640 , 0833084747 , 0833082647 , 9780833084743
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-333-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lim, Nelson Implementation of the DOD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; United States ; Organizational change ; Diversity in the workplace ; Organizational change ; Diversity in the workplace ; Personnel management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Workplace Culture ; United States ; Diversity in the workplace ; Organizational change ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Two recent policy documents lay out a new vision for diversity in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD): the Military Leadership Diversity Commission's From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st-Century Military and the Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, 2012-2017. These documents define the mission, set goals for diversity, and provide a general strategic framework for achieving these goals. The purpose of this report is to provide a framework to support DoD in the implementation of its strategic plan and to ensure that the resources devoted to these efforts are targeted for long-term success. The framework emphasizes the creation of an enduring accountability system; categorizes the strategic initiatives specified in DoD's strategic plan along three key dimensions -- compliance, communication, and coordination ("the three Cs"); and prioritizes them across time -- short, medium, and long term. The framework can help all DoD components work toward the vision described in the strategic plan in a deliberate, synchronized effort by complying with current laws, regulations, and directives; communicating effectively to internal as well as external stakeholders; and coordinating efforts to ensure continuing change
    Kurzfassung: Two recent policy documents lay out a new vision for diversity in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD): the Military Leadership Diversity Commission's From Representation to Inclusion: Diversity Leadership for the 21st-Century Military and the Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan, 2012-2017. These documents define the mission, set goals for diversity, and provide a general strategic framework for achieving these goals. The purpose of this report is to provide a framework to support DoD in the implementation of its strategic plan and to ensure that the resources devoted to these efforts are targeted for long-term success. The framework emphasizes the creation of an enduring accountability system; categorizes the strategic initiatives specified in DoD's strategic plan along three key dimensions -- compliance, communication, and coordination ("the three Cs"); and prioritizes them across time -- short, medium, and long term. The framework can help all DoD components work toward the vision described in the strategic plan in a deliberate, synchronized effort by complying with current laws, regulations, and directives; communicating effectively to internal as well as external stakeholders; and coordinating efforts to ensure continuing change
    Anmerkung: "National Security Research Division , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-69)
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    Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078919 , 0833078917 , 9780833078902 , 0833078933 , 0833078909 , 0833078925 , 9780833078926 , 9780833078933
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Gompert, David C Sea power and American interests in the western Pacific
    Schlagwort(e): Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Naval strategy ; Sea-power ; Geopolitics ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Sea-power ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; China ; Pacific Area ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Marine & Naval ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Geopolitics ; Naval strategy ; International relations ; China Strategic aspects ; United States Relations ; China Relations ; China ; United States ; China ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Kurzfassung: China sees American sea power in East Asian waters as threatening to itself, its regional aspirations, and possibly its global access. So it is mounting a challenge with anti-ship missiles, submarines, and a growing fleet of its own. However, the United States will not relinquish its sea power, which it sees as needed to maintain its influence and stability, despite China's growing might, in this vital region. History shows that rivalries between established and rising sea powers tend to end badly, to wit: Britain versus Germany before World War I and the United States versus Japan before World War II. In this case, technology that enables the targeting of surface ships, especially aircraft carriers, favors the challenger, China. The United States can exploit technology more boldly than it has previously to make its sea power less vulnerable by relying more on submarines, drones, and smaller, elusive, widely distributed strike platforms. Yet, such a U.S. strategy could take decades and even then be vulnerable to Chinese cyber-war. Therefore, in parallel with making its sea power more survivable, the United States should propose an alternative to confrontation at sea: East Asian multilateral maritime-security cooperation, with China invited to join. While China might be wary that such a regional arrangement would be designed to contain and constrain it, the alternative of exclusion and isolation could induce China to join
    Anmerkung: "Rand National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references
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    Assessment of beddown alternatives for the F-35 : executive summary (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078087 , 0833083309 , 0833078089 , 9780833083302
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Schlagwort(e): United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Reorganization ; United States ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) Costs ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; United States ; Air Forces ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Reorganization ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: As currently planned, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is the most costly aircraft acquisition program in Defense Department history. One approach to ensuring program affordability could be to increase the number of Primary Aerospace Vehicles Authorized (PAA) per combat-coded squadron, with a resulting reduction in the number of F-35 combat-coded squadrons. RAND explored the impact of increasing the PAA per squadron, adjusting the mix of PAA across the Active and Reserve Components, and adjusting the percentage of the Active Component PAA assigned to home-station locations in the continental United States. Researchers considered 28 beddown alternatives, with a maximum of 36 PAA per squadron, and determined that all beddowns could satisfy surge deployment requirements and most could also satisfy rotational requirements within specified deploy-to-dwell ratios. Increasing squadron size was determined to significantly reduce (a) the flying costs necessary to achieve pilot absorption requirements, (b) maintenance manpower requirements, and (c) total support equipment procurement costs, while little additional infrastructure capacity would be required under any of the 28 basing alternatives considered. Additional analysis suggested that assignment policy would have more effect on leader development than either squadron size or the active-reserve mix
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , "This researchwas conducted within the Resource Management Program of RAND PAF"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references
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    New approaches to defense inflation and discounting (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081339 , 0833083392 , 0833081330 , 9780833083395
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 42 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR237
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Connor, Kathryn New approaches to defense inflation and discounting
    Schlagwort(e): United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Effect of inflation on ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Kurzfassung: Inflation indices and discount rates are necessary tools in the Department of Defense's acquisition process, as the final selection of a system is partially based on potential increases in sustainment costs (inflation) and the present value of future costs (discounting). Inflation indices built for DoD use very broad categories that include operations and maintenance (O & M) as well as manpower, procurement, and research and development. This study addresses the question of how well current inflation indices and discount rates are serving DoD weaponsystem program management. It investigates inflation rates for parts for the Abrams tank and the Bradley armored personnel carrier and shows that the two weapon systems, while both ground systems, experience inflation differently. Although government decisionmaking can benefit from discounting (taking into account the time value of money), choices made using discounted cash flows are not always the least expensive for DoD. Its O & M estimating strategies should be reviewed to reflect changing repair and other costs, since a range of reasonable courses of action exists for many DoD investment decisions. Recommendations for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to consider when evaluating the inflation and discounting policies that impact the long-term affordability of DoD programs include (1) revisiting O & M costs annually with a 5-year moving-average inflation, to reflect changing repair and other costs; (2) highlighting the role of supply chain surcharges in parts costs in cost estimates used to inform program financial analysis; (3) expanding analysis of investments to ensure consideration of least-cost outcomes
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42)
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    Support for the 21st-century reserve force : insights to facilitate successful reintegration for citizen warriors and their families (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081384 , 0833081993 , 0833081381 , 9780833081995
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxii, 215 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR206
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Werber, Laura Support for the 21st-century reserve force
    Schlagwort(e): Families of military personnel Services for ; Veterans Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; Families of military personnel ; Veterans ; Veteran reintegration ; Veterans ; Services for ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Families of military personnel ; Services for ; Veteran reintegration ; United States National Guard ; United States National Guard ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Recruiting, enlistment, etc ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
    Kurzfassung: Many studies have examined the impact of deployment on military families, but few have assessed either the challenges that guard and reserve families face following deployment or how they manage the reintegration phase of the deployment cycle. This report aims to facilitate the successful reintegration of guard and reserve personnel as they return to civilian life after deployment. Using surveys and interviews with guard and reserve families, along with interviews with resource providers, this report examines how these families fare after deployment, the challenges they confront during that time frame, and the strategies and resources they use to navigate the reintegration phase. Factors associated with reintegration success include the adequacy of communication between families and the service member's unit or Service and between service members and their families, initial readiness for deployment, family finances, and whether the service member returns with a psychological issue or physical injury. Successful reintegration from the families' perspective was related to measures of military readiness, such as the service members' plans to continue guard or reserve service. In addition, there is a wide-ranging and complex 'web of support' available to assist families with reintegration, including U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) programs, state and local government agencies, private nonprofit and for-profit resource providers, faith-based organizations, and informal resources (such as family, friends, and social networks). Opportunities for collaboration among providers abound. DoD does not have to 'do it all, ' but the report suggests steps it can take to ensure that reintegration proceeds as smoothly as possible
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    The mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy : finding a sustainable balance for enduring success (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833076939 , 0833081152 , 0833076930 , 9780833081155
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 169 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1237-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Keller, Kirsten M Mix of military and civilian faculty at the United States Air Force Academy
    Schlagwort(e): United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Vocational guidance ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Personnel management ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; United States Air Force Academy Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; United States Air Force Academy ; Military cadets Education (Higher) ; Military education ; Military cadets ; Military education ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Training ; Military education ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Universities and colleges ; Faculty ; Salaries, etc ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States Air Force Academy ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Kurzfassung: The mission of the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is "to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation." To achieve this mission, USAFA provides cadets with both military training and a four-year college education similar to that offered at civilian institutions. Unlike at civilian institutions, however, USAFA academic classes are taught by a mix of active-duty military officers and civilian professors. Since civilians were formally incorporated onto the faculty at USAFA in the early 1990s, there has been continued debate over the best mix of military and civilian faculty needed to achieve the academy's mission. Furthermore, the Air Force currently faces difficulty in meeting USAFA faculty requirements for officers with advanced academic degrees, often resulting in understaffed departments. Funding for temporary faculty to fill these positions is also declining. A RAND study sought to help address these issues by examining the impact of potential changes to the current military-civilian academic faculty composition in five areas of importance to USAFA's mission and the broader U.S. Air Force: (1) cadets' officership development, (2) cadets' academic development, (3) cost, (4) staffing challenges, and (5) officer career development (i.e., how degree attainment and teaching tours at USAFA affect the career paths of active-duty military personnel at different points in their careers). Based on the study's findings, this report makes recommendations for a faculty composition that best balances these key factors and is sustainable into the future
    Anmerkung: "Project Air Force , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169)
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    A new tool for assessing workforce management policies over time : extending the dynamic retention model (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081964 , 0833081969 , 9780833081377 , 0833081373
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Report RR-113-OSD
    Schlagwort(e): Military Administration ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Econometrics ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Mathematical models ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The dynamic retention model (DRM) is a state-of-the-art modeling capability that supports decisionmaking about workforce management policy. The DRM can be applied in a wide variety of workforce contexts for a variety of compensation and personnel policies, though to date the focus has been on supporting military compensation decisions to sustain the all-volunteer force in the United States. While the DRM is an extremely powerful tool, a drawback in the use of the model to date is that it has focused on the steady state. That is, implementations of the model to date show only the retention and cost effects of alternative policies when the entire workforce is under the new policy versus when the workforce is under existing policy. The research presented in this report extends DRM to allow simulations of the effects of alternative policies both in the steady state and in the transition to the steady state. It also shows the effects of alternative implementation strategies and how different policies can affect how quickly the population and costs move toward the new steady state
    Kurzfassung: The dynamic retention model (DRM) is a state-of-the-art modeling capability that supports decisionmaking about workforce management policy. The DRM can be applied in a wide variety of workforce contexts for a variety of compensation and personnel policies, though to date the focus has been on supporting military compensation decisions to sustain the all-volunteer force in the United States. While the DRM is an extremely powerful tool, a drawback in the use of the model to date is that it has focused on the steady state. That is, implementations of the model to date show only the retention and cost effects of alternative policies when the entire workforce is under the new policy versus when the workforce is under existing policy. The research presented in this report extends DRM to allow simulations of the effects of alternative policies both in the steady state and in the transition to the steady state. It also shows the effects of alternative implementation strategies and how different policies can affect how quickly the population and costs move toward the new steady state
