| Past and Future: Insights for Reserve Component Use |
SEP 2004 |
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Harry J. Thie; Raymond E. Conley; Henry A. Leonard; Megan Abbott; Eric V. Larson; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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 | The Quadrennial Defense Review, released in September 2001, expresses concern about the current readiness of its operational units. Post-Cold War downsizing and widespread budget cuts have occurred side by side with intensive deployment and operational-tempo demands-conditions that have translated into a growing reliance on the Reserve Components (RC). The reserves now play a far more substantial role in military contingencies, including peacekeeping and humanitarian missions, and the military's reliance on ... |
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| How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment by Considering the Economic Cost of Passenger Delays |
SEP 2004 |
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| Authors:
Russell Shaver; Michael Kennedy; Chad Shirley; Paul Dreyer; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| We begin by giving some background on the problem we are addressing, including a summary of our prior work in this area and what we recommended to the government in March 2002. We then describe our findings from this work, connecting it to the prior work and pointing toward a new set of recommendations. We lead the reader through the steps of the analysis, starting with how we calculated the ... |
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| The Benefits of Positive Passenger Profiling on Baggage Screening Requirementsv |
SEP 2004 |
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| Authors:
Russell D. Shaver; Michael Kennedy; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This briefing describes work undertaken as part of a RAND internal study of the nation's air transportation system and the impacts of proposed security measures on its long-term vitality. It extends work found in a recent RAND white paper, Safer Skies: Baggage Screening and Beyond, WP-131/1-RC/NSRD (Reference 1), and is a companion to How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment by Considering the Economic Cost of ... |
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| How Much Is Enough? Sizing the Deployment of Baggage Screening Equipment to Minimize the Cost of Flying. Executive Summary |
SEP 2004 |
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| Authors:
Russell Shaver; Michael Kennedy; Chad Shirley; Paul Dreyer; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Prior to 9/11 there were repeated and widely publicized examples of contraband (e.g., guns or knives) passing through the carry-on baggage screening stations without being detected. Even though the terrorists of 9/11 did not take banned weapons onto the hijacked aircraft (box cutters were permitted at the time), the call for better screening of all baggage was an immediately reaction. In response to the 9/11 attacks against the World Trade ... |
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| Combating Terrorism. The 9/11 Commission Recommendations and the National Strategies |
SEP 2004 |
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| Authors:
John V. Parachini; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| These comments today are informed, in part, by a two-part scenario exercise recently developed and conducted at the RAND Corporation. The first part of the exercise attempted to simulate a debate among Jihadist leaders about their future strategic goals and attack operations. The objective was to have people think like the Jihadists. In the second part of the exercise, participants assessed how the National Strategy for Combating Terrorism prepares the ... |
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| Quality Indicators for the Management of Diabetes Mellitus for Vulnerable Older Persons |
AUG 2004 |
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| Authors:
Paul G. Shekelle; Sandeep Vijan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Diabetes mellitus is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States. It has been among the top ten causes of death for several decades, and it is the leading cause of end stage renal disease and visual loss among individuals under age 65. In 1997, diabetes was responsible for approximately 2.3 million hospital admissions, 14 million hospital days, and 70 million nursing home days. ... |
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| A Simple Game-Theoretic Approach to Suppression of Enemy Defenses and Other Time Critical Target Analyses |
AUG 2004 |
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| Authors:
Thomas Hamilton; Richard Mesic; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The effectiveness of attacks on time critical targets (suppression enemy air defenses, interdiction, and theater ballistic missile missions) often depends on decisions made by the adversary. Game theory is a way to study likely changes in enemy behavior resulting from various attack capabilities and goals. Engagement-level combat is treated as a two-player game in which each player is free to choose its strategy. The response an intelligent opponent is likely ... |
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| Health Status and Medical Treatment of the Future Elderly |
AUG 2004 |
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| Authors:
Dana P. Goldman; Paul G. Shekelle; Jayanta Bhattacharya; Michael Hurd; Geoffrey F. Joyce; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) must generate accurate predictions of future spending for planning purposes. To investigate a better method for understanding how medical breakthroughs and demographic trends will affect future Medicare costs, CMS contracted with RAND to develop models to project how changes in health status, disease, and disability among the next generation of elderly will affect future spending. |
