| Preventing a Hollow Army: 20th Century Lessons for the 21st Century |
08 Jun 2012 |
109 pages |
| Authors:
Ethan J Diven; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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 | This thesis researches the theory of a hollow force that described the U.S. Army after the Vietnam War and determines whether the theory applies to the Army today. The theory describes the conditions of a hollow force using seven factors: low support for the military, pressure to cut defense spending, difficulties in maintaining an all-volunteer force, declining pay, poor morale, delays in fielding modern armaments and equipment, and inadequate attention ... |
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| The New Guard: A Service-Equivalent Force |
07 Jun 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
James E Scalf; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| This thesis proposes that the National Guard is a service-equivalent force that requires expanded authorities to develop capabilities for its dual-role mission. The paper provides an in-depth analysis of the historical role of the colonial militia and its subsequent evolution into the modern-day National Guard. It examines the debates and issues that underpin the current defense force structure and makes specific recommendations for the future development and role of the ... |
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| National Security: DOD Should Reevaluate Requirements for the Selective Service System |
Jun 2012 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Brenda S Farrell; Margaret Best; Melissa Blanco; Greg Marchand; Charles Perdue; Meghan Perez; Bev Schladt; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Why GAO Did This Study: The Selective Service System is an independent agency in the executive branch. Its responsibilities include maintaining a database that will enable it to provide manpower to DOD in a national emergency, managing a program for conscientious objectors to satisfy their obligations through a program of civilian service, and ensuring the capability to register and induct medical personnel if directed to do so. Section 597 of ... |
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| The Need to Ensure Training Readiness in the Total Force |
31 May 2012 |
85 pages |
| Authors:
Rex Hall; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The last time the draft provided augmentation to the active force was in 1973. Since then, the active force has become increasingly dependent upon the reserve components for augmentation. The evolution to a fully-integrated reserve component has been painful at times. From the Spanish-American War though the war in Vietnam, the United States relied partly on the draft to generate manpower for the forces that would go to war. After ... |
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| Aligning Infrastructure Decisions with Strategic Vision |
22 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Christian F Rees; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| Infrastructure, in terms of land and real property, is a large component of the Department of Defense budget. Enormous resources are spent each year to acquire land, build, maintain, renovate and replace infrastructure for this global enterprise. The current DoD real estate portfolio, including land and real property, is approximately $710 billion. The lead time for new infrastructure is five to twenty years, well beyond the event timeline for normal ... |
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| Political Participation and the United States Army Officer Corps |
22 Mar 2012 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Peter Crean; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Many people believe the Army has always had an ideological firewall between officers professional behavior and politics. This is not the case. Throughout its history the Army has vacillated between periods of political activity and abstention on the part of its officers. Despite George Washington s example, officers in the first half of the 19th Century openly participated in politics while in uniform. Following the Civil War, the Army underwent ... |
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| Defense Drawdowns: Analysis with Implications |
21 Mar 2012 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
John Ulrich; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| During drawdowns, the nation historically reduces defense spending to about $375 billion, in real terms. Currently, the nation is expending $646 billion for defense, including war-related funding on top of the $531 billion base budget. With decreasing operations in Afghanistan, the nation's challenging fiscal and economic situations will also demand significant reductions in the base defense budget. If the nation follows historical patterns during the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) ... |
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| The Dangerous Gap between American Society and Its Military |
20 Mar 2012 |
38 pages |
| Authors:
Drysdale H Hernandez; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States has been at war for over 10 years since that fateful day of September 11, 2001. Despite the surge in American patriotism and resultant overwhelming admiration for the military during these 10 years, a dangerous gap between American society and its military has grown. In the history of the United States no major war has ever been fought with a smaller percentage of its citizens. Has the ... |
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| Retaining Talent for Army 2020: Overcoming Institutional Barriers |