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73)
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    Implications of an Air Force budget downturn on the aircraft industrial base : an exploratory analysis (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833080233 , 0833083732 , 0833080237 , 9780833083739
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 41 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; United States Management ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Airplanes, Military Costs ; Airplanes, Military ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Airplanes, Military ; Costs ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn along with the uncertainty of its timing and magnitude. RAND examined the challenge of modernizing the Air Force's aircraft fleet while trying to sustain the industrial base with limited funding. Complicating this challenge is that the pattern of Air Force spending has shifted dramatically away from new aircraft procurement, and a competitor with significant technical and economic capability has emerged. There is a need for careful strategic management of investment choices--and this goes beyond just aircraft. The Air Force will first need to define its capability priorities that fit within budget constraints, then use those priorities to shape a budget strategy. RAND considered six budget strategies for aircraft procurement: from a new high-tech fleet to sustaining and modifying the existing one. Each strategy under a constrained spending future results in challenges and issues for the industrial base. The Air Force will need to help mitigate industrial base problems that result from their chosen budget strategy--but some issues may be beyond their control. There are lessons from foreign acquisitions that the Air Force can leverage to avoid pitfalls. Most importantly, shortfalls in both industry and government skill bases can cause significant problems later during execution. Finding ways to sustain key skills during a spending downturn will be important for the future and potentially produce longer-term savings
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Air Force is facing a number of challenges as a result of the current defense budget downturn along with the uncertainty of its timing and magnitude. RAND examined the challenge of modernizing the Air Force's aircraft fleet while trying to sustain the industrial base with limited funding. Complicating this challenge is that the pattern of Air Force spending has shifted dramatically away from new aircraft procurement, and a competitor with significant technical and economic capability has emerged. There is a need for careful strategic management of investment choices--and this goes beyond just aircraft. The Air Force will first need to define its capability priorities that fit within budget constraints, then use those priorities to shape a budget strategy. RAND considered six budget strategies for aircraft procurement: from a new high-tech fleet to sustaining and modifying the existing one. Each strategy under a constrained spending future results in challenges and issues for the industrial base. The Air Force will need to help mitigate industrial base problems that result from their chosen budget strategy--but some issues may be beyond their control. There are lessons from foreign acquisitions that the Air Force can leverage to avoid pitfalls. Most importantly, shortfalls in both industry and government skill bases can cause significant problems later during execution. Finding ways to sustain key skills during a spending downturn will be important for the future and potentially produce longer-term savings
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-41)
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    Enabling early sustainment decisions : application to F-35 depot-level maintenance (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081650 , 0833084674 , 0833081659 , 9780833084675
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 27 pages)
    Serie: Research report
    Schlagwort(e): United States Weapons systems ; Maintenance and repair ; United States Equipment ; Maintenance and repair ; United States Operational readiness ; United States Procurement ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; F-35 (Military aircraft) Maintenance and repair ; F-35 (Military aircraft) ; Armed Forces ; Equipment and supplies ; Maintenance and repair ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Maintenance and repair ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; TRANSPORTATION ; Aviation ; Repair & Maintenance ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core" -- can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover
    Kurzfassung: "The U.S. Air Force has long struggled to incorporate new weapon system logistics requirements and support system design considerations into its broader sustainment enterprise early in the acquisition process. To help inform Air Force decisionmaking with regard to sustainment sourcing, RAND Project AIR FORCE researchers explored and adapted lessons from the transaction cost accounting literature. The result is a powerful economic-based framework that has three primary benefits when it comes to addressing sustainment planning challenges: It is a repeatable, analytically driven decision tool that does not require large amounts of data; it considers repair source decisionmaking in the context of the broader Air Force enterprise; and it is potentially applicable to other aspects of sustainment planning, such as managing government-mandated repair sourcing mixes and informing other Air Force sustainment community responsibilities. This report demonstrates how the framework can be used to select among depot maintenance strategies by applying it to the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the largest acquisition program in U.S. Department of Defense history. Although the U.S. government will retain the capability to perform the range of depot-level repairs for the F-35, 40 percent of the workload -- known as "above core" -- can be considered for sourcing to an organic Air Force facility, another military service's facility, a foreign partner, or the private sector. The framework helps planners visualize program data and compare new acquisition programs with legacy Air Force systems. In this way, it offers the Air Force additional leverage in responding to technology developments and vetting contractors's engineering, reliability, and maintainability projections for new weapon systems."--Page 4 of cover
    Anmerkung: "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 25-27)
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    Developing Navy capability to recover forces in chemical, biological, and radiological hazard environments (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081476 , 0833085506 , 0833081470 , 9780833085504
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR-155-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Resnick, Adam C Developing Navy capability to recover forces in chemical, biological, and radiological hazard environments
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States Planning ; United States Operational readiness ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Amphibious warfare Planning ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Amphibious warfare ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Biological decontamination ; Radioactive decontamination ; Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena ; Armed Conflicts ; Biological Warfare ; Chemical Warfare ; Decontamination ; Delivery of Health Care ; Environment and Public Health ; Military Science ; Nuclear Warfare ; Public Health Practice ; Public Health ; Social Problems ; Social Sciences ; Sociology ; Technology, Industry, Agriculture ; Technology, Industry, and Agriculture ; United States ; Amphibious warfare ; Planning ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Biological decontamination ; Decontamination (from gases, chemicals, etc.) ; Radioactive decontamination ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Kurzfassung: Recovering amphibious forces can be complicated if ashore forces are attacked with chemical, biological, or radiological weapons. These forces may cross-contaminate others with whom they come in contact. And if contaminants spread to equipment and vehicles, creating persistent hazards, those items may pose an additional cross-contamination risk. Although the preference is to decontaminate ashore forces in the operating environment or in a clean area elsewhere on land, this is not always feasible. Using a scenario involving a Marine Expeditionary Unit of 3,000 Marines, 300 total contaminated service members, including 24 contaminated litter casualties and 75 contaminated ambulatory casualties, the researchers assess current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces aboard ships and identify policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission. They develop a set of policies to increase the Navy's capability to recover and transport contaminated land forces to amphibious assault groups and propose doctrine to support operational decisions
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Approved for public release; distribution unlimited , Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-55)
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    Charting the course for a new Air Force inspection system (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833077042 , 0833081942 , 083307704X , 9780833081940
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Technical report Charting the course for a new Air Force inspection system
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    Schlagwort(e): United States Reorganization ; United States Safety measures ; United States Inspection ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Aeronautics, Military Safety measures ; Aeronautics, Military ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Aeronautics, Military ; Safety measures ; Armed Forces ; Inspection ; Armed Forces ; Reorganization ; Armed Forces ; Safety measures ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Air Force relies on inspections by the Inspector General and assessments and evaluations by functional area managers to ensure that all wings comply with Air Force standards and are ready to execute their contingency missions. These oversight activities have grown dramatically over time, and the Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force-wide effort to reduce this burden while also improving the quality of oversight that the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to collect and assess data on the inspection system and to identify effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force inspection system might emulate. Through a review of such external inspection practices as the Air Force Culture Assessment Tool program (AFCAST), the Air Force Climate Survey, and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection system; an investigation of Air Force personnel's experiences in the field; and a review of literature on topics including leadership and organizational change, RAND formulated recommendations tailored to each of SAF/IG's five major inspection system goals: (1) choosing a better inspection interval, (2) reducing the inspection footprint, (3) increasing the emphasis on self-inspections and self-reporting, (4) introducing the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI), and (5) introducing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). RAND's research and recommendations are detailed in this report
    Kurzfassung: The Air Force relies on inspections by the Inspector General and assessments and evaluations by functional area managers to ensure that all wings comply with Air Force standards and are ready to execute their contingency missions. These oversight activities have grown dramatically over time, and the Inspector General of the Air Force (SAF/IG) is leading an Air Force-wide effort to reduce this burden while also improving the quality of oversight that the inspection system provides. In 2010, SAF/IG asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to collect and assess data on the inspection system and to identify effective inspection and information collection practices that the Air Force inspection system might emulate. Through a review of such external inspection practices as the Air Force Culture Assessment Tool program (AFCAST), the Air Force Climate Survey, and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) inspection system; an investigation of Air Force personnel's experiences in the field; and a review of literature on topics including leadership and organizational change, RAND formulated recommendations tailored to each of SAF/IG's five major inspection system goals: (1) choosing a better inspection interval, (2) reducing the inspection footprint, (3) increasing the emphasis on self-inspections and self-reporting, (4) introducing the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection (UEI), and (5) introducing the Management Internal Control Toolset (MICT). RAND's research and recommendations are detailed in this report
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-149)
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    Strategically aligned family research : supporting soldier and family quality of life research for policy decisionmaking (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833081148 , 0833081144 , 9780833077899 , 0833077899
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 68 pages)
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    DDC: 355.120973
    Schlagwort(e): Social indicators Research ; Soldiers Services for ; Evaluation ; Families of military personnel Social conditions ; Quality of life Research ; Families of military personnel Services for ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Social conditions ; Social indicators ; Soldiers ; Families of military personnel ; Quality of life ; Families of military personnel ; Soldiers ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; Social indicators ; Research ; Soldiers ; Social conditions ; Military & Naval Science ; Military Administration ; Quality of life ; Research ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The Army spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on soldier and family support or quality of life (QOL) programs intended to ease the stress of military life and thereby enhance well-being, improve readiness, and sustain recruiting and retention. However, research in support of these programs to determine needs, access, and effectiveness is fragmented, duplicative, and at times lacking in quality or depth of analysis. The Army leadership wants to develop a research agenda to inform the Army of the QOL needs of soldiers and families, help gauge the success of programs, improve coordination of research efforts, and determine how best to allocate resources to achieve its objectives. This analysis concludes that the Army currently lacks a clear awareness of relevant research on soldier and family QOL, and it also lacks the institutional mechanisms and resources to systematically collect and synthesize data and analysis to inform decisionmaking. Furthermore, both domain-specific research and a broader, more holistic understanding of QOL-to put domain-specific research in context-are critical. As a first step, we recommend that the Army develop an explicitly agreed-upon lexicon, outcomes, and metrics to identify and develop relevant research to inform intra- and interorganizational discussions and decisionmaking on QOL. The Army should also consider adopting a comprehensive approach to needs assessment to develop a holistic picture of support service gaps and their relative importance to well-being
    Kurzfassung: The Army spends hundreds of millions of dollars annually on soldier and family support or quality of life (QOL) programs intended to ease the stress of military life and thereby enhance well-being, improve readiness, and sustain recruiting and retention. However, research in support of these programs to determine needs, access, and effectiveness is fragmented, duplicative, and at times lacking in quality or depth of analysis. The Army leadership wants to develop a research agenda to inform the Army of the QOL needs of soldiers and families, help gauge the success of programs, improve coordination of research efforts, and determine how best to allocate resources to achieve its objectives. This analysis concludes that the Army currently lacks a clear awareness of relevant research on soldier and family QOL, and it also lacks the institutional mechanisms and resources to systematically collect and synthesize data and analysis to inform decisionmaking. Furthermore, both domain-specific research and a broader, more holistic understanding of QOL-to put domain-specific research in context-are critical. As a first step, we recommend that the Army develop an explicitly agreed-upon lexicon, outcomes, and metrics to identify and develop relevant research to inform intra- and interorganizational discussions and decisionmaking on QOL. The Army should also consider adopting a comprehensive approach to needs assessment to develop a holistic picture of support service gaps and their relative importance to well-being
    Anmerkung: "RAND Arroyo Center , "This project was conducted within RAND Arroyo Center's Manpower and Training Program"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-68)
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    Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce : update to methods and results through FY 2011 (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080585 , 0833083260 , 083308058X , 9780833083265
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 73 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-110-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Gates, Susan M., 1968- Analyses of the Department of Defense acquisition workforce
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; United States Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; Civil service ; Civil service ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Civil service ; Personnel management ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