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| Policy and Methodology to Incorporate Wartime Plans into Total U.S. Air Force Manpower Requirements |
AUG 2004 |
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| Authors:
Manuel J. Carrillo; Hugh G. Massey; Joseph G. Bolten; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Manpower is a major component of the Air Force's capability to meet its designated wartime and peacetime missions. However, manpower requirements also are a major driver of costs in the Air Force budget. Periodically, the Air Force goes through an internal process that arrives at revised estimates of its manpower needs. The Total Force Assessment (TFA) carried out from 1999 to 2001 is the latest exercise to examine the wartime ... |
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| Assimilating Immigrants: Why America Can and France Cannot |
JUL 2004 |
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| Authors:
Robert A. Levine; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The large-scale immigration of Mexicans and other Latin Americans into the United States has stimulated a debate on America's ability to assimilate them. A parallel debate in Europe, particularly France, concerns the ability of that continent and that nation to assimilate the similar ingress of Muslims from North Africa and elsewhere. This occasional paper uses the history of mass immigrations into the United States to examine the two current streams ... |
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| U.S. Policy Toward Southeast Europe: Unfinished Business in the Balkans |
JUL 2004 |
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| Authors:
James Dobbins; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Statement of James Dobbins, Director of RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center Before the Committee on Foreign Relations United States Senate July 14, 2004. I appreciate the Committee's invitation to testify on a set of issues that has been overshadowed of late by more dramatic and alarming developments elsewhere in the world. Even as we cope with new challenges, however, it is important to preserve the gains made over ... |
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| Impact of Network Performance on Warfighter Effectiveness Using MANA (Briefing Charts) |
15 JUN 2004 |
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Isaac Porche; Brad Wilson; Susan Witty; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. Scientific and Technical Workforce: Improving Data for Decisionmaking |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Terrence K. Kelly; William P. Butz; Stephen Carroll; David M. Adamson; Gabrielle Bloom; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The U.S. scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce makes key contributions to the nation's economic growth, national security, and other national goals. Given the importance of this workforce, monitoring and understanding its health and vitality are in the national interest. In 2003, a RAND Corporation study examined the issue of potential labor shortages in this workforce, which has been a recurring concern in federal policy circles since the 1950s. ... |
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| Reforming Teacher Education: A First Year Progress Report on Teachers for a New Era |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Sheila N. Kirby; Jennifer S. McCombs; Scott Naftel; Heather Barney; Hilary Darilek; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| In a bold attempt to reform the way teachers are prepared in the United States, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, with the Annenberg Foundation and the Ford Foundation, launched Teachers for a New Era (TNE) in the summer of 2001. The goal of this initiative is to fundamentally reform teacher education in a selected number of teacher preparation programs by providing these sites with funding ($5 million over a ... |
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| Looking to the Future: What Does Transformation Mean for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Beth Asch; James R. Hosek; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Each decade of the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) has brought new challenges in meeting military manpower supply requirements challenges that have been successfully met by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress. During the 1970s, the initial challenge was to transition from a conscripted to a volunteer force; meeting that challenge involved an unprecedented increase in military pay. The 1980s involved sustaining the volunteer force with another large increase in military ... |
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| Network-Based Operations for the Swedish Defence Forces: An Assessment Methodology |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Walter Perry; John Gordon Iv; Michael Boito; Gina Kingston; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Swedish government is undertaking efforts to reorient Swedish Defence Forces from homeland defence to a wider suite of missions, including operations far from Sweden-a significant change in the way Sweden is willing to employ its armed forces. Such missions include expeditionary operations with coalition partners. Therefore, a decision was made to move towards network-based operations linking sensors, decisionmakers, and combat systems to achieve shared awareness, increased speed of command, ... |
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| Framework for Measuring the Impact of C4ISR Technologies and Concepts on Warfighter Effectiveness Using High Resolution Simulation |
JUN 2004 |
