| Integration of Robotics and 3D Visualization to Modernize the Expeditionary Warfare Demonstrator (EWD) |
Sep-2009 |
198 pages |
| Authors:
Christian R Fitzpatrick; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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 | In the summer of 2008, the Commandant of the Marine Corps (CMC) released a message to all Marines and Sailors detailing plans to revitalize U.S. naval amphibious competency. Current responsibilities in Iraq and Afghanistan have significantly reduced available training time causing overall amphibious readiness to suffer. In response, this thesis evaluates 3D visualization techniques and other virtual environment technologies available to support these mission-critical training goals. The focus of this ... |
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| No Energy Security without a Fight |
Sep-2009 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Paul Bollinger; SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORP MCLEAN VA
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| ENERGY GOALS FOR MILITARY: Reduce Consumption * Increase Efficiency * Expand use of alternative and renewable energy * Ensure critical mission capability 24/7/365 * Create a culture of energy awareness. |
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| The Homeland Security Enterprise: Where Do We Fit? |
Sep-2009 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Kirk S Marlowe; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| Homeland security is a responsibility to be shared across the nation. Resource demands, differing cultures, and varying motivations result in frustration and confusion that conflict with the nation's need to collaborate and cooperate. As such, the homeland security enterprise appears to be imploding from turf battles, suspicion, poor communication, competitive funding, and mistrust, which cause stakeholders to wonder where they fit in this complex, interdependent environment. This study examines reports, ... |
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| A Model for Nationwide Patient Tracking |
Sep-2009 |
158 pages |
| Authors:
Nicole M Quinn; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The events of Hurricane Katrina raised awareness of the need to track patients nationwide. As patients were transferred out of the region quickly, they often could not be located by family members or the evacuating facilities, which caused psychological and operational stress for all those involved. The literature shows that a nationwide patient tracking system does not exist today, and by putting patient tracking at the forefront of preparedness, challenges ... |
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| Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications |
13-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Hannah Fischer; Thomas Lunn; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | Human rights has been a principal area of U.S. concern in its relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly since the violent government crackdown on the Tiananmen democracy movement in 1989. Some policy makers contend that the U.S. policy of engagement with China, especially since granting the PRC permanent normal trade relations status in 2000, has failed to produce meaningful political reform. Others argue that U.S. engagement has ... |
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| Ranking Activities Based on Their Impact and Threat |
Jul-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
John J Salerno; George P Tadda; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB ROME NY
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| Many say we live in the information age, but in reality if you ask any analyst today they would say we live in the data age. The amount of data being presented and displayed to the analyst is overwhelming - to a point that in many cases they are missing the salient of key activities of interest. Analysts are spending the majority of their time filtering through the data rather ... |
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| Human Rights in China: Trends and Policy Implications |
12-Jun-2009 |
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| Authors:
Hannah Fischer; Thomas Lum; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Human rights has been a principal area of U.S. concern in its relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC), particularly since the violent government crackdown on the Tiananmen democracy movement in 1989. Some policy makers contend that the U.S. policy of engagement with China, particularly since granting the PRC permanent normal trade relations status in 2000, has failed to produce meaningful political reform. Others argue that U.S. engagement has ... |
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| Nimitz and Goleman: Study of a Civilian Leadership Model |
Jun-2009 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Derrick A Dudash; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Within weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz took command of the Pacific Fleet and held that command until the Allied Forces won the war in the Pacific almost 4 years later. Admiral Nimitz was selected for the position over 28 other senior admirals. He went on to hold the highest office in the U.S. Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations. Nimitz's ability as ... |
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| Facilitating Decision Making, Re-Use and Collaboration: A Knowledge Management Approach to Acquisition Program Self-Awareness |