    Kurzfassung: The organic defense acquisition workforce consists of military personnel and Department of Defense civilian personnel who provide the management, technical, and business capabilities needed to oversee defense acquisition programs from start to finish. This workforce must itself be managed so that the right numbers of the right personnel are in the right positions at the right time. Since 2006, RAND has been helping develop data-based tools to support analysis of this workforce. This volume updates a 2008 report by documenting revisions to methods, providing descriptive information on the workforce through fiscal year 2011, and providing a user's manual for a model that can help managers project workforce needs through 2021 under different assumptions about the future. The report illustrates the use of the model
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-73)
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    Paths to victory : lessons from modern insurgencies (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833080547 , 0833083414 , 0833080547 , 9780833083418
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xlii, 286 pages)
    Suppl.: Paths to victory: detailed insurgency case studies
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-291/1-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Paul, Christopher, 1971- Paths to victory
    Schlagwort(e): Counterinsurgency Research ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Case studies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; Research ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject is voluminous and often contentious. Advice for the counterinsurgent is often based on little more than common sense, a general understanding of history, or a handful of detailed examples, instead of a solid, systematically collected body of historical evidence. A 2010 RAND study challenged this trend with rigorous analyses of all 30 insurgencies that started and ended between 1978 and 2008. This update to that original study expanded the data set, adding 41 new cases and comparing all 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide since World War II. With many more cases to compare, the study was able to more rigorously test the previous findings and address critical questions that the earlier study could not. For example, it could examine the approaches that led counterinsurgency forces to prevail when an external actor was involved in the conflict. It was also able to address questions about timing and duration, such as which factors affect the duration of insurgencies and the durability of the resulting peace, as well as how long historical counterinsurgency forces had to engage in effective practices before they won
    Kurzfassung: When a country is threatened by an insurgency, what efforts give its government the best chance of prevailing? Contemporary discourse on this subject is voluminous and often contentious. Advice for the counterinsurgent is often based on little more than common sense, a general understanding of history, or a handful of detailed examples, instead of a solid, systematically collected body of historical evidence. A 2010 RAND study challenged this trend with rigorous analyses of all 30 insurgencies that started and ended between 1978 and 2008. This update to that original study expanded the data set, adding 41 new cases and comparing all 71 insurgencies begun and completed worldwide since World War II. With many more cases to compare, the study was able to more rigorously test the previous findings and address critical questions that the earlier study could not. For example, it could examine the approaches that led counterinsurgency forces to prevail when an external actor was involved in the conflict. It was also able to address questions about timing and duration, such as which factors affect the duration of insurgencies and the durability of the resulting peace, as well as how long historical counterinsurgency forces had to engage in effective practices before they won
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Companion publication to: Paths to victory: detailed insurgency case studies , Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286)
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    Leveraging observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for global operations (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081902 , 0833083635 , 083308190X , 9780833083630
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 36 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation research report series RR416
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Payne, Leslie Adrienne Leveraging observations of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan for global operations
    Schlagwort(e): International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; Combined operations (Military science) ; Internal security ; Military assistance, American ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan) ; Afghanistan ; United States ; Afghanistan ; HISTORY ; Asia ; Central Asia ; United States Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) requested that the RAND Corporation conduct a study on how to leverage observations from Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts in Afghanistan for global operations. Researchers interviewed 67 advisors and SFA practitioners at the tactical and operational levels to collect their firsthand insights into SFA. Interviewees included members of security force assistance teams and Special Forces Operational Detachments-Alpha, senior leadership at the brigade level, and AWG Operational Advisers. The enduring nature of most of these challenges suggests that solutions still remain uncertain. Future SFA missions, such as those envisioned for the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces, can benefit from the experience gained from SFA in Afghanistan as captured in this report. These lessons need to be incorporated both at the institutional level and by individual SFA advisers
    Kurzfassung: The U.S. Army's Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG) requested that the RAND Corporation conduct a study on how to leverage observations from Security Force Assistance (SFA) efforts in Afghanistan for global operations. Researchers interviewed 67 advisors and SFA practitioners at the tactical and operational levels to collect their firsthand insights into SFA. Interviewees included members of security force assistance teams and Special Forces Operational Detachments-Alpha, senior leadership at the brigade level, and AWG Operational Advisers. The enduring nature of most of these challenges suggests that solutions still remain uncertain. Future SFA missions, such as those envisioned for the Army's Regionally Aligned Forces, can benefit from the experience gained from SFA in Afghanistan as captured in this report. These lessons need to be incorporated both at the institutional level and by individual SFA advisers
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36)
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    Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches : program manager tenure, oversight of acquisition category II programs, and framing assumptions (2013)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833082053 , 0833083791 , 0833082051 , 9780833083791
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Paralleltitel: Print version Arena, Mark V Management perspectives pertaining to root cause analyses of Nunn-McCurdy breaches Vol. 4
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; Costs ; United States ; Defense contracts ; Defense contracts ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; Armies ; Military & Naval Science ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Political Freedom ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Costs ; Defense contracts ; United States Armed Forces ; Equipment ; Costs ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Costs ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool
    Kurzfassung: Concern with cost overruns in major defense acquisition programs led Congress to direct investigation of the root causes of overruns in programs that have breached Nunn-McCurdy thresholds. The authors calculate program manager tenure to determine whether tenures have lengthened since policy guidance was issued in 2005 and 2007. They also address the question of whether existing decentralized systems used to track the cost growth and performance of acquisition category II programs are sufficient or whether additional centralized guidance and control from the Office of the Secretary of Defense are warranted. A third question deals with the management of cost and schedule risk and whether the identification of key assumptions, which the authors call framing assumptions, could be a useful risk management tool
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-115)
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    Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080974 , 083308478X , 0833080970 , 9780833084781
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 30 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation research report series RR-322-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Cox, Amy G Improving federal and Department of Defense use of service-disabled veteran-owned businesses
    Schlagwort(e): United States Rules and practice ; United States ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities Government policy ; Veteran-owned business enterprises Government policy ; Public contracts ; Business enterprises owned by veterans with disabilities ; Veteran-owned business enterprises ; Public contracts ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; Rules ; HISTORY ; Military ; Veterans ; Public contracts ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Kurzfassung: The report investigates the barriers that service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) may face when attempting to contract with the federal government and the Department of Defense. The government and DoD goals are to award 3 percent of prime-contract dollars to SDVOSBs but current contracting falls below that level. The authors assess the characteristics of service-disabled veterans that support successful business ownership and identify possible barriers to meeting the 3 percent goals
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Security Research Division , Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-30)
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    Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833081919 , 0833081918 , 9780833076663 , 0833076663
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 67 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1275-AF
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Robbert, Albert A., 1944- Costs of flying units in Air Force active and reserve components
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; United States Management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Aviation ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Evaluation ; Armed Forces ; Management ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Kurzfassung: The relative costs of operating and supporting Air Force active- and reserve-component units are an important consideration in programming the mix of forces for various missions. Unfortunately, there are no generally accepted or well-documented methodologies for compiling the costs and output measures to be included in these comparisons. This report describes the development of one such methodology and applies it to an exploration of force mix alternatives in several weapon systems. Using data from the Air Force Total Ownership Cost decision support system from fiscal years 2006 through 2010, the author estimates the cost of operating the C-130 tactical airlifter, KC-135 aerial refueler, and F-16 multirole fighter fleets in Air Force active and reserve components. The author highlights the ways in which cost considerations favor the active and reserve components differently and discusses how this can help determine a cost-minimizing active/reserve mix
    Anmerkung: "Approved for public release; distribution inlimited , "Prepared for the United States Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (page 67)
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    Sustaining the U.S. Air Force nuclear mission (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833078520 , 0833083546 , 0833078526 , 9780833083548
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 22 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1240
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States Planning ; United States ; United States ; Nuclear weapons ; Weapons systems Maintenance and repair ; Nuclear weapons ; Weapons systems ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Nuclear weapons ; Weapons systems ; Maintenance and repair ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The United States' nuclear deterrence is no more effective than its ability to carry out nuclear operations and other states' perceptions of this ability. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has prioritized the reinvigoration and strengthening of its nuclear enterprise. However, there are inherent challenges to sustaining the capabilities of nuclear systems of systems. Perhaps the most pressing challenge currently facing the Air Force nuclear enterprise is sustaining the mission in the face of budgetary constraints. This report proposes possibilities for addressing this challenge. Coordination is key to this approach. Individual platforms must work together seamlessly for the nuclear system of systems to perform successfully. Any slippage in one system may cause schedule delays and increased costs for all other systems working in concert. This report outlines a double-layered framework for managing nuclear sustainment. This framework consists first of a set of sustainment plans for each system that follow a common format. The second layer, an overarching Air Force Nuclear Architecture and Mission Sustainment Plan, pulls together salient information from the individual, system-level plans to compile a master schedule for long-term mission sustainment. This framework should strengthen future nuclear deterrence capabilities through better planning and programming for the sustainment of these missions in the present
    Kurzfassung: The United States' nuclear deterrence is no more effective than its ability to carry out nuclear operations and other states' perceptions of this ability. The U.S. Air Force (USAF) has prioritized the reinvigoration and strengthening of its nuclear enterprise. However, there are inherent challenges to sustaining the capabilities of nuclear systems of systems. Perhaps the most pressing challenge currently facing the Air Force nuclear enterprise is sustaining the mission in the face of budgetary constraints. This report proposes possibilities for addressing this challenge. Coordination is key to this approach. Individual platforms must work together seamlessly for the nuclear system of systems to perform successfully. Any slippage in one system may cause schedule delays and increased costs for all other systems working in concert. This report outlines a double-layered framework for managing nuclear sustainment. This framework consists first of a set of sustainment plans for each system that follow a common format. The second layer, an overarching Air Force Nuclear Architecture and Mission Sustainment Plan, pulls together salient information from the individual, system-level plans to compile a master schedule for long-term mission sustainment. This framework should strengthen future nuclear deterrence capabilities through better planning and programming for the sustainment of these missions in the present
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22)
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    A cost analysis of the U.S. Air Force overseas posture : informing strategic choices (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833080370 , 0833083333 , 0833080377 , 9780833083333
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 40 pages)
    Serie: Research report RR-150-AF
    Schlagwort(e): United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States ; United States ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military base closures Economic aspects ; Military bases, American Costs ; Air bases, American Costs ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military base closures ; Military bases, American ; Air bases, American ; Military planning ; Strategy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Expenditures, Public ; United States ; United States ; Military base closures ; Economic aspects ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States. The authors describe the various types of expenditures required to maintain bases and military units overseas and estimate current costs using official data and econometric modeling. They provide a cost model of overseas presence for policymakers to weigh alternative posture options. Their main findings are that while it does cost more to maintain force structures and installations overseas rather than in the United States, the total cost of doing so for the Air Force's current overseas posture is small relative to the Air Force's overall budget
    Kurzfassung: This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States. The authors describe the various types of expenditures required to maintain bases and military units overseas and estimate current costs using official data and econometric modeling. They provide a cost model of overseas presence for policymakers to weigh alternative posture options. Their main findings are that while it does cost more to maintain force structures and installations overseas rather than in the United States, the total cost of doing so for the Air Force's current overseas posture is small relative to the Air Force's overall budget
    Anmerkung: "The study was conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40)
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    Do joint fighter programs save money? : technical appendixes on methodology (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833079329 , 0833084879 , 0833079328 , 9780833084873
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 66 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1225z1
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Lorell, Mark A Do joint fighter programs save money?