19 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Barrett K Peavie; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The vision of Army 2020 is likely to remain an aspirational goal in the dustbin of history, overcome by institutional bureaucratic pressures. The Army's anticipated restructuring (downsizing) of the All-Volunteer force presents a challenge to ensuring the retention of high-potential junior officer talent in the Officer Corps for senior-level positions in the Army of 2020. U.S. military leaders understand that we must balance the tension between winning the current fight ... |
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| Future of the Military Retirement System |
16 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Donald E Meisler; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| There are numerous current and future fiscal challenges facing the United States of America and the Department of Defense. Many hard decisions will be made in the near future. Critical for making the best decision(s) is being informed of all possible courses of action and their impacts at all levels. One of the highest costs in the Department of Defense is manpower costs and military pensions. The intent of this ... |
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| A Legion Apart |
16 Mar 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan T Neumann; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Senior Government and Military Leaders have recently expressed concern over the growing gap between America's Military and the public it protects. The demographic of the Armed Forces is no longer representative of the entire population, and the disparity between the guarded and their guardians leads to a lack of understanding of what the military does when it is not directly on a T.V. screen in America's living rooms. The American ... |
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| The Great American Divide: The Military-Civilian Gap |
14 Mar 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
III Higgins Ralph G; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The all-volunteer force of the United States military has produced a military society and culture that is becoming increasingly detached from the greater United States' society that it is sworn to protect. This military-civilian gap is a threat to the United States in that it is potentially producing a military society that deems itself morally superior to civilian society, with military leaders that are cut from the same ideological molds, ... |
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| Citizen in Uniform: Democratic Germany and the Changing Bundeswehr |
09 Mar 2012 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Jens-Olaf Koltermann; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This Strategic Research Project (SRP) describes how Innere Fuehrung, with its corollary of citizen in uniform, assured that the norms and values of the German Basic Law were embedded in the Bundeswehr. It elaborates on this principle and shows how Innere Fuehrung shaped the civil-military relationship in Germany. It then explains how the principle has successfully adapted to three paradigm changes of the Bundeswehr: (a) rearmament that included integration of ... |
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| A National Security Issue: Challenges to the All-Volunteer Force |
25 Feb 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
James D Brown; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The All-Volunteer Force enacted in 1973 is heralded as one of the defining strengths of the military forces of the United States of America. A series of seemingly unrelated trends within American culture may place the viability of the All-Volunteer Force, a critical aspect of our military, in jeopardy. Lowered graduation rates, physical fitness deficiencies, an increase of health concerns, and rising rates of felonious misconduct are combining factors that ... |
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| Fighting for America: So Where's the Divide? |
22 Feb 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Patton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The relationship between the nation and its all-volunteer force has senior political and military leaders concerned. Culturally, has our all-volunteer force grown away from the larger U.S. society? Such a separation poses grave dangers for the long-term health of U.S. forces and of the nation. This strategic research project (SRP) examines two distinct but related divides between the nation s military and the civilian society. Specifically, it addresses the chasm ... |
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| Chairman's Strategic Direction to the Joint Force (18th) |
Feb 2012 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WASHINGTON DC
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| The All-Volunteer Joint Force is our Nation s decisive advantage. Those who serve in the Armed Forces of the United States of America are the source of our unrivaled strength. The talented men and women of the Joint Force are resilient warriors who volunteer to fight and fight again. In the years to come, our Joint Force will face several challenging transitions. We will transition from war, but in the ... |
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| Protesting War: Comparing Afghanistan to Vietnam |
27 Oct 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
George M Reynolds; SMALL WARS FOUNDATION BETHESDA MD
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| Since the divisive Vietnam experience, U.S. Presidents have been reluctant to intervene militarily in the affairs of other states fearing a negative American public reaction. U.S. involvement in Beirut and Somalia was cut short once there were military casualties, and the use of ground forces in Kosovo was off the table. As President H. W. Bush concluded in 1991, a Vietnam Syndrome had taken hold of the public. Bush explained ... |
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| Military Cash Incentives: DOD Should Coordinate and Monitor Its Efforts to Achieve Cost-Effective Bonuses and Special Pays |
JUN 2011 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) spent about $5.6 billion in fiscal year 2010 on special and incentive pays and bonuses for active-duty servicemembers. Of that amount, about $1.2 billion was contracted for enlistment and reenlistment bonuses. DOD uses these incentives and bonuses as tools in its compensation system to help ensure that military pay is sufficient to field a high-quality, all-volunteer force, including those in hard-to-fill or critical specialties. Special ... |
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| Determinants and Politics of German Military Transformation in the Post-Cold War Era |
JUN 2011 |
197 pages |
| Authors:
Dirk Steinhoff; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Since 1990, Germany has changed its role from a passive beneficiary of collective defense to a "co-producer" of security in international affairs. At the same time, however, Germany has been reluctant to transform its military, the Bundeswehr, into an all-volunteer force and to develop capabilities for expeditionary warfare. It has also spent less on defense in relation to its resources than other European partners. This case study attempts to elaborate ... |
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| The Bundeswehr in the 21st Century - Between Prussia's Glory and Design |
19 MAY 2011 |
57 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Schoy; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph is meant to inspire military professionals to approach Prussian military history as a source of concepts with enduring relevance for modern armed forces. Reference point for the examination is the Bundeswehr (German armed forces) and its ongoing transformation to an all-volunteer armed force. The future of a professional Bundeswehr is not merely a question of financial resources, organization, or troop strength; it is also a question of leadership ... |
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| The Effect of Increasing OCS Commissions on Our Senior Leader Bench |
02 Apr 2011 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory C Maxton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As a result of the force drawdown from 1990-1996, the Army established policies to reduce officer accessions. By 1998, the Army began experiencing a shortage of junior officers and increased the number of Lieutenants entering the force. Due to the reduced accession policies put in place during the drawdown, Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) could not meet the demand for the increased requirements. The Army used the Officer Candidate School ... |
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| Understanding Millennials to Improve Recruiting Efficiency |
24 Mar 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Heather Garrett; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Millennial generation, born between 1982 and 2003, has been influenced by numerous events in their developmental years, such as the 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States, school shootings, and an economic crisis. Their world has always been globally connected and open 24/7. Digital technology is a fact of life that enables them to think and process information in a way that is fundamentally different from any other generation. ... |
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| Recruiting the Future Force: A Proactive Approach |
24 Mar 2011 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Randy L Smith; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Department of Defense (DoD) plays a critical role in the national security strategy of the United States, and the military s success is predicated on recruiting highly qualified applicants to fulfill this vital mission. For almost forty years the all volunteer force (AVF) proved a remarkably successful approach to manning the most effective and dominant military in history. Today, however, the concept of a volunteer force is stressed as ... |
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| Transforming from a Service-Centric to a Joint Recruiting Environment |
09 Mar 2011 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Samuel E Williams; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper evaluates the current recruiting environment among all of the services within the Department of Defense (DoD). During the past 10 years, DoD has successfully transformed the military and rewritten several doctrinal manuals as the military continues combating terrorism. Service members understand the philosophy of thinking and fighting in a joint environment; however, that is not the case in recruiting. When service members are assigned to recruiting duty, all ... |
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| Strengthening Our Military Families: Meeting America's Commitment |
Jan 2011 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC
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| The President has made the care and support of military families a top national security policy priority. We recognize that military families come from the active duty Armed Forces, the National Guard, and the Reserves. They support and sustain troops fighting to defend the Nation, they care for our wounded warriors, and they survive our fallen heroes. The well-being of military families is an important indicator of the well-being of ... |
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| Warrior Transition Leader: Medical Rehabilitation Handbook |
Jan 2011 |
273 pages |
| Authors:
Rory A Cooper; Paul F Pasquina; Ron Drach; ARMY MEDICAL DEPT CENTER AND SCHOOL FORT SAM HOUSTON TX
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| Soldiers and their Families are the Army's principal asset. They are at the core of the Army, and as an organization we have the sacred responsibility to care for our wounded, injured, and ill Soldiers. Every wounded, injured, or ill Soldier deserves indeed has earned the right to be provided with excellent medical care and a broad range of opportunities to allow him or her to succeed either through continuation ... |
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| Civilian Organizational Inhibitors to U.S. Army Recruiting and the Road Ahead |
17 May 2010 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Todd M Jacobus; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In order to continue prosecuting Overseas Contingency Operations, and to secure opportunities for diplomacy and statecraft into the future, leaders of our Nation will continue to rely heavily on the United States Armed Forces. Since 1973, an all-volunteer force has comprised the formations of the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Non-Commissioned Officers have recruited this all-volunteer force, by providing information and presenting opportunities to young ... |
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| Strategies to Address Recruiting and Retention Issues in the Military (Strategies pour aborder les questions de recrutement et de fidelisation dans les armees) |
Oct 2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Rob Morrow; H C Sumer; Jose M Ontanilla; Tanja F Blackstone; NATO RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE (FRANCE)
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| In many countries, achieving recruitment goals becomes increasingly challenging. At the same time, the Military is facing an important loss of often highly qualified personnel who choose to leave. This has become a major concern to military commanders as is illustrated by the fact that in some NATO countries, up to 50% of the recruits do not complete their first tour. The recruiting and retention (R&R) problem can be related ... |
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| Strategic Vision Workshop -- Land Power in the 21st Century (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 8-09, July 2009) |
Jul-2009 |
7 pages |
| Authors:
Art M Loureiro; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The Center for Strategic Leadership (CSL), United States Army War College (USAWC), in conjunction with Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) Staff and in cooperation with National Security Faculty and Researchers at Texas A&M University, Bush School of Government, Scowcroft Institute, co-hosted a February 2009 workshop entitled Strategic Vision Workshop: Land Power in the 21st Century. The workshop's purpose was to assist the Army Staff in analyzing Grand Strategic choices ... |
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| Review of Interventions for Reducing Enlisted Attrition in the U.S. Military: An Update |
Jun-2009 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
U C Kubisiak; Elizabeth Lentz; Kristen E Horgen; Rebecca H Bryant; Patrick W Connell; Matthew D Tuttle; Walter C Borman; Mark C Morath ICF Young; Ray International; PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INST (PDRI) INC TAMPA FL
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| The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) has been conducting research on first-term enlisted attrition as part of a broader research project entitled STAY: Strategies to Enhance Retention. In support of the larger project, this report reviews past and ongoing interventions that support, either directly or indirectly, attrition interventions that assist Army recruits, trainees, and Soldiers in completing training and performing at a high level ... |
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| Maintaining the All Volunteer Army to Meet Future Land Force Challenges |
25-Mar-2009 |
24 pages |
| Authors:
Michael X Garrett; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This paper will explore in broad terms personnel requirements for the All Volunteer Army in the next 20 to 30 years. This paper will not predict the future security environment, it will however, attempt to coalesce and make sense of collective assessments as well as describe numerous significant influences on the global security environment. Establishing a baseline for security is essential. It is essential that there be consensus on the ... |
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| Dangers of Military Entanglement in Partisan Politics |
24-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
David T Beckwith; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Since the creation of the all-volunteer military, the membership of the military has become decidedly more conservative. This has led to an overt affiliation with the Republican Party. As a profession that requires support from Congress and the American People and acts on the orders of the President, this affiliation may have adverse effects on the effectiveness of the US military. The military needs to understand the cause of this ... |
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| Clear, Hold and Build: Strengthening Marriages to Preserve the Force |
06-Mar-2009 |
42 pages |
| Authors:
Roger D Cotton; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Long War on terror has required multiple deployments of Army forces and generated a tremendous amount of increased stress on Army Families, and marriages in particular. I analyze this stress on the Army marriages, its impact on readiness and retention, and provide suggested improvements to preserve the All-Volunteer Force. I will analyze stress on Army marriages from deployments, separations, relocations, etc. and use indicators of impact on marriages, such ... |
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| Improving Public Opinion to Support the All-Volunteer Military |
24-Feb-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffery R Edge; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Improving public opinion of the military is vital to the future success of the all-volunteer military. Failure to sustain a positive public image may result in decreased accessions and the inability to complete the primary mission of the military ? to defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic. Public opinion is an evolutionary cognitive process and there are many methods and opportunities to modify ... |
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| Allowing Undocumented/Illegal Immigrants to Enlist in the US Military |
20-Feb-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
J C ZurLippe; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The US military has been recruiting foreigners to serve in its military forces since the country was first formed. Prior to the Civil War, about half of those serving in the US military were immigrants. During the Civil War, 1 in 5 Union soldiers was an immigrant; and today, of the 65,000 foreign-born men and women serving in the US military, approximately 29,000 are noncitizens (green card holders). While these ... |
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| The Current State of the United States Army: The Numbers, the Needs, and the Consequences |
20-Feb-2009 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Harris; Willie III; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Throughout history, the Army has used a multitude of methods to fill its ranks. These methods have ranged from conscription to an all-volunteer Army. Since the advent of the all-volunteer military in 1973, the way the Army obtains recruits and maintains its numbers has taken on new importance, particularly in today's post 9-11 world. The Army is expected to grow by at least 74,200 Soldiers. To meet this new manpower ... |
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| Contributions of Women to U.S. Combat Operations |
24 MAR 2008 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Thresa Burnes; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| This research paper depicts numerous historical accounts of women's contributions to U.S. combat operations from the Revolutionary War to present-day conflicts. The U.S. military continues to fight a transnational, dispersed enemy that employs irregular tactics and asymmetric warfare. Increasing numbers of female service members are engaging in direct combat despite a 1994 Department of Defense (DoD) Policy prohibiting assignments of females to units likely to engage in combat. It is ... |
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| Impact of Economic Forces on Manning America's 21st Century Army |
21 MAR 2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Marcus A. Cochran; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Over 30 years after President Nixon delivered on his campaign promise to eliminate conscription, the Nation faces challenges in a world far different than those it faced in the early 1970s. Today, events that occur half way around the world are much more likely to affect U.S. economic health and national security. Globalization expands the challenge of protecting U.S. national interests tremendously and requires persistent diplomatic, economic, and military investment. ... |
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| Investigating the Existing Gap between Army Culture and Black American Culture |
19 MAR 2008 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Sr Mitchell Lentfort; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. military is the Nation's most powerful instrument for achieving and defending U.S. national security objectives. The aftermath of the September 11th terrorist attacks on American soil is a strategic environment that is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. To succeed in achieving and defending national security objectives, the Army must become culturally competent. It must reach across racial and cultural boundaries to recruit and retain the very best people ... |
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| Army Recruiting Challenges in the 21st Century |
15 MAR 2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey D. McClain; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| As the United States moves into the 21st Century, we must be cognizant of our ability to influence today's youth into volunteering to serve in our military. Significant events have occurred, and their impact will continue that will influence the direction our nation will follow in the future. The American military will face significant challenges in the years to come, as it strives to maintain its worldwide military supremacy. This ... |
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| Branding: A Strategy for Manning an All-Volunteer Army |
12 MAR 2008 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
John M. Keeter; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Army needs to develop a long-term manning strategy to address recruiting, and retaining, an all-volunteer force in challenging environmental conditions. Current short-term tactics such as relaxing entry standards will have long-term consequences. The ability to man the Army and realize the vision of a "quality" force is challenged not only by the impacts of a protracted war on the attitudes of the youth, and their influencers, but also by ... |
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| Selective Intervention - Rethinking America's Strategic Employment of Force |
19-Feb-2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Brian D Bernth; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| In the absence of a war of survivability and the lack of true political support for military interventions in the near term, it has become imperative that policy makers shape future decisions to commit forces to conflict with a realistic concept of the time requirements needed in achievement of a suitable end-state. |
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| Demographic Shifts in the United States Air Force: 1994-2007 |
15-Feb-2008 |
52 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen P Melroy; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
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| The United States military continues to fill its ranks on a voluntary basis, but does so under the auspices of an active war in Southwest Asia, unlike other long-term engagements such as World War II and Vietnam, where conscription filled a majority of the ranks. In seeking volunteers, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) actively competes against civilian industry and other military services for manpower, increasing the level of difficulty in ... |
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| Recruiting and Retention: An Overview of FY2006 and FY2007 Results for Active and Reserve Component Enlisted Personnel |
07 FEB 2008 |
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| Authors:
Lawrence Kapp; Charles A. Henning; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | This report provides a brief overview of the recruiting and retention rates for Active and Reserve Component enlisted personnel during FY2006 and FY2007. Since the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the United States has launched several major military operations which have dramatically increased the operational tempo of the military services, required the large-scale mobilization of reservists, and resulted in significant battle casualties. These ... |
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| Recruiting Implications of the Long War for the Marine Corps |
Jan-2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Walker M Field; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| The Marine Corps is facing tremendous challenges in meeting global commitments and sustaining a proper force dwell time while remaining postured as America's 911 force. To this end, President Bush approved a proposal to increase personnel in the Marine Corps over the next 5 years to an end-strength goal of 202,000 Marines. Faced with the reality of a long war and the absence of a draft, the Marine Corps must ... |
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| The Economic Costs of Reserve Forces Utilization: An Analysis of Their Employment in Fighting the Global War on Terrorism |
DEC 2007 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Craig L. Harvey; Charles W. Ryan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This project offers a model useful for estimating the social cost of U.S. Reserve Forces and National Guard employment alternatives in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). We consider two specific alternatives in this report: (1) the operational force (status quo) and (2) increasing Active Duty Force end strength and keeping Reserve Forces as a 'strategic' reserve. We assume both alternatives are equal in effectiveness. Each alternative provides ... |
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| Defense Science Board Task Force on Deployment of Members of the National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism |
SEP 2007 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Use of the components in support of overseas contingencies has increased significantly since September 11, 2001 and the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq. Although the number of reserve component members on active duty has declined over the past few years, from a peak in May 2003, the current level still remains far higher than in decades past. This level of effort is expected to continue as long as the ... |
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| Annotated Bibliography: Research on Enlisted Attrition in the U.S. Army |
JUL 2007 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Elyse Jennings; Nehama Babin; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to provide a resource for the study of Soldier attrition, with a focus on the Active enlisted component of the U.S. Army. These annotations include descriptions of the published literature on attrition from 1980 through the present. This annotated bibliography is intended to gather the many research efforts that have been conducted over the years into a single source. This source may provide ... |
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| Untested Waters: Challenges Facing an Operational Army Reserve |
27 MAR 2007 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Tracy Thompson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The Reserve Components of the Army have traditionally been a strategic force. Large scale mobilizations were likely only in times of national crises, such as Operations Desert Storm or Iraqi Freedom. Strategic leaders have ordered a formal conversion of the Army's Reserve Components into an operational force, capable of deploying one year out of every five or six under the Army Force Generation Model. This is a dramatic departure. It ... |
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| Blood and Treasure Putting Perspective Into the Numbers from Iraq |
25 MAR 2007 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Elzie; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The national debate surrounding America's involvement in Iraq is complex and confusing. While it has been full of vitriol and invective, it has been notably lacking in balance, perspective and texture. In the middle of this national debate are the American warrior and an immediate group of family and supporters. More often than not, these fully committed participants remain quiet while listening to the raging war of words, or watching ... |
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