Jun-2009 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
John L Robey; Christopher W Odell; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Decades of reform have been largely ineffective at improving the efficiency of the Department of Defense's (DoD) Acquisition System. Such inefficiency is, in part, due to complex processes and stovepipe activities that result in duplication of effort, lack of re-use, and limited collaboration on related development efforts. This research applies Knowledge Management (KM) concepts and methodologies to the DoD acquisition enterprise to increase Program Self-awareness. This research supports the implementation ... |
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| Identifying the Core Content and Structure of a Schema for Cultural Understanding |
Jun-2009 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Allison Abbe; Joan R Rentsch; Ioana Mot; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARLINGTON VA
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| Multicultural perspective taking skills enable Army leaders to adapt quickly when encountering individuals or groups from unfamiliar cultures and to function effectively in multinational alliances. In previous research, a schema for cultural understanding was identified as a key component of multicultural perspective taking. The primary objective for the present research was to identify core content and structure of a schema for cultural understanding that can be used to inform training ... |
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| Raptor: An Empirical Evaluation of an Ecological Interface Designed to Increase Warfighter Cognitive Performance |
Jun-2009 |
197 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel S Hall; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| A prototype interface was developed to support military practitioners with enhanced levels of situation awareness and better decision making as they conduct command and control activities during tactical operations. A laboratory experiment was conducted to evaluate the capability of this interface?s cognitive systems engineering and ecological interface design principles to support critical activities (i.e., assess anticipated enemy actions on friendly force operations). Qualitative tactical simulations and an alternative interface (an ... |
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| The Leader AZIMUTH Check: Factor Structure of Common Competencies |
Jun-2009 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Sena Garven; John P Steele; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Enhancing the leadership skills of Soldiers is of primary importance to the U.S. Army. A critical step in the process of leader development is self-awareness through self-assessment. Such insight is important because identifying and assessing trainable competencies that facilitate maximum leadership effectiveness creates a strategic advantage. This report describes the psychometric properties and common competencies assessed by the Leader AZIMUTH Check, a 360-degree feedback instrument for Army leaders. The AZIMUTH ... |
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| Composeable Organizations, Mission Self Discovery and Mission Self Nomination |
Jun-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Jack Lenahan; Don Pacetti; Scott Heller; Chris Guillaume; SPACE AND NAVAL WARFARE SYSTEMS CENTER ATLANTIC NORFOLK VA
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| We are interested in examining whether integrating command and control (C2) concepts with novel organizational constructs will improve C2 agility. This paper addresses the C2 issues which arise while attempting to share enterprise assets with diverse organizational ownership. Stovepipe federal organizations cannot easily participate in collective assistance activities for a given mission requirement. This is exacerbated by an enterprise lack of awareness of mission requirements. But how one would repair ... |
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| Maritime Domain Awareness: Assessment of Current Status |
Jun-2009 |
49 pages |
| Authors:
Jared Freeman; Susan G Hutchins; Shelley P Gallup; Douglas J MacKinnon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is viewed as predominately a security issue, however the economic ramifications of an attack against a high-value target such as a container vessel, cruise ship, or petro-chemical facility elevate the problem from a national level to cause for global concern. A significant attack could cause the port to shut down and spread anxiety through the global marketplace. To mitigate the danger posed by maritime vessels, the ... |
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| Applied Use of Socio-Cultural Behavior Modeling and Simulation: An Emerging Challenge for C2 |
Jun-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
Dylan Schmorrow; Gary L Klein; Robert Foster; John Boiney; Sean Biggerstaff; Paul R Garvey; Matt Koehler; Barry Costa; OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) ROSSLYN VA
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| Command and Control (C2), especially in the uncertain environments associated with counterinsurgency, stability operations, and irregular warfare actions, require a knowledge and shared understanding of not only an elusive adversary, but the socio-cultural layer in which the adversary lives and enjoys a support structure. C2 in these situations must accommodate complexities and situations far different from classic force on force engagements. In this environment, C2 must take advantage of modeling ... |