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; United States ; Fighter planes Costs ; Fighter planes ; Law, Politics & Government ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; United States ; Fighter planes ; Costs ; Air Forces ; Military & Naval Science ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Appendix A: Calculation of Theoretical Maximum Joint Aircraft Acquisition Program Savings -- Appendix B: Calculation of the Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium from Historical Aircraft Programs -- Appendix C: Calculation of Maximum Joint O&S Savings from an "Ideal" Joint Fighter Program -- Appendix D: Exploring the Magnitude of Joint O&S Savings Needed to Offset Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium -- Appendix E: Primary Methodology for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters -- Appendix F: Alternative Procurement Methodology and Results for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters
    Kurzfassung: Appendix A: Calculation of Theoretical Maximum Joint Aircraft Acquisition Program Savings -- Appendix B: Calculation of the Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium from Historical Aircraft Programs -- Appendix C: Calculation of Maximum Joint O&S Savings from an "Ideal" Joint Fighter Program -- Appendix D: Exploring the Magnitude of Joint O&S Savings Needed to Offset Joint Acquisition Cost-Growth Premium -- Appendix E: Primary Methodology for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters -- Appendix F: Alternative Procurement Methodology and Results for Comparing JSF Costs with Those of Three Notional Single-Service Fighters
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-66)
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    U.S. Navy employment options for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) (2013)
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    ISBN: 9780833084699 , 0833084690 , 9780833081438 , 0833081438
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxxv, 119 pages)
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics Military applications ; Remote control ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Robotics ; United States ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; Vehicles, Remotely piloted ; Naval Science - General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Remote control ; Robotics ; Military applications ; Military & Naval Science ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Kurzfassung: This report assesses in what ways and to what degree unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) are suitable for supporting U.S. Navy missions and functions. It briefly characterizes the current and emerging USV marketplaces to provide a baseline for near-term capabilities, describes USV concepts of employment to support diverse U.S. Navy missions and functions, and evaluates these concepts of employment to identify specific missions and functions for which they are highly suitable. USVs offer several particular strengths relative to other platforms, including the ability to interact both above and below the waterline, enabling them to serve as critical nodes for cross-domain networks. They also have potentially longer endurance, larger payloads, and higher power outputs than comparably sized unmanned air or undersea vehicles. Additionally, their greater risk tolerance compared with manned systems makes them desirable platforms for overcoming adversaries' anti-access and area-denial measures. These strengths make USVs particularly suitable for missions such as characterizing the physical environment, observation and collection regarding adversaries, mine warfare, military deception/information operations/electronic warfare, defense against small boats, testing and training, search and rescue, and the support of other unmanned vehicles. However, USVs need advanced autonomy and assured communications to complete complex missions, as well as any missions in complex environments. Autonomous seakeeping and maritime traffic avoidance are USV-specific capabilities that likely need to be developed with U.S. Navy involvement. Also, optional manning and payload modularity can enhance the desirability of USV programs
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the Acquisition and Technology Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-119)
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    Analysis of financial support to the surviving spouses and children of casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833077943 , 0833077945 , 9780833077967 , 0833077961 , 9780833076687 , 083307668X
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xv, 36 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1281-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Miller, Amalia R. (Amalia Rebecca), 1976-; Analysis of financial support to the surviving spouses and children of casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.
    Paralleltitel: Print version Miller, Amalia R. (Amalia Rebecca), 1976- Analysis of financial support to the surviving spouses and children of casualties in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
    Schlagwort(e): Military spouses Salaries, etc. ; Research ; United States. ; Survivors' benefits Research ; United States. ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Casualties ; Research ; United States. ; Afghan War, 2001- Casualties ; Research ; United States. ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 Casualties ; Research ; Afghan War, 2001- Casualties ; Research ; Military spouses Salaries, etc ; Research ; Survivors' benefits Research ; Iraq War, 2003-2011 ; Afghan War, 2001- ; Military spouses ; Survivors' benefits ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; HISTORY ; Military ; General ; Iraq ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Afghan War (2001- ) ; HISTORY ; Middle East ; General ; Iraq War (2003-2011) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This study examines how the deaths of service members during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have affected the subsequent labor market earnings of their surviving spouses and the extent to which survivor benefits provided by the Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Social Security Administration compensate for lost household earnings. It also assesses the extent to which payments that surviving spouses and children receive compensate for earnings losses attributable to combat deaths. The labor market earnings of households experiencing a combat death in the years following deployment are compared with those of deployed but uninjured service-member households. Because the risk of combat death is likely to be correlated with characteristics of service members that could themselves affect household labor market outcomes (e.g., pay grade, military occupation, risk-taking behavior), the study controlled for a rich array of individual-level characteristics, including labor market outcomes for both service members and spouses prior to deployment. This approach includes potentially unobserved factors that are unique to specific households and fixed over time and increases the likelihood that the results capture the causal effect of combat death on household earnings.
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Data used in the study -- Empirical model -- Results -- Discussion -- Conclusions
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-36)
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    Implementation of the Common Core State Standards : recommendations for the Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833078223 , 0833078224 , 9780833078230 , 0833078240 , 0833078232 , 0833077856 , 9780833077851 , 9780833078247
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Occasional paper OP-384-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; United States ; Military post schools, American Standards ; Military post schools, American ; Military & Naval Science ; Education ; Law, Politics & Government ; Social Sciences ; Military Science - General ; Education, Special Topics ; United States ; EDUCATION ; Curricula ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently joined 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands in adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), implementation of which requires a transition of curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessments from the current system of standards to a new one that promotes higher-order thinking and communication skills. In light of this adoption, the authors draw on prior literature on the implementation of large-scale educational reforms to frame CCSS implementation in terms of eight core tasks, each tailored to the DoDEA context. These tasks are based on a synthesis of scale-up efforts from 15 diverse, large-scale reforms
    Kurzfassung: "The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) recently joined 45 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands in adopting the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), implementation of which requires a transition of curriculum, instruction, professional development, and assessments from the current system of standards to a new one that promotes higher-order thinking and communication skills. In light of this adoption, the authors draw on prior literature on the implementation of large-scale educational reforms to frame CCSS implementation in terms of eight core tasks, each tailored to the DoDEA context. These tasks are based on a synthesis of scale-up efforts from 15 diverse, large-scale reforms
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references
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    National Guard Special Forces : enhancing the contributions of reserve component Army Special Operations Forces (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833060129 , 0833083198 , 0833060120 , 9780833083197
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 65 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1199
    Schlagwort(e): United States Organization ; United States ; Special forces (Military science) ; Special forces (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Organization ; United States ; Special forces (Military science) ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This technical report presents research undertaken as part of a project entitled "Enhancing the Contributions of Reserve Component Army Special Operations Forces." The project was designed to explore ways to enhance the contributions of U.S Army National Guard (ARNG) Special Forces to ongoing U.S. military operations and to provide recommendations that might lead to 'purpose-driven' ARNG Special Forces: that is, forces organized and employed to take advantage of civilian skills, language proficiency, or other attributes found predominantly within the ARNG Special Forces. This report examines the options for recasting ARNG Special Forces in a 'purposedriven' way
    Kurzfassung: This technical report presents research undertaken as part of a project entitled "Enhancing the Contributions of Reserve Component Army Special Operations Forces." The project was designed to explore ways to enhance the contributions of U.S Army National Guard (ARNG) Special Forces to ongoing U.S. military operations and to provide recommendations that might lead to 'purpose-driven' ARNG Special Forces: that is, forces organized and employed to take advantage of civilian skills, language proficiency, or other attributes found predominantly within the ARNG Special Forces. This report examines the options for recasting ARNG Special Forces in a 'purposedriven' way
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (page 65)
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    General military training : standardization and reduction options (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833069122 , 083308321X , 0833069128 , 9780833083210
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 100 pages)
    Serie: Technical report
    Schlagwort(e): United States Vocational guidance ; United States ; Armed Forces Training of ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Military readiness ; Military education ; Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; Military education ; Military readiness ; Vocational guidance ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; United States Armed Forces ; Vocational guidance ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Kurzfassung: Every uniformed service member, whether Active Component (AC) or Reserve Component (RC), must complete ancillary or general military training (GMT) requirements prescribed by his or her service. Individual services direct some topics, and some are stipulated by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). DoD has identified a need to reduce cyclic mandatory training requirements (especially for the RCs), thus reducing the training burden on the services and making the most of available training time. The RAND National Defense Research Institute was asked to examine the services' mandatory military training requirements and examine options to standardize requirements and reduce the training burden. This report responds to that request by providing a common definition of GMT and examining both the guidance that directs GMT completion and the services' approaches to conducting GMT. The authors identified GMT requirements directed by law and policy and interviewed service AC and RC subject-matter experts
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-100)
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    What works best when building partner capacity and under what circumstances? (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833078506 , 0833083155 , 083307850X , 9780833083159
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 101 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Available in another form
    Paralleltitel: Available in another form
    Schlagwort(e): Security Assistance Program ; Military assistance, American ; Security Assistance Program ; Military assistance, American ; Military & Naval Science ; Armies ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military assistance, American ; Security Assistance Program ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; United States ; Military relations ; United States Military relations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The United States has a long history of helping other nations develop and improve their military and other security forces. However, changing economic realities and the ongoing reductions in overall defense spending related to the end of more than a decade of war will affect the funding available for these initiatives. How can the U.S. Department of Defense increase the effectiveness of its efforts to build partner capacity while also increasing the efficiency of those efforts? And what can the history of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity reveal about which approaches are likely to be more or less effective under different circumstances? To tackle these complex questions and form a base of evidence to inform policy discussions and investment decisions, a RAND study collected and compared 20 years of data on 29 historical case studies of U.S. involvement in building partner capacity. In the process, it tested a series of validating factors and hypotheses (many of which are rooted in "common knowledge") to determine how they stand up to real-world case examples of partner capacity building. The results reveal nuances in outcomes and context, pointing to solutions and recommendations to increase the effectiveness of current and future U.S. initiatives to forge better relationships, improve the security and stability of partner countries, and meet U.S. policy and security objectives worldwide
    Kurzfassung: The United States has a long history of helping other nations develop and improve their military and other security forces. However, changing economic realities and the ongoing reductions in overall defense spending related to the end of more than a decade of war will affect the funding available for these initiatives. How can the U.S. Department of Defense increase the effectiveness of its efforts to build partner capacity while also increasing the efficiency of those efforts? And what can the history of U.S. efforts to build partner capacity reveal about which approaches are likely to be more or less effective under different circumstances? To tackle these complex questions and form a base of evidence to inform policy discussions and investment decisions, a RAND study collected and compared 20 years of data on 29 historical case studies of U.S. involvement in building partner capacity. In the process, it tested a series of validating factors and hypotheses (many of which are rooted in "common knowledge") to determine how they stand up to real-world case examples of partner capacity building. The results reveal nuances in outcomes and context, pointing to solutions and recommendations to increase the effectiveness of current and future U.S. initiatives to forge better relationships, improve the security and stability of partner countries, and meet U.S. policy and security objectives worldwide
    Anmerkung: "RAND National Defense Research Institute , "This research was ... conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface , Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-101)
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    The extent of restrictions on the service of active-component military women (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833059697 , 0833079662 , 0833059696 , 9780833079664
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 126 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series
    Paralleltitel: Print version Extent of restrictions on the service of active-component military women
    DDC: 355.3082/0973
    Schlagwort(e): Military Administration ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armed Forces ; Occupational specialties ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Armed Forces ; Women ; United States Armed Forces ; Women ; United States Armed Forces ; Occupational specialties ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Despite a historical increase in the role of women in the U.S. military, including in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, gender-based policies continue to affect the positions they can fill. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 mandated a review of laws, policies, and regulations that may restrict the service of military women to determine whether changes are needed to ensure equitable opportunity to compete and excel in the armed forces; in response, the U.S. Department of Defense established the Women in the Services Review. To support this effort, RAND researchers analyzed service data to describe and quantify the military occupations that are closed to women, as well as occupations that are open but have some positions that are closed to women. The study also examined a few of the open occupations in greater depth to further characterize the nature of the restrictions and to illuminate the potential career implications of assignment policies. Most positions that are closed to women are located in Army and Marine Corps units and occupations that have a primary mission of engaging in direct ground combat
    Kurzfassung: Despite a historical increase in the role of women in the U.S. military, including in operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, gender-based policies continue to affect the positions they can fill. The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 mandated a review of laws, policies, and regulations that may restrict the service of military women to determine whether changes are needed to ensure equitable opportunity to compete and excel in the armed forces; in response, the U.S. Department of Defense established the Women in the Services Review. To support this effort, RAND researchers analyzed service data to describe and quantify the military occupations that are closed to women, as well as occupations that are open but have some positions that are closed to women. The study also examined a few of the open occupations in greater depth to further characterize the nature of the restrictions and to illuminate the potential career implications of assignment policies. Most positions that are closed to women are located in Army and Marine Corps units and occupations that have a primary mission of engaging in direct ground combat
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-126) , English
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    Improving Air Force command and control through enhanced agile combat support planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833053091 , 0833083112 , 0833053094 , 9780833083111
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xlvii, 170 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1070
    Schlagwort(e): United States Operational readiness ; United States ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; Command and control systems ; Military planning ; Military planning ; Armed Forces ; Operational readiness ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; Command and control systems ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Today's defense environment is particularly challenging because (1) significant portions of the force are continuously engaged in a variety of operations, ranging from active combat to humanitarian assistance, over wide geographical areas where the needs for force projection are often difficult to predict, and (2) there is increasing pressure to operate more efficiently. And, although there has always been the need to relate combat support resource requirements to operational objectives, today's environment requires quick combat support actions to tailor deployable support packages and sustainment actions to meet specific operational needs. Furthermore, economic pressures are likely to continue and could result in further reductions in resources that are set aside to meet contingency operations. In addition to economic pressures, the inability to perfectly predict resource demands, the need to shift funding from one category to another to meet unanticipated needs, and the occurrence of unanticipated world events that require intervention contribute to having imbalances between needed agile combat support (ACS) resources and those that are available at any given time to simultaneously meet all requirements for contingency and training operations. This monograph describes ACS process gaps and recommends implementation strategies to facilitate changes needed to improve Air Force command and control through enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes. The authors recommend a standardized, repeatable process to plan, execute, and control combat support activities focused on operationally relevant metrics; reliance on global managers to identify enterprise capabilities and constraints and relay them to component numbered Air Force staffs for use in their contingency planning and execution actions; and processes for determining which combatant commanders' operations will have priority
    Kurzfassung: Today's defense environment is particularly challenging because (1) significant portions of the force are continuously engaged in a variety of operations, ranging from active combat to humanitarian assistance, over wide geographical areas where the needs for force projection are often difficult to predict, and (2) there is increasing pressure to operate more efficiently. And, although there has always been the need to relate combat support resource requirements to operational objectives, today's environment requires quick combat support actions to tailor deployable support packages and sustainment actions to meet specific operational needs. Furthermore, economic pressures are likely to continue and could result in further reductions in resources that are set aside to meet contingency operations. In addition to economic pressures, the inability to perfectly predict resource demands, the need to shift funding from one category to another to meet unanticipated needs, and the occurrence of unanticipated world events that require intervention contribute to having imbalances between needed agile combat support (ACS) resources and those that are available at any given time to simultaneously meet all requirements for contingency and training operations. This monograph describes ACS process gaps and recommends implementation strategies to facilitate changes needed to improve Air Force command and control through enhanced ACS planning, execution, monitoring, and control processes. The authors recommend a standardized, repeatable process to plan, execute, and control combat support activities focused on operationally relevant metrics; reliance on global managers to identify enterprise capabilities and constraints and relay them to component numbered Air Force staffs for use in their contingency planning and execution actions; and processes for determining which combatant commanders' operations will have priority
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-170) , Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Dec. 22, 2012)
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    Healthcare coverage and disability evaluation for reserve component personnel : research for the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833059369 , 0833079654 , 083305936X , 9780833079657
    Sprache: Englisch
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    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1157-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Hosek, Susan D Healthcare coverage and disability evaluation for reserve component personnel
    Schlagwort(e): United States ; Health insurance Research ; Disability insurance Research ; Health insurance ; Disability insurance ; Insurance, Health ; Military Personnel ; Disability Evaluation ; Insurance, Disability ; Managed Care Programs ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Health insurance ; Research ; Military Administration ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Medical care ; Research ; United States Armed Forces ; Reserves ; Pay, allowances, etc ; Research ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Because Reserve Component (RC) members have been increasingly used in an operational capacity, among the policy issues being addressed by the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is compensation and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve. As part of the review, RAND was asked to analyze healthcare coverage and disability benefits for RC members, including participation in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) program, the potential effects of national health reform on coverage rates, and disability evaluation outcomes for RC members. This report summarizes the results of RAND's analysis. The author finds that 30 percent of RC members lack health insurance to cover care for non-service-related conditions. The TRS program offers the option of purchasing health insurance through the military on terms that are superior to typical employer benefits. Although program participation has increased, it remains low and TRS does not appear to be effectively targeting those most likely to be uninsured. TRS premiums are also lower than the premiums for the new options that will be available under health reform and the same as the penalty for not being insured. So health reform is likely to increase TRS enrollment. Finally, previously deployed RC members are referred to the Disability Evaluation System at a much lower rate than Active Component (AC) members, even for deployment-related conditions, but those who are referred receive dispositions (and thus benefits) similar to those for AC members. These findings suggest that the Department of Defense may want to consider ways to better coordinate TRS with other insurance options that will be available to RC members and that the identification of RC members who experience health consequences from deployment leading to disability merits further investigation
    Kurzfassung: Because Reserve Component (RC) members have been increasingly used in an operational capacity, among the policy issues being addressed by the 11th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is compensation and benefits for the National Guard and Reserve. As part of the review, RAND was asked to analyze healthcare coverage and disability benefits for RC members, including participation in the TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) program, the potential effects of national health reform on coverage rates, and disability evaluation outcomes for RC members. This report summarizes the results of RAND's analysis. The author finds that 30 percent of RC members lack health insurance to cover care for non-service-related conditions. The TRS program offers the option of purchasing health insurance through the military on terms that are superior to typical employer benefits. Although program participation has increased, it remains low and TRS does not appear to be effectively targeting those most likely to be uninsured. TRS premiums are also lower than the premiums for the new options that will be available under health reform and the same as the penalty for not being insured. So health reform is likely to increase TRS enrollment. Finally, previously deployed RC members are referred to the Disability Evaluation System at a much lower rate than Active Component (AC) members, even for deployment-related conditions, but those who are referred receive dispositions (and thus benefits) similar to those for AC members. These findings suggest that the Department of Defense may want to consider ways to better coordinate TRS with other insurance options that will be available to RC members and that the identification of RC members who experience health consequences from deployment leading to disability merits further investigation
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-65) , Title from PDF title page (viewed on June 29, 2012)
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    Containing Iran : strategies for addressing the Iranian nuclear challenge (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833076311 , 083307637X , 0833076310 , 9780833076373
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxvi, 180 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1180-TSF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Reardon, Robert J Containing Iran
    Schlagwort(e): Nuclear weapons Government policy ; Nuclear nonproliferation Government policy ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Diplomatic relations ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; Nuclear nonproliferation ; Government policy ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear weapons ; Government policy ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; United States ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; Iran ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; United States Foreign relations ; Iran Foreign relations ; United States ; Iran ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Iran's nuclear program is one of the most pressing foreign policy issues for the United States. An Iranian nuclear arsenal could further destabilize an already unsettled region and put important U.S. interests at risk. The United States has a strong interest in preventing such an outcome. There is no evidence that Iran has decided to acquire nuclear weapons. However, Iran does seem intent on acquiring the means to do so quickly. It is an open question whether the United States and its allies would be able to prevent Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold, if it so chose, at an acceptable cost. After almost a decade of concerted effort involving economic, diplomatic, and military sources of leverage, there has been little progress toward reversing or substantially slowing Iran's nuclear progress. Despite years of U.S. diplomatic efforts to stall that progress, the Iranians have succeeded in building an extensive enrichment program and likely possess the technical capacity to produce at least one nuclear weapon should they choose to do so. Coercion is unlikely to convince Iran to change course. This study assesses current U.S. policy options on the Iranian nuclear question. It suggests that U.S. goals can be met through patient and forward-looking policymaking. Specifically, the United States can begin to lay the groundwork for an effective containment policy while continuing efforts to forestall Iranian weaponization. A successful containment policy will promote long-term positive political change in Iran while avoiding counterproductive provocation."--Publisher's website
    Kurzfassung: "Iran's nuclear program is one of the most pressing foreign policy issues for the United States. An Iranian nuclear arsenal could further destabilize an already unsettled region and put important U.S. interests at risk. The United States has a strong interest in preventing such an outcome. There is no evidence that Iran has decided to acquire nuclear weapons. However, Iran does seem intent on acquiring the means to do so quickly. It is an open question whether the United States and its allies would be able to prevent Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold, if it so chose, at an acceptable cost. After almost a decade of concerted effort involving economic, diplomatic, and military sources of leverage, there has been little progress toward reversing or substantially slowing Iran's nuclear progress. Despite years of U.S. diplomatic efforts to stall that progress, the Iranians have succeeded in building an extensive enrichment program and likely possess the technical capacity to produce at least one nuclear weapon should they choose to do so. Coercion is unlikely to convince Iran to change course. This study assesses current U.S. policy options on the Iranian nuclear question. It suggests that U.S. goals can be met through patient and forward-looking policymaking. Specifically, the United States can begin to lay the groundwork for an effective containment policy while continuing efforts to forestall Iranian weaponization. A successful containment policy will promote long-term positive political change in Iran while avoiding counterproductive provocation."--Publisher's website
    Anmerkung: "Supported by the Stanton Foundation , Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-180)
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    An assessment of the ability of U.S. Department of Defense and the services to measure and track language and culture training and capabilities among general purpose forces (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833076670 , 0833083600 , 0833076671 , 9780833083609
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 61 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR-1192-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Assessment of the ability of U.S. Department of Defense and the services to measure and track language and culture training and capabilities among general purpose forces
    Schlagwort(e): United States Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States ; Cultural competence Government policy ; Evaluation ; Soldiers Education, Non-military ; Language and languages Study and teaching ; Military education Evaluation ; Cultural competence ; Soldiers ; Language and languages ; Military education ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Language and languages ; Study and teaching ; United States ; Military education ; Evaluation ; United States ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; Soldiers ; Education, Non-military ; Military & Naval Science ; United States Armed Forces ; Officials and employees ; Education ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The purpose of this research was to assess the ability of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to measure and track language, regional expertise, and culture (LREC) capabilities and training among general purpose forces (GPF). The research tasks addressed four specific questions: 1. According to the best available data, what is the relevance of LREC training and capabilities to overall unit readiness and mission accomplishment? 2. How does DoD currently track the LREC training and capabilities of GPF? 3. Does this tracking adequately reflect unit readiness and the ability to accomplish missions? 4. If not, how can DoD improve tracking of LREC training and capabilities to adequately reflect unit readiness? To address these questions, the study team reviewed DoD policies and directives and the available academic literature, conducted interviews of practitioners and policymakers, and analyzed available survey data. This report presents the results of the study. This research should be of interest to policymakers interested in LREC skills and training, as well as those interested in readiness requirements."--Preface
    Kurzfassung: "The purpose of this research was to assess the ability of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to measure and track language, regional expertise, and culture (LREC) capabilities and training among general purpose forces (GPF). The research tasks addressed four specific questions: 1. According to the best available data, what is the relevance of LREC training and capabilities to overall unit readiness and mission accomplishment? 2. How does DoD currently track the LREC training and capabilities of GPF? 3. Does this tracking adequately reflect unit readiness and the ability to accomplish missions? 4. If not, how can DoD improve tracking of LREC training and capabilities to adequately reflect unit readiness? To address these questions, the study team reviewed DoD policies and directives and the available academic literature, conducted interviews of practitioners and policymakers, and analyzed available survey data. This report presents the results of the study. This research should be of interest to policymakers interested in LREC skills and training, as well as those interested in readiness requirements."--Preface
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 57-61)
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    Managing adverse and reportable information regarding general and flag officers (2012)
    Santa Monica, Calif : Rand Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833052339 , 0833083120 , 0833052330 , 9780833083128
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xx, 54 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1088
    Paralleltitel: Print versionHarrell, Margaret C Managing adverse and reportable information regarding general and flag officers
    Schlagwort(e): United States Rules and practice ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Human Resources & Personnel Management ; Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; Officers ; Discipline ; United States Armed Forces ; Officers ; Management ; United States Armed Forces ; Personnel management ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: "Title 10 of the U.S. Code requires consideration of adverse information by all general and flag officer boards. Also, adverse information is considered within the services and by the Secretary of Defense when nominating senior officers for assignment. The Secretary of Defense must issue certifications to the President and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) regarding this information. However, there is a diversity of sources and terminology used to describe events of concern and individuals involved in such events, and recent individual cases have suggested possible gaps in the processes overall. This study is intended to describe and evaluate the reporting practices of the Department of Defense (DoD) and thus ensure that consistent, reliable information supports decisions regarding the management of general and flag officers. The processes described within are complicated and there exists no single authority. Multiple representatives from each service have reviewed the descriptions of the service processes."--Preface
    Kurzfassung: "Title 10 of the U.S. Code requires consideration of adverse information by all general and flag officer boards. Also, adverse information is considered within the services and by the Secretary of Defense when nominating senior officers for assignment. The Secretary of Defense must issue certifications to the President and the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) regarding this information. However, there is a diversity of sources and terminology used to describe events of concern and individuals involved in such events, and recent individual cases have suggested possible gaps in the processes overall. This study is intended to describe and evaluate the reporting practices of the Department of Defense (DoD) and thus ensure that consistent, reliable information supports decisions regarding the management of general and flag officers. The processes described within are complicated and there exists no single authority. Multiple representatives from each service have reviewed the descriptions of the service processes."--Preface
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54)
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    Rapid acquisition and fielding for information assurance and cyber security in the Navy (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation
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    ISBN: 9780833078551 , 0833083481 , 0833078550 , 9780833083487
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 78 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1294-NAVY
    Paralleltitel: Print version Porche, Isaac, 1968- Rapid acquisition and fielding for information assurance and cyber security in the Navy
    Schlagwort(e): United States Planning ; United States Information technology ; United States Procurement ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Government purchasing Law and legislation ; Computer security ; Cyberterrorism Prevention ; Computer software Purchasing ; Computers Purchasing ; Defense contracts ; Government purchasing ; Computer security ; Cyberterrorism ; Computer software ; Computers ; Defense contracts ; Defense contracts ; Government purchasing ; Law and legislation ; Armed Forces ; Planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Naval Science - General ; United States ; COMPUTERS ; Internet ; Security ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Computer security ; Computer software ; Purchasing ; United States ; Computers ; Purchasing ; Cyberterrorism ; Prevention ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Identifying an agile and adaptable acquisition process that can field new information technology capabilities and services in relatively short and responsive time frames is a pressing issue for the U.S. Navy. Damaging malware can mutate within hours or days, requiring a defense that is sufficiently responsive to mitigate each variant. The Navy's Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 130, an office in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, is focused on rapidly and proactively fielding innovative capabilities to stay ahead of cyber threats. It requires an acquisition and fielding cycle that can deliver hardware security products within 12-18 months, software security products within six to 12 months, and incremental development for both hardware and software every three months. These time frames are far shorter than the Navy's traditional acquisition cycle time, which can be 36 months from concept approval to initial operational capability or eight to ten years for full operational capability. With a focus on these goals, a RAND study sought to identify ways to accelerate or bypass the traditional acquisition process in response to the unique demands of PMW 130 information technology and cyber programs, with lessons derived from and recommendations applicable to programs across the U.S. Department of Defense
    Kurzfassung: Identifying an agile and adaptable acquisition process that can field new information technology capabilities and services in relatively short and responsive time frames is a pressing issue for the U.S. Navy. Damaging malware can mutate within hours or days, requiring a defense that is sufficiently responsive to mitigate each variant. The Navy's Program Manager, Warfare (PMW) 130, an office in the Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence, is focused on rapidly and proactively fielding innovative capabilities to stay ahead of cyber threats. It requires an acquisition and fielding cycle that can deliver hardware security products within 12-18 months, software security products within six to 12 months, and incremental development for both hardware and software every three months. These time frames are far shorter than the Navy's traditional acquisition cycle time, which can be 36 months from concept approval to initial operational capability or eight to ten years for full operational capability. With a focus on these goals, a RAND study sought to identify ways to accelerate or bypass the traditional acquisition process in response to the unique demands of PMW 130 information technology and cyber programs, with lessons derived from and recommendations applicable to programs across the U.S. Department of Defense
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for the United States Navy , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-78)
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    Assessing freedom of movement for counterinsurgency campaigns (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833059062 , 0833077775 , 0833059068 , 9780833077776
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 70 pages)
    Serie: Technical report TR-1014-USFOR-A
    Paralleltitel: Print version Assessing freedom of movement for counterinsurgency campaigns
    DDC: 355.02/18
    Schlagwort(e): Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Military Science - General ; Afghanistan ; Freedom of movement ; Counterinsurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Freedom of movement (FoM) is the actual or perceived degree to which individuals or groups can move from place to place within a given environment or into and out of that environment. FoM is clearly an important consideration in the development of counterinsurgency tactics, operations, and strategies, but it is addressed infrequently and inconsistently in the doctrine and literature on counterinsurgency. A consistent, comprehensive definition of FoM must take into account the range of complexities and challenges posed by the operating environment, as well as the practical reality that FoM means something different to different groups. Focusing specifically on Afghanistan, this examination considers actual and perceived FoM for civilians, coalition and Afghan security forces, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, and insurgents and profiles the factors that influence these groups and affect data reporting in potentially misleading ways. It also serves as a guide for a bottom-up approach to developing sustainable FoM assessment processes that consider the range of variables that can enable and inhibit actual freedom to move and that can affect the subsequent analysis of FoM data. A historical and global review of a sample of the FoM assessment literature and interviews with assessment experts also clarify best practices and gaps in knowledge and capability that assessment staffs could address
    Kurzfassung: Freedom of movement (FoM) is the actual or perceived degree to which individuals or groups can move from place to place within a given environment or into and out of that environment. FoM is clearly an important consideration in the development of counterinsurgency tactics, operations, and strategies, but it is addressed infrequently and inconsistently in the doctrine and literature on counterinsurgency. A consistent, comprehensive definition of FoM must take into account the range of complexities and challenges posed by the operating environment, as well as the practical reality that FoM means something different to different groups. Focusing specifically on Afghanistan, this examination considers actual and perceived FoM for civilians, coalition and Afghan security forces, government officials, nongovernmental organizations, and insurgents and profiles the factors that influence these groups and affect data reporting in potentially misleading ways. It also serves as a guide for a bottom-up approach to developing sustainable FoM assessment processes that consider the range of variables that can enable and inhibit actual freedom to move and that can affect the subsequent analysis of FoM data. A historical and global review of a sample of the FoM assessment literature and interviews with assessment experts also clarify best practices and gaps in knowledge and capability that assessment staffs could address
    Anmerkung: "Prepared for U.S. Forces-Afghanistan , "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-70)
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    Expendable missiles vs. reusable platform costs and historical data (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833074553 , 0833083228 , 0833074555 , 9780833083227
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (x, 15 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR1230
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als
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    Schlagwort(e): Bombardment ; Air warfare Economic aspects ; Precision guided munitions ; Air-to-surface missiles Cost effectiveness ; Bombing, Aerial ; Bombardment ; Air warfare ; Precision guided munitions ; Air-to-surface missiles ; Bombing, Aerial ; Air Forces ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Bombardment ; Bombing, Aerial ; Precision guided munitions ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; United States Armed Forces ; Weapons systems ; Cost effectiveness ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This report evaluates the economic wisdom of relying primarily on expendable weapons, such as cruise missiles, to conduct air-to-ground strike missions. Focusing solely on cost, the author examined the U.S. historical use of air-to-ground attack during and since the Vietnam War, looking, among other things, at the length of each conflict and the weapons expended. Only if the United States is confident that all possible conflicts over the system lifetime can be ended in a total of less than about ten days is exclusive reliance on expendable assets prudent. Expendable weapons do have some important operational advantages, but if the United States wishes to maintain the capability to wage air war efficiently for more than a few days, reusable platforms are an important part of an efficient force mix
    Kurzfassung: This report evaluates the economic wisdom of relying primarily on expendable weapons, such as cruise missiles, to conduct air-to-ground strike missions. Focusing solely on cost, the author examined the U.S. historical use of air-to-ground attack during and since the Vietnam War, looking, among other things, at the length of each conflict and the weapons expended. Only if the United States is confident that all possible conflicts over the system lifetime can be ended in a total of less than about ten days is exclusive reliance on expendable assets prudent. Expendable weapons do have some important operational advantages, but if the United States wishes to maintain the capability to wage air war efficiently for more than a few days, reusable platforms are an important part of an efficient force mix
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (page 15)
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    U.S. overseas military presence : what are the strategic choices (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833073846 , 0833073842 , 9780833073402 , 0833073826 , 0833073400 , 9780833073822
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xvii, 50 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1211-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version U.S. overseas military presence
    DDC: 355/.033573
    Schlagwort(e): National security Planning ; Military bases, American ; National security ; Military bases, American ; National security ; Planning ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Military policy ; Planning ; Military readiness ; Military readiness ; Planning ; United States ; United States Armed Forces ; United States Military policy ; Planning ; United States Defenses ; United States Defenses ; Planning ; United States ; United States ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "Since World War II, the United States has relied on a global network of military bases and forces to protect its interests and those of its allies. But the international environment has changed greatly over the decades, and economic concerns have risen, leading some to debate just what America's role should now be in the world. This monograph addresses one aspect of this debate by introducing a new analytical approach to defining future U.S. military presence overseas. It does so by first considering U.S. global security interests, then focusing on specific threats to them in East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. With that, the researchers designed a menu of global postures based on different strategic perspectives. They evaluated the global postures in terms of their operational performance and then compared them in terms of their associated U.S. Air Force bases, combat forces, active-duty personnel, and base operating costs. These analyses offer insights on the critical strategic choices that policymakers need to address and that the public needs to debate as they consider future overseas U.S. military presence. Among these choices are for the United States to depend more on its allies, rely more on U.S. based military forces, focus its presence more on East Asia or on the Middle East, or retain its current overseas presence in the face of expanding threats. Those involved in debates on the future global U.S. posture will need to make explicit their implicit underlying perspectives on what role overseas military presence can play in achieving U.S. global security interests."--Publisher's description