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Isaac Porche; Lewis Jamison; Tom Herbert; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| A C4ISR architecture for future forces is a major concern to the Army. This report describes progress of an on-going project to develop a framework for assessing individual communication technologies and concepts by accounting for technological and operational detail. Assessments of communication performance (e.g., message delay and message completion rate) factor terrain, mobility, and other scenario specific details via high-resolution simulations. For such measurements, excessive run-times can be a problem. ... |
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| Measuring the Value of High Level Fusion |
JUN 2004 |
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| Authors:
III Moore Louis R.; Daniel Gonzales; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| In most current ground force combat simulations, the operational movements and command intent of forces follow prescribed, inflexible objectives and plans. Because of this limitation, the value of advanced intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) and high-level fusion is reflected only in better targeting and not in improved operational-level command and control (C2). RAND has developed an agent interaction-based constructive simulation called the Ground C4-ISR Assessment Model (GCAM) to help examine ... |
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| Estimating the Benefits of the GridWise Initiative |
MAY 2004 |
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| Authors:
Walter S. Baer; Brent Fulton; Sergei Mahnovski; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This report presents the initial (Phase I) results of a two-phase project undertaken to characterize and estimate the benefits of applying advanced communications and information technologies, through the GridWise(TradeMark) initiative, to bring the aging U.S. electricity grid into the information age. GridWise is a vision, a concept, and a national initiative developed by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and participants from the electricity ... |
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| Stretching the Network: Using Transformed Forces in Demanding Contingencies Other Than War |
APR 2004 |
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| Authors:
David C. Gompert; Hans Pung; Kevin A. O'Brien; Jeffrey Peterson; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Although the United States and other nations have pursued transformation to a networked force to prevail decisively in major expeditionary war, networking may also contribute to lower-scale nonpermissive contingencies short of war. This occasional paper examines the capabilities of networked forces and evaluates their utility for meeting the challenges of lesser contingencies. It should be of special interest to policymakers within the U.S. Department of Defense and other allied nations ... |
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| Terrorism and the Security of Public Surface Transportation |
APR 2004 |
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| Authors:
Brian M. Jenkins; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| After every major terrorist attack in any part of the world, security officials and the American public alike turn to the question of what can be done to deter or prevent a similar attack from occurring here. Unfortunately, it often requires a major disaster to arouse concern sufficiently to mobilize the political will to take needed action. Useful things are often accomplished in the shadow of tragedy. It is not ... |
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| Coordinating the War on Terrorism |
MAR 2004 |
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Lynn E. Davis; Gregory F. Treverton; Daniel Byman; Sara Daly; William Rosenau; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The war on terrorism has changed Americans lives and strained the capacities of their government. The Federal Government confronts a confounding array of choices about priorities and coordination. Although the Cold War required synchronizing America's global anticommunist campaign, the war on terrorism presents several new and distinct challenges to coordination. Each of the main government departments (e.g., Homeland Security, State, Justice, Defense, Treasury) has a major role, but none can ... |
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| Toward an Expeditionary Army: New Options for Combatant Commanders |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
Eric Peltz; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Statement of Eric Peltz, before the Committee on Armed Services U.S. House of Representatives March 24, 2004. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, I would like to thank you and the committee for inviting us to testify today on Army prepositioning. RAND's Arroyo Center is the Army's Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) for studies and policy analyses. Over the last few years, the RAND Arroyo Center has ... |
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| The Effect of Terrorist Attacks in Spain on Transatlantic Cooperation in the War on Terror |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
James Dobbins; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Statement of James Dobbins, Director of RAND International Security and Defense Policy Center before the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs United States Senate March 31, 2004. The recent terror attacks in Spain have exacerbated transatlantic differences over Iraq and the war on terror. Before expanding on of those differences, however, it is worth emphasizing the areas of continued agreement. There are no apparent differences between the US ... |
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| Improving Terrorism Warnings - The Homeland Security System |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
Michael A. Wermuth; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| In accordance with its statutory mandate, the Advisory Panel delivered its Fifth Annual Report to the President and the Congress (the Fifth Report ) on December 15, 2003. The strategic vision, themes, and recommendations in that report were motivated by the unanimous view of the panel that its final report should attempt to define a future state of security against terrorism one that the panel chose to call "America's New ... |
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| Deployment, Retention, and Compensation |
MAR 2004 |
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| Authors:
James Hosek; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This testimony speaks to two areas of continuing importance and current concern. These are the relationship of military deployment to the retention of military personnel, and the comparability of military compensation to civilian compensation. The testimony focuses on active duty personnel and draws on recent, published work done at the RAND Corporation by my colleagues and myself. First, perhaps the most striking observation about the effect of deployment on retention ... |
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| Managing Complexity During Military Urban Operations: Visualizing the Elephant |
JAN 2004 |
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| Authors:
Russell W. Glenn; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The complexity that characterizes modern urban operation combines wit ha perceived intolerance of military casualties to make actions in cities among the most difficult missions that U.S. armed forces will undertake. This study proposes a new planning approach that employs identification of critical points- -the essential elements of the urban area's physical and demographic terrain-- along with the notion of density --the quantity of elements and activities within the urban ... |
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| Clean, Lean and Able: A Strategy for Defense Sector Development |
Jan-2004 |
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| Authors:
Olga Oliker; David C Gompert; Anga Timilsina; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| While there are many reasons why the heady expectations of a decade ago have not been realized, the one this paper confronts is the ineffective, wasteful, unaccountable, and often kleptocratic character of the defense institutions, including military services, of many developing countries. These institutions sit at the nexus of security and development, and they are capable of hurting both. The pages that follow diagnose what is wrong with the defense ... |
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| Examining the Army's Future Warrior: Force-on-Force Simulation of Candidate Technologies |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Randall Steeb; John Matsumura; Paul Steinberg; Tom Herbert; Phyllis Kantar; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Future Army Bandwidth Needs and Capabilities |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Leland Joe; Isaac Porche III; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Across the services, there is an increasing demand for communications capacity. For the U.S. Army, this is a result of the Army's transition to a new force structure that will be knowledge-based and network-centric. Since bandwidth facilitates communications capacity, bandwidth has become increasingly critical. To the user, high bandwidth is useful because it supports increased capacity, high-volume data exchange, short delays, and high assurance of connectivity. New technologies, commercial and ... |
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| Lessons from Operation Enduring Freedom |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Robert S. Tripp; Kristin F. Lynch; John G. Drew; Edward W. Chan; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Since 1997, the RAND Corporation has studied options for configuring a future Agile Combat Support (ACS) system that would enable the goals of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) to be achieved. Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan, offered an opportunity to examine the implementation of new ACS concepts in a contingency environment. In 2000, RAND Project AIR FORCE helped evaluate combat support lessons from Joint Task Force Noble ... |
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| Modeling the Departure of Military Pilots From the Services |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Marc N. Elliott; Kanika Kapur; Carole R. Gresenz; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| High numbers of voluntary departures from the services by military pilots have periodically caused considerable concern among military administrators and policymakers, both recently and in previous periods of high attrition. In this study, we explore some determinants of the fixed-wing (airplane) pilot attrition problem among male pilots in the Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps and the responsiveness of attrition to changes in military compensation. We estimated a pilot attrition ... |
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| US-China Security Management: Assessing the Military-to-Miltary Relationship |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Kevin Pollpeter; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Controversy has surrounded the United States military-to-military relationship with China ever since rapprochement began in 1971. The current debate on Department of Defense activities with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) have focused attention on the value, rationale, and benefits of the relationship. This study documents the history of U.S. security management with China from 1971 to the present and, based on that history, examines the arguments for and against conducting ... |
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| Enhancing U.S. Defenses Against Terrorist Air Attacks |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The potential threat of terrorist air attacks against the continental United States (CONUS) became painfully apparent on September 11, 2001. In addition to using commercial aircraft, terrorists may try to use general aviation aircraft (such as crop dusters armed with chemical or biological agents), cruise missiles, or man-portable heat-seeking missiles to attack the U. S. homeland. Dealing with such threats requires an unprecedented cooperative effort between military and civilian organizations. ... |
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| The Future Mix of U.S. ISR Forces |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| In recent conflicts, the U.S. Air Force has consistently demonstrated its ability to destroy almost any target effectively and efficiently with precision-guided conventional weapons. One avenue of improvement in the Air Force's operational effectiveness may lie in its ability to find, precisely locate, and identify some kinds of critical targets (e.g., mobile missiles and enemy leadership), particularly in a hostile environment. The Air Force currently relies on a fleet of ... |
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| Managing the U.S.-China Military-to-Military Relationship |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The United States and China have had a security relationship since 1971, when Henry Kissinger opened the door to cordial relations by sharing intelligence about the Soviet military. Recently, however, disagreements over key issues have led each country to regard the other as a strategic competitor and a potential enemy. For example, China views U.S. military assistance to Taiwan as an effort to undermine China's security and its claim to ... |
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| Do Air Force Personnel Broaden Their Skills During Deployments? |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| U.S. Air Force personnel are typically trained to perform jobs in a specific occupational category. However, they may be called upon to perform a variety of jobs during their military careers. Recognizing this, the Air Force has set goals that will require some personnel to acquire skills and competencies in more than one occupational category. For example, an individual with expertise in operations may need to expand his/her understanding of ... |
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| Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: A Methodology for Determining Air Force Deployment Requirements |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Don Snyder; Patrick Mills; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Transforming from threat-based planning to capabilities-based planning has highlighted the need for the Air Force to be able to quantify quickly the manpower and materiel necessary to support a desired capability. From a logistical point of view, the transition accentuates the utility of having a rapid, analytical method for determining the total support required to deploy specified forces to bases across the full range of support infrastructures, including austere bases. ... |
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| U.S. Army Security Cooperation: Toward Improved Planning and Management |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Thomas S. Szayna; Adan Grissom; Jefferson P. Marquis; Thomas-Durell Young; Brian Rosen; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| This monograph documents the results of a project entitled "Army Capabilities to Respond to Future Engagement Requirements." The project aimed to improve the Army's decisionmaking and prioritization of resources devoted to security cooperation. The research reported here was sponsored by the Deputy Under Secretary of the Army (International Affairs). Toward the end of the project's duration, that office was disestablished and its functions split up and merged into the Office ... |
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| The Effect of Age on the M1 Tank: Implications for Readiness, Workload, and Recapitalization |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Many of the Army's major weapon systems were procured as part of a major investment cycle that ended in the early 1990s. They are expected to remain in use until about 2030, when the Army has fully fielded its next generation of forces. Thus, large portions of some fleets are already more than 10 years old, with little prospect for near-term replacement. The Army has grown increasingly concerned about sustaining ... |
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| Defense Development: A New Approach to Reforming Defense Sectors in the Developing World |
2004 |
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RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Underdeveloped military establishments contribute directly to conflict, oppression, and poverty within developing countries and to insecurity in other parts of the world. A strategic approach to defense-sector reform that links it with development and views it as part of an overall development agenda can transform these establishments, with results that go far beyond the military sector. This is the contention put forward in "Clean Lean, and Able: A Strategy for ... |
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| The Effects of Equipment Age on Mission-Critical Failure Rates: A study of M1 Tanks |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Eric Peltz; Lisa Colabella; Brian Williams; Patricia M. Boren; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Aging equipment has become a key concern of Army leaders striving to maintain high operational readiness. Army leaders anticipate that equipment age will pose a continually increasing challenge over the lengthy period in which current equipment is expected to remain in the Army's fleet, anticipated until about 2030 in some cases, as it develops and fully fields its next generation of forces termed the future force. In response, the Army ... |
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| Air Education and Training Command Cost and Capacity System: Implications for Organizational and Data Flow Changes |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Thomas Manacapilli; Bart Bennett; Lionel Ga1way; Joshua Weed; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The goal of this study was to help establish the strategic design for a comprehensive system to assess and manage the cost and capacity of the Air Force's pipeline for enlisted technical training. The study team concluded that such a system is useful only insofar as it supports the decision processes necessary for managing effective training. Therefore, this report examines training management and decision processes to determine the need for ... |
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| Policy Options for Military Recruiting in the College Market: Results from a National Survey |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Beth Asch; Can Du; Matthias Schonlau; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The armed services prefer to recruit high-quality youth because of their better performance and lower attrition. However, high-quality youth are increasingly interested in attending college. While existing policies, such as the Montgomery GI Bill, that are targeted to the recruitment of the college market are likely to continue to have an effect, new policies must be developed to successfully penetrate this market and expand the supply of high-quality recruits. Indeed, ... |
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| State Arts Agencies 1965-2003. Whose Interests to Serve? |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Julia F. Lowell; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The early 2000s have been difficult for many, if not most, state and jurisdictional arts agencies (referred to as state arts agencies, or SAAs). In fiscal year (FY) 2003, a record 43 of 56 SAAs reported year-over-year declines in the general fund appropriations budgeted to them by their state legislatures. In FY 2004, 34 agencies reported further budget reductions, with nine of them in California, Colorado, Guam, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, ... |
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| RAND Review, Volume 28, Number 1, Spring 2004. |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Brian M. Jenkins; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| RAND Review is published periodically by the RAND Corporation, a nonprofit institution. The mission of the RAND corporation is to help improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Titles of articles appearing in this publication include: Five Pillars of Democracy: How the West Can Promote an Islamic reformation; Redefining Counterterrorism: the Terrorist Leader as CEO; Redefining the Enemy, Swollen Waistlines, Swollen Costs (Obesity) ; and a commentary on wind ... |
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| Expanding the Reach of Education Reforms. Perspectives from Leaders in the Scale-Up of Educational Interventions |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Thomas K. Glennan Jr.; Susan J. Bodilly; Jolene R. Galegher; Kerri A. Kerr; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Fifty years ago, Brown V. Board of Education set in motion a series of legislative and judicial efforts to undo the effects of racial segregation, providing opportunities and support for children who had been denied both. Twenty years ago, the publication of A Nation at Risk (National Commission on Excellence in Education, 1983) drew attention to the need for reform in all of America's schools to ensure the nation's ability ... |
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| Air Force Procurement Workforce Transformation: Lessons from the Commercial Sector |
2004 |
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| Authors:
John Ausink; Laura H. Baldwin; Christopher Paul; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| The Air Force is in the process of significantly changing the way it purchases goods and services, with the goals of reducing costs and increasing performance to better support its missions. A procurement transformation division was created to lead these implementation efforts, and the new division highlighted two related areas for particular emphasis: (1) implementation of cross-functional teams (commodity councils) to develop strategies for individual commodity groups and (2) procurement ... |
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| Working Around the Military. Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education |
2004 |
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| Authors:
Margaret C. Harrell; Nelson Lim; Laura W. Castaneda; Daniela Golinelli; RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| Successful recruiting and retention of the active duty force relies in large part on the extent to which service members and their spouses experience both job satisfaction and contentment with life in the military. In his February 12, 2001, speech at Fort Stewart, Georgia, President Bush acknowledged the importance of caring not just for service members but their entire families, pledging, "We owe you and your families a decent quality ... |
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| Using Game Theory to Analyze Operations Against Time-Critical Targets |
2004 |
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| Authors:
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CA
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| When planning operations against time-critical targets (TCTs), military commanders typically think about how much capability they need to kill enemy forces. However, they also consider how their strategies will affect the enemy's behavior. TCT operations include suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), interdiction of moving forces, and attacks against theater ballistic missiles (TBMs). Convincing an enemy not to fire surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), not to move his forces, or not to ... |
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