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| Trafficking in Persons Report |
Jun-2009 |
325 pages |
| Authors:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of State is required by law to submit each year to the U.S. Congress a report on foreign governments' efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This is the 9th annual TIP Report; it seeks to increase global awareness of the human trafficking phenomenon by shedding new light on various facets of the problem and highlighting shared and individual efforts of the international community, and to ... |
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| Development of Medical Technology for Contingency Response to Marrow Toxic Agents Held January 1, 2009 Through March 31, 2009 |
11-May-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Michelle Setterholm; NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM MINNEAPOLIS MN
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| 1. Contingency Prepardness: Collect information from transplant centers, build awareness of the Transplant Center Contingency Planning Committee and educate the transplant community about the critical importance of establishing a nationwide contingency response plan. 2. Rapid Identification of Matched Donors : Increase operational efficiencies that accelerate the search process and increase tient access are key to preparedness in a contingency event. 3. Immunogenetic Studies: Increase understanding of the immunologic factors important ... |
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| Reintegrating America's Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen: A Community Effort |
10-May-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey E Ireland; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| America's National Guard has answered the call to duty for the past 372 years. In times of peace and in war, the National Guard stands ready to respond. Today, Guardsmen across the country serve honorably on the frontlines of the Global War on Terrorism. Their presence on the battlefield fulfills their federal obligations; however, the programs used to reintegrate our hometown heroes are incomplete. Record cases of suicides, broken marriages, ... |
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| Suicide Terrorism: Deadly Tactic or Operational Art at Work? |
04-May-2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Scott P Smith; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Terrorist groups have repeatedly used suicide attacks in an attempt to achieve their strategic objectives. There is minimal argument that these groups demonstrate a profound understanding of both the strategic and tactical levels of war, however there is little mention of their understanding of the operational level of war. An analysis of suicide terror attacks over the past 25 years indicates that developed terrorist groups (including Al Qaeda and many ... |
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| Building the Right Framework for Effective Multinational Anti-Piracy Operations in the Gulf of Aden |
04-May-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Christopher D Peppel; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| As worldwide awareness of the maritime piracy dilemma increases, pressure mounts on the international maritime organizations to engineer a quick and effective solution. Numerous United Nations Security Council resolutions have been published pressing for international response, yet not many have offered specific guidance regarding what this response should look like. This paper looks generally at high-level UN guidance and shows at the theater-strategic and operational levels what the response(s) have ... |
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| USAFRICOM's Role in Counter-Piracy Operations Within the Horn of Africa |
04-May-2009 |
26 pages |
| Authors:
Dennis W Sampson; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Maritime piracy in the Horn of Africa has increased significantly over the last several years and continues to plague the surrounding waterways despite an increase in the presence of U.S. and Coalition naval forces, and an increase in overall international awareness of the threats to maritime security. Piracy not only threatens security within territorial waters, it threatens the maritime trade vessels transiting through the international waters linking the Indian Ocean ... |
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| National Center for Multisource Information Fusion |
Apr-2009 |
155 pages |
| Authors:
Moises Sudit; Kevin Costantini; Adhijit Gosavi; Zhang Ying; Patrice Seyed; Mike Kandefer; Brian Panulla; Stu Shapiro; Mike Kuhl; Shanchieh J Yang; Rakesh Nagi; David Hall; Jared Holsopple; Greg Tauer; CALSPAN UB RESEARCH CENTER BUFFALO NY
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| The National Center for Multisource Information Fusion (N-CMIF) research was a joint collaboration between CUBRC, University at Buffalo (UB), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Penn State University (PSU) to address information fusion research gaps present in situation, threat, and impact assessment (JDL levels 2 and 3) as well as sensor management (JDL level 4) and visualization. While much of the research conducted under N-CMIF emphasized computer security, the research ... |
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| U.S. Policy toward the Korean Peninsula Unification: A Cross-Cultural Perspective |