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Path to defining future global U.S. postures -- Comparison of global postures -- Strategic choices: Overseas U.S. military presence -- Appendix A. Protecting the global commons: confusing means with ends -- Appendix B. Database of current U.S. bases overseas -- Appendix C. Comparison of global postures
    Kurzfassung: "Since World War II, the United States has relied on a global network of military bases and forces to protect its interests and those of its allies. But the international environment has changed greatly over the decades, and economic concerns have risen, leading some to debate just what America's role should now be in the world. This monograph addresses one aspect of this debate by introducing a new analytical approach to defining future U.S. military presence overseas. It does so by first considering U.S. global security interests, then focusing on specific threats to them in East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. With that, the researchers designed a menu of global postures based on different strategic perspectives. They evaluated the global postures in terms of their operational performance and then compared them in terms of their associated U.S. Air Force bases, combat forces, active-duty personnel, and base operating costs. These analyses offer insights on the critical strategic choices that policymakers need to address and that the public needs to debate as they consider future overseas U.S. military presence. Among these choices are for the United States to depend more on its allies, rely more on U.S. based military forces, focus its presence more on East Asia or on the Middle East, or retain its current overseas presence in the face of expanding threats. Those involved in debates on the future global U.S. posture will need to make explicit their implicit underlying perspectives on what role overseas military presence can play in achieving U.S. global security interests."--Publisher's description
    Anmerkung: "This research was conducted in the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface , "RAND Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-50)
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    Improving Air Force depot programming by linking resources to capabilities (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833059673 , 083308349X , 083305967X , 9780833083494
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xix, 86 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR905
    Schlagwort(e): United States Supplies and stores ; Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Appropriations and expenditures ; United States Equipment ; Maintenance and repair ; Costs ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; United States ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Armed Forces ; Appropriations and expenditures ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: One of the more challenging goals in programming is to link Air Force budget program element investments to operationally relevant capability metrics, then to use these metrics to assess any risk incurred by a proposed program objective memorandum (POM). Previous RAND Project AIR FORCE work developed a set of metrics and framework of analysis for capabilities-based programming and assessment of risks of expeditionary combat support. Because of the success of that work, the RAND Corporation was asked to apply and to extend (as needed) this capabilities based approach to the depot maintenance business areas, specifically focusing on depot purchased equipment maintenance (DPEM) as a first step, and to do so with a methodology that is broadly applicable. DPEM comprises numerous depot-level maintenance and inspection activities on capital assets, as well as storage and other supporting activities that span numerous program elements, budget programs, and appropriations. It funds the bulk of the work done at the Air Force depots that does not involve the repair of spares or the work on modification programs. This report presents an analysis of how to better program for DPEM
    Kurzfassung: One of the more challenging goals in programming is to link Air Force budget program element investments to operationally relevant capability metrics, then to use these metrics to assess any risk incurred by a proposed program objective memorandum (POM). Previous RAND Project AIR FORCE work developed a set of metrics and framework of analysis for capabilities-based programming and assessment of risks of expeditionary combat support. Because of the success of that work, the RAND Corporation was asked to apply and to extend (as needed) this capabilities based approach to the depot maintenance business areas, specifically focusing on depot purchased equipment maintenance (DPEM) as a first step, and to do so with a methodology that is broadly applicable. DPEM comprises numerous depot-level maintenance and inspection activities on capital assets, as well as storage and other supporting activities that span numerous program elements, budget programs, and appropriations. It funds the bulk of the work done at the Air Force depots that does not involve the repair of spares or the work on modification programs. This report presents an analysis of how to better program for DPEM
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86)
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    Modernizing the mobility Air Force for tomorrow's air traffic management system (2012)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833079671 , 0833079670 , 9780833070623 , 0833070622
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 88 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1194
    Paralleltitel: Erscheint auch als Modernizing the mobility Air Force for tomorrow's air traffic management system
    DDC: 358.4/183
    Schlagwort(e): United States Equipment ; Maintenance and repair ; Costs ; Evaluation ; United States Operational readiness ; United States ; United States ; Airplanes, Military Maintenance and repair ; Costs ; Evaluation ; Airplanes, Military Electronic equipment ; Avionics ; Airplanes, Military ; Airplanes, Military ; Avionics ; Operational readiness (Military science) ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Air Forces ; United States ; United States ; Airplanes, Military ; Electronic equipment ; Avionics ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Legal mandates for airspace modernization, certification requirements, and minimum aircraft capability and equipment standards aim to improve the efficiency and safety of air traffic, particularly within the world's busiest airspace. Mandates drive changes in technical and operational standards, but they can also deny access to premium altitudes, routing, and even airports for noncompliant aircraft. Aircraft modernization ensures continued access to fuel-efficient cruising altitudes and congested airspace, but these future benefits require an upfront investment in avionics upgrade programs. In a fiscally constrained environment, such decisions must take into account the quantifiable future costs that would be avoided by upgrades, weighed against the costs of modernization. Building on 2009 RAND work examining the cost-effectiveness of modernizing the U.S. Air Force's KC-10 aerial refueling tanker, this study extended the analysis to the C-5, C-17, C-130, and KC-135 fleets, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of modernizing these aircraft for compliance with forthcoming communication, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management mandates. It found that, overall, the Air Force operates these aircraft in regions where some important future mandates will not be met without modernization, but the cost-effectiveness of upgrades depends to a great extent on fuel prices and the characteristics of missions conducted by each aircraft type
    Kurzfassung: Legal mandates for airspace modernization, certification requirements, and minimum aircraft capability and equipment standards aim to improve the efficiency and safety of air traffic, particularly within the world's busiest airspace. Mandates drive changes in technical and operational standards, but they can also deny access to premium altitudes, routing, and even airports for noncompliant aircraft. Aircraft modernization ensures continued access to fuel-efficient cruising altitudes and congested airspace, but these future benefits require an upfront investment in avionics upgrade programs. In a fiscally constrained environment, such decisions must take into account the quantifiable future costs that would be avoided by upgrades, weighed against the costs of modernization. Building on 2009 RAND work examining the cost-effectiveness of modernizing the U.S. Air Force's KC-10 aerial refueling tanker, this study extended the analysis to the C-5, C-17, C-130, and KC-135 fleets, evaluating the cost-effectiveness of modernizing these aircraft for compliance with forthcoming communication, navigation, and surveillance/air traffic management mandates. It found that, overall, the Air Force operates these aircraft in regions where some important future mandates will not be met without modernization, but the cost-effectiveness of upgrades depends to a great extent on fuel prices and the characteristics of missions conducted by each aircraft type
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-88) , Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Dec. 14, 2012) , Mode of access: World Wide Web. , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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    An assessment of the civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project (2012)
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    ISBN: 9780833076878 , 0833083597 , 0833076876 , 9780833083593
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 85 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation technical report series TR-1286-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Assessment of the civilian acquisition workforce personnel demonstration project
    Schlagwort(e): United States Procurement ; Management ; United States Personnel management ; Evaluation ; United States ; United States ; Human capital Government policy ; Civil service Personnel management ; Human capital ; Civil service ; Civil service ; Personnel management ; Human capital ; Government policy ; Personnel management ; Evaluation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS ; Decision-Making & Problem Solving ; Armed Forces ; Procurement ; Management ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "The vast majority of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and federal civilian employees work on the General Schedule (GS) personnel system. However, some concerns have been raised about the GS system, including perceptions that poorly performing employees are tolerated for extended periods of time and that monetary rewards are not directly linked to performance. In response to concerns of this nature, Congress has authorized some demonstration projects, in which additional flexibilities are provided, intending to produce better outcomes than if the employees were in the GS system. One such demonstration project, the DoD Civilian Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo), is the subject of this report. Implemented on February 7, 1999, AcqDemo is an effort to reengineer the civilian personnel system to meet the needs of the acquisition workforce and to facilitate the fulfillment of the DoD acquisition mission. Congress required an independent assessment of the program against 12 criteria by September 30, 2012. This report is that legislatively mandated assessment
    Anmerkung: "National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 83-85)
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    Iran's nuclear future : critical U.S. policy choices (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833051752 , 0833053086 , 083305175X , 9780833053084
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxv, 125 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1087
    Paralleltitel: Print version Iran's nuclear future
    Schlagwort(e): Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear arms control ; Nuclear weapons ; Nuclear arms control ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; HISTORY ; Military ; Nuclear Warfare ; Iran ; United States ; Iran ; nuclear strategy ; USA ; foreign policy ; Iran ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; Arms Control ; Diplomatic relations ; Military policy ; Nuclear arms control ; Nuclear weapons ; Strategic aspects of individual places ; Iran Foreign relations ; Iran Strategic aspects ; United States Military policy ; United States Foreign relations ; Iran ; Iran ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: As Iran's nuclear program continues to evolve, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy trade-offs. These policy choices could include dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons and deterring Iran from using its nuclear weapons, if it were to acquire them. To be successful, the United States will need to find ways to influence Iran's calculations of costs and benefits as Iran pursues its national security interests (survival of the regime, protection of the homeland, and expansion of its regional influence). The United States will also need to reassure its partners in the region of the credibility of the U.S. deterrent posture so as to reduce the Gulf Cooperation Council states' potential interest in developing their own nuclear weapons and dissuade Israel from pursuing unilateral military actions or openly declaring its nuclear posture. The U.S. Air Force, supporting combatant commanders, will play a prominent role in implementing the policy choices, and so it needs to prepare by understanding the goals and timelines of potential military tasks and by designing exercises and war games to support different policy choices
    Kurzfassung: As Iran's nuclear program continues to evolve, U.S. decisionmakers will confront a series of critical policy choices involving complex considerations and policy trade-offs. These policy choices could include dissuading Iran from developing nuclear weapons and deterring Iran from using its nuclear weapons, if it were to acquire them. To be successful, the United States will need to find ways to influence Iran's calculations of costs and benefits as Iran pursues its national security interests (survival of the regime, protection of the homeland, and expansion of its regional influence). The United States will also need to reassure its partners in the region of the credibility of the U.S. deterrent posture so as to reduce the Gulf Cooperation Council states' potential interest in developing their own nuclear weapons and dissuade Israel from pursuing unilateral military actions or openly declaring its nuclear posture. The U.S. Air Force, supporting combatant commanders, will play a prominent role in implementing the policy choices, and so it needs to prepare by understanding the goals and timelines of potential military tasks and by designing exercises and war games to support different policy choices
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-125)
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    Counterinsurgency scorecard : Afghanistan in early 2011 relative to the insurgencies of the past 30 years (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833058119 , 0833058118 , 9780833052483 , 0833058134 , 0833052489 , 9780833058133
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (19 pages)
    Serie: Occasional paper OP-337-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Counterinsurgency Scorecard
    Schlagwort(e): Counterinsurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; COMPUTERS ; Data Modeling & Design ; Counterinsurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Law - U.S ; Law, Politics & Government ; Law - U.S. - General ; Military Science - General ; Afghanistan ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: The previously published RAND monograph, Victory Has a Thousand Fathers: Sources of Success in Counterinsurgency, used detailed case studies of the 30 insurgencies worldwide begun and completed between 1978 and 2008 to analyze correlates of success in counterinsurgency (COIN). A core finding was that a case's score on a scorecard of 15 equally weighted good and 12 equally weighted bad COIN factors and practices perfectly predicted the outcome of those 30 insurgencies. That is, the balance of good and bad factors and practices correlated with either a COIN win (insurgency loss) or a COIN loss (insurgency win) in the overall case. Using the scorecard approach as its foundation, a RAND project sought to extend the findings to the case of Afghanistan in early 2011. The effort involved an expert elicitation, or Delphi, exercise in which experts were asked to make "worst-case" assessments of the factors to complete the scorecard for ongoing operations in Afghanistan. The consensus results revealed that early 2011 Afghanistan scores in the middle of the historical record in terms of COIN wins and losses: its score was lower than that in the lowest-scoring historical COIN win but higher than that in the highest-scoring COIN loss. This suggests an uncertain outcome in Afghanistan, but the findings may help provide additional guidance as operations continue
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (page 19)
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    Alert and ready : an organizational design assessment of Marine Corps intelligence (2011)
    Santa Monica, Calif : RAND Corp
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    ISBN: 9780833052605 , 0833052659 , 0833052608 , 9780833052650
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiv, 201 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation monograph series MG1108
    Schlagwort(e): United States Organization ; Evaluation ; United States ; Military intelligence ; Military intelligence ; HISTORY ; Military ; Biological & Chemical Warfare ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Intelligence & Espionage ; Military intelligence ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Marines ; Military Administration ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: "As the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has grown in strength, it has needed to add intelligence capabilities. Since the end of the Cold War and, especially, since September 11, 2001, USMC intelligence has had to tailor its organization to meet the evolving demands of the operational environment. This has resulted in a number of ad hoc arrangements, practices, and organizations. A broad review of the organizational design of the USMC intelligence enterprise examined how to align it efficiently and effectively with current and future missions and functions. Specifically, the review, which included interviews with a range of USMC personnel and civilians, considered the organization of (and possible improvements to) the Intelligence Department, the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, the intelligence organizations within the Marine Expeditionary Forces (specifically, the intelligence and radio battalions), and intelligence structures in the combat elements. A comparison of 48 organizational and functional issues with a series of USMC intelligence and functional issues resulted in a series of recommendations to help improve the "fit" of USMC intelligence organizations with their environmental context. In some cases, the service would benefit not from changing its intelligence structure but by realigning it; in other areas, restructuring would lend greater efficiency and effectiveness to the USMC intelligence enterprise."--Page 4 of cover
    Kurzfassung: "As the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has grown in strength, it has needed to add intelligence capabilities. Since the end of the Cold War and, especially, since September 11, 2001, USMC intelligence has had to tailor its organization to meet the evolving demands of the operational environment. This has resulted in a number of ad hoc arrangements, practices, and organizations. A broad review of the organizational design of the USMC intelligence enterprise examined how to align it efficiently and effectively with current and future missions and functions. Specifically, the review, which included interviews with a range of USMC personnel and civilians, considered the organization of (and possible improvements to) the Intelligence Department, the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity, the intelligence organizations within the Marine Expeditionary Forces (specifically, the intelligence and radio battalions), and intelligence structures in the combat elements. A comparison of 48 organizational and functional issues with a series of USMC intelligence and functional issues resulted in a series of recommendations to help improve the "fit" of USMC intelligence organizations with their environmental context. In some cases, the service would benefit not from changing its intelligence structure but by realigning it; in other areas, restructuring would lend greater efficiency and effectiveness to the USMC intelligence enterprise."--Page 4 of cover
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201)
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    From insurgency to stability : Volume I: Key capabilities and practices (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833052995 , 0833053051 , 0833052993 , 9780833053053
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xli, 229 pages)
    Paralleltitel: Print version From insurgency to stability
    Schlagwort(e): Counterinsurgency ; Peace-building ; Counterinsurgency ; Peace-building ; Political Science ; Counterinsurgency ; Military Science - General ; United States ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Government ; International ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; International Relations ; General ; Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; Political Theory of the State ; Peace-building ; United States Armed Forces ; Stability operations ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: This monograph is the first of two volumes that examine how countries confronting insurgencies transition from a high level of violence to a more stable situation. It identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense, other agencies of the U.S. government, U.S. allies and partners, and international organizations require in order to support the transition from counterinsurgency to stability and reconstruction operations. During counterinsurgency, the military takes primary responsibility for security and economic operations, but when the insurgency has been reduced to a level where the state is able to perform its basic functions, police and civilian government agencies take the lead in providing security and services to the population. Successful post-counterinsurgency operations can ensure that lasting peace and stability will follow, rather than a relapse into violence
    Kurzfassung: This monograph is the first of two volumes that examine how countries confronting insurgencies transition from a high level of violence to a more stable situation. It identifies the procedures and capabilities that the U.S. Department of Defense, other agencies of the U.S. government, U.S. allies and partners, and international organizations require in order to support the transition from counterinsurgency to stability and reconstruction operations. During counterinsurgency, the military takes primary responsibility for security and economic operations, but when the insurgency has been reduced to a level where the state is able to perform its basic functions, police and civilian government agencies take the lead in providing security and services to the population. Successful post-counterinsurgency operations can ensure that lasting peace and stability will follow, rather than a relapse into violence
    Anmerkung: "This research was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Title page verso , "RAND National Defense Research Institute , Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-229)
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    Global demographic change and its implications for military power (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833052452 , 0833052454 , 9780833051776 , 0833052470 , 0833051776 , 9780833052476
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxviii, 141 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-1091-AF
    Paralleltitel: Print version Libicki, Martin C Global demographic change and its implications for military power
    Schlagwort(e): United States Manpower ; Forecasting ; United States ; Balance of power Forecasting ; Balance of power ; Military policy ; Forecasting ; Population forecasting ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; United States ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Demography ; Armed Forces (United States) ; Manpower ; Forecasting ; United States Military policy ; Forecasting ; United States Population ; Forecasting ; United States ; United States ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: What is the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war? This monograph analyzes this issue by projecting working-age populations through 2050; assessing the influence of demographics on manpower, national income and expenditures, and human capital; and examining how changes in these factors may affect the ability of states to carry out military missions. It also looks at some implications of these changes for other aspects of international security. The authors find that the United States, alone of all the large affluent nations, will continue to see (modest) increases in its working-age population thanks to replacement-level fertility rates and a likely return to vigorous levels of immigration. Meanwhile, the working-age populations of Europe and Japan are slated to fall by as much as 10 to 15 percent by 2030 and as much as 30 to 40 percent by 2050. The United States will thus account for a larger percentage of the population of its Atlantic and Pacific alliances; in other words, the capacity of traditional alliances to multiply U.S. demographic power is likely to decline, perhaps sharply, through 2050. India's working-age population is likely to overtake China's by 2030. The United States, which has 4.7 percent of the world's working-age population, will still have 4.3 percent by 2050, and the current share of global gross domestic product accounted for by the U.S. economy is likely to stay quite high
    Kurzfassung: What is the impact of demographics on the prospective production of military power and the causes of war? This monograph analyzes this issue by projecting working-age populations through 2050; assessing the influence of demographics on manpower, national income and expenditures, and human capital; and examining how changes in these factors may affect the ability of states to carry out military missions. It also looks at some implications of these changes for other aspects of international security. The authors find that the United States, alone of all the large affluent nations, will continue to see (modest) increases in its working-age population thanks to replacement-level fertility rates and a likely return to vigorous levels of immigration. Meanwhile, the working-age populations of Europe and Japan are slated to fall by as much as 10 to 15 percent by 2030 and as much as 30 to 40 percent by 2050. The United States will thus account for a larger percentage of the population of its Atlantic and Pacific alliances; in other words, the capacity of traditional alliances to multiply U.S. demographic power is likely to decline, perhaps sharply, through 2050. India's working-age population is likely to overtake China's by 2030. The United States, which has 4.7 percent of the world's working-age population, will still have 4.3 percent by 2050, and the current share of global gross domestic product accounted for by the U.S. economy is likely to stay quite high
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-141)
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    Lessons from U.S. allies in security cooperation with third countries : the cases of Australia, France, and the United Kingdom (2011)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833052629 , 0833059114 , 0833052624 , 9780833059116
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 129 pages)
    Serie: RAND Corporation technical report series TR972
    Paralleltitel: Print version Lessons from U.S. allies in security cooperation with third countries
    Schlagwort(e): Military policy Case studies ; National security Case studies International cooperation ; Military policy ; National security ; National security ; International cooperation ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Armies ; HISTORY ; Military ; Other ; Australia ; France ; Great Britain ; United States ; Australia ; security policy ; cooperation ; France ; security policy ; cooperation ; UK ; security policy ; cooperation ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; HISTORY ; Military ; Strategy ; Military policy ; Military relations ; Case studies ; France Military relations ; Great Britain Military relations ; United States Military relations ; Australia Military relations ; France ; Great Britain ; United States ; Australia ; Electronic book
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Australia's Approach to Security Cooperation -- France's Approach to Security Cooperation -- The United Kingdom's Approach to Security Cooperation -- Comparing the Case Studies -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Royal Australian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix B: Brazilian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix C: Chilean Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix D: Colombian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix E: French Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix F: Indian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix G: Israeli Air and Space Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix H: Japan Air Self-Defense Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix I: Pakistan Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix J: Republic of Korea Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix K: Singapore Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix L: South African Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix M: United Arab Emirates Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix N: Royal Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners
    Kurzfassung: Introduction -- Australia's Approach to Security Cooperation -- France's Approach to Security Cooperation -- The United Kingdom's Approach to Security Cooperation -- Comparing the Case Studies -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A: Royal Australian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix B: Brazilian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix C: Chilean Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix D: Colombian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix E: French Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix F: Indian Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix G: Israeli Air and Space Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix H: Japan Air Self-Defense Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix I: Pakistan Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix J: Republic of Korea Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix K: Singapore Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix L: South African Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix M: United Arab Emirates Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners -- Appendix N: Royal Air Force Activities with Foreign Partners
    Anmerkung: "Project Air Force , Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-129) , Title from PDF title screen (viewed Oct. 9, 2011)
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    Victory has a thousand fathers : sources of success in counterinsurgency (2010)
    Santa Monica, CA : RAND
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    ISBN: 9780833049612 , 0833050788 , 9781282940536 , 1282940538 , 9780833050786 , 0833049615
    Sprache: Englisch
    Seiten: 1 Online-Ressource (xxx, 153 pages)
    Serie: Rand Corporation monograph series MG-964-OSD
    Paralleltitel: Print version Paul, Christopher, 1971- Victory has a thousand fathers
    Schlagwort(e): Insurgency Case studies ; Counterinsurgency Case studies ; Insurgency ; Counterinsurgency ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Security (National & International) ; Counterinsurgency ; Insurgency ; Military & Naval Science ; Law, Politics & Government ; Military Science - General ; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING ; Military Science ; Case studies ; Electronic books
    Kurzfassung: Insurgency has been the most prevalent form of armed conflict since at least 1949, as well as the subject of countless historical and contemporary studies. Contemporary discourse on the subject is voluminous and often contentious, but to date there has been a dearth of systematic evidence supporting the counterinsurgency (COIN) approaches, practices, and tenets that make for successful operations. Relying on a collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, along with a bank of factors that helped or hindered the COIN force in each case and in each phase of each case, several commonalities emerge. For instance, the data show that good COIN practices tend to "run in packs" and that the balance of selected good and bad practices perfectly predicts the outcome of a conflict. The importance of popular support is confirmed, but the ability to interdict tangible support (such as new personnel, materiel, and financing) is the single best predictor of COIN force success. Twenty distinct approaches to COIN are rigorously tested against the historical record, providing valuable lessons for U.S. engagement in and support for COIN operations
    Kurzfassung: Insurgency has been the most prevalent form of armed conflict since at least 1949, as well as the subject of countless historical and contemporary studies. Contemporary discourse on the subject is voluminous and often contentious, but to date there has been a dearth of systematic evidence supporting the counterinsurgency (COIN) approaches, practices, and tenets that make for successful operations. Relying on a collection of the 30 most recent resolved insurgencies, along with a bank of factors that helped or hindered the COIN force in each case and in each phase of each case, several commonalities emerge. For instance, the data show that good COIN practices tend to "run in packs" and that the balance of selected good and bad practices perfectly predicts the outcome of a conflict. The importance of popular support is confirmed, but the ability to interdict tangible support (such as new personnel, materiel, and financing) is the single best predictor of COIN force success. Twenty distinct approaches to COIN are rigorously tested against the historical record, providing valuable lessons for U.S. engagement in and support for COIN operations
    Anmerkung: Includes bibliographical references
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