| Indefinite Reenlistment and Noncommissioned Officers |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Laura Miller; Joy S. Moini; Suja Sivadasan; Jennifer Kavanagh; Miriam Shergold; Ronald Plasmeijer; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | In 1998, the Army shifted its senior enlisted force from a fixed enlistment contract system to indefinite reenlistment. The stated intention was to recognize senior NCOs as career soldiers and thereby increase their prestige. The Army program was designed to meet this goal by eliminating the reenlistment requirement in the latter half of the NCO's career and by placing senior NCOs on the same indefinite service contract as officers. Over ... |
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| Indefinite Reenlistment and Noncommissioned Officers |
2007 |
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| Authors:
Laura Miller; Joy Moini; Suja Sivadasan; Jennifer Kavanagh; Miriam Shergold; Ronald Plasmeijer; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| In 1998, following congressional approval, the U.S. Army shifted its senior enlisted force from a fixed contract system to indefinite reenlistment, theoretically increasing the prestige of senior noncommissioned officers (NCOs) by recognizing them as career soldiers. The Army program requires all soldiers reaching the rank of E-6 with ten years of service to reenlist indefinitely, mirroring the management of officers and eliminating reenlistment paperwork. The Army has been the only ... |
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| How Deployments Affect Service Members |
2006 |
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| Authors:
James Hosek; Jennifer Kavanagh; Laura Miller; RAND CORP ARLINGTON VA NATIONAL SECURITY RESEARCH DIV
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| The military operations under way in Iraq and Afghanistan require more-intensive and more-prolonged use of U.S. military power than at any time since the Vietnam War. Although greater in scale at its peak, the Gulf War was brief and did not extend into a long period of peacekeeping, reconstruction, and insurgency, and it did not involve urban conflict, suicide bombers, or roadside bombs. The one-third cut in active-duty manpower at ... |
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| Assessing the Impact of Future Operations on Trainer Aircraft Requirements |
2005 |
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| Authors:
John A. Ausink; Richard S. Marken; Laura Miller; Thomas Manacapilli; William W. Taylor; Michael R. Thirtle; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph examines how the skills needed to perform future military missions might affect the capabilities required of new pilot training systems. In the next few years, the Air Force must decide to replace or extend the lives of two of its trainer aircraft. This monograph addresses which skills should be taught in undergraduate flying training, which are so different that they cannot be taught in current training aircraft, and ... |
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