18-Mar-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Michael H Chung; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Cultural awareness is especially important in a complex, globalized environment. Because each culture has different priorities in its basic values and beliefs, cultural collisions occur with some frequency. This paper uses the Korean unification issue as a case study to identify the cross-cultural awareness gaps between South Korea and the United States. It will discuss current U.S. security policy toward the Korean peninsula's unification by looking at two feasible policy ... |
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| Maritime Security: Vessel Tracking Systems Provide Key Information, but the Need for Duplicate Data Should Be Reviewed |
Mar-2009 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Josh Ormond; Stephen L Caldwell; R E Canjar; Odilon Cuero; Erin Henderson; Daniel Kaneshiro; Stanley Kostyla; Stan Stenersen; Adam Vogt; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| U.S. ports, waterways, and coastal approaches are part of a system handling more than $700 billion in merchandise annually. With the many possible threats -- including transportation and detonation of weapons of mass destruction, suicide attacks against vessels, and others -- in the maritime domain, awareness of such threats could give the Coast Guard advance notice to help detect, deter, interdict, and defeat them and protect the U.S. homeland and ... |
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| The Impact of Culture: Communicating with Iran |
Mar-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Eric J Winkie; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Within the past decade United States involvement in the Middle East increased along with our interaction with Iran, a country that seeks to play a dominate role within the region and whose interests at times conflict with U.S. interests. The United States struggled in its attempt to engage Iran through a number of venues and players with limited success. This paper examines ways to engage Iran from a cultural appreciation ... |
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| Exploring the Lack of Interoperability of Databases within Department of Homeland Security Interagency Environment Concerning Maritime Port Security |
Mar-2009 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey S Olk; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Federal agencies that are within The Department of Homeland Security have many missions to support the security of the United States. One mission concurrent with this thesis topic is Maritime Interdiction Operations, which protects America's maritime borders from all intrusions by halting the flow of illegal drugs, aliens, and contraband into the United States through maritime routes. All government agencies within The Department of Homeland Security are continuing to focus ... |
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| Maximizing Situational Awareness: Improving Situational Awareness with Global Positioning System Data in the Maritime Environment |
Mar-2009 |
79 pages |
| Authors:
J M Ferebee; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| U.S. Coast Guard mission is to daily conduct law enforcement in the dynamic and challenging maritime environment. Rapid advances in technology have the potential to dramatically improve the organization's capacity to conduct this mission. The ability to track and monitor suspect vessels, as well as the law enforcement personnel that board them, is a critical next step in the evolution of Maritime Interdiction. With the development of the Global Positioning ... |
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| Cultural Knowledge Education |
20-Feb-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
Justin Zevenbergen; MARINE CORPS UNIV QUANTICO VA
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| Cultural awareness training is inadequate in current and future conflicts which require education in cultural knowledge through immersion, interaction, and integration. Soldiers and marines, warfighters, must have the ability to operate within foreign cultures that are significantly different. Enemy that operate within a foreign population have inherent cultural advantages. Education in cultural knowledge mitigates those advantages. |
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| Quarterly Performance/Technical Report of the National Marrow Donor Program |
10-Feb-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
Michelle Setterholm; NATIONAL MARROW DONOR PROGRAM MINNEAPOLIS MN
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| Enclosed in a document which provides the performance activity for each statement of work task item of the above report for the period of 1 Oct-31 Dec 2008. Contingency Preparedness: Collect information from transplant centers, build awareness of the Transplant Center Contingency Planning Committee and educate the transplant community about the critical importance of establishing a nationwide contingency response plan. Rapid Identification of Matched Donors: Increase operational efficiencies that accelerate ... |
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| Transfer and Generalizability of Foreign Language Learning |
Feb-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Allison Abbe; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARLINGTON VA
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| Knowing a foreign language provides an advantage for understanding, working in, and building relationships with a particular language community. However, military personnel can expect to encounter multiple languages in their operational experiences over a career. Thus, it is important to understand what impact learning a foreign language has beyond its applications with a specific population. This report reviews research on the extent to which foreign language proficiency facilitates further language ... |
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| Framing the Cultural Training Landscape: Phase I Findings |
Dec-2008 |
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| Authors:
Amy Alrich; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| This project scoped the existing cultural awareness training programs, tools, and approaches in use or in development by military Services, as well as civilian organizations. The focus was on identifying cutting-edge programs, ranging from the TRADOC Culture Center at Fort Huachuca to the Cross-Cultural training efforts in use by the Peace Corps. We sought to identify both best practices as well as potential gaps that are present in the existing ... |
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| Emergency Management Span of Control: Optimizing Organizational Structures to Better Prepare Vermont for the Next Major or Catastrophic Disaster |
Dec-2008 |
159 pages |
| Authors:
Ludwig J Schumacher; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| During a statewide disaster in Vermont, one of the most important actions Vermont Emergency Management should take during the response phase is to maintain awareness of the situation and provide coordinated logistical support. If the State does not understand what is occurring, or is not able to perform resource coordination in support of response efforts across the State, then local and state responses are not coordinated, and actionable federal requests ... |
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| Conducting the Softer Side of Counterinsurgency |
Dec-2008 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Bart D Ransone; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| In a counterinsurgency (COIN) the local population becomes the center of gravity. Over the last three years, the U.S. military has rewritten many field manuals that focus on COIN, to include a significant change to FM 3-0, Operations, and a complete revision of FM 3-24, Counterinsurgency. These changes in doctrine have forced the US military s conventional force to reconsider its use of the kinetic force and begin to understand ... |
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| Understanding Intentions of Others Reflects Evoked Responses in the Human Mirror Neuron System: Evidence From Combined fMRI and EEG Repetition Suppression |
Dec-2008 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Raja Parasuraman; Stephanie Ortigue; James C Thompson; Scott T Grafton; INSTITUTE FOR COLLABORATIVE BIOTECHNOLOGIES SANTA BARBARA CA
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| Viewing the behavior of other agents to infer and understand their intents recruits brain regions within the mirror neuron system (MNS), particularly the inferior parietal lobule and inferior frontal gyrus. However, decoding when intention understanding occurs in the human brain remains unclear. Accordingly, and to distinguish MNS involvement from lower level visual scene analysis, we tested repetition suppression effects in 24 healthy male volunteers who performed an intention inference task ... |
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| Building Language Skills and Cultural Competencies in the Military: DOD's Challenge in Today's Educational Environment |
Nov-2008 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Hyde; Suzanne McKenna; John E Kruse; Noah B Bleicher; Thomas E Hawley; Sashe Rogers; Lorry M Fenner; COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES WASHINGTON DC
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| There is no doubt that foreign language skills and cultural expertise are critical capabilities needed by today's military to face the challenges of our present security environment. But, only a small part of today's military is proficient in a foreign language and until recently there has been no comprehensive, systematic approach to develop cultural expertise. This serious national security challenge led the Subcommittee to examine what the Department of Defense ... |
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| Altering the Mission Statement: The Training of Firefighters as Intelligence Gatherers |
01-Sep-2008 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Blatus; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The fire service is one of the premier emergency response agencies in the United States. As our nation strives to expand and enhance its homeland security efforts, firefighters have been recognized as an underutilized asset. The opportunity for firefighters to act as "first preventers" in the war on terrorism is unmatched by any other emergency response agency. This, coupled with the warrantless search provisions afforded firefighters by the Constitution, makes ... |
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| Natural Resource Damage and Claims: Potential Department of Defense Liabilities and Mitigation Opportunities |
01-Sep-2008 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel J Sheehy; Susan F Vik; ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD
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| The purpose of this research is to describe the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process, identify Department of Defense (DOD) roles and responsibilities, and propose approaches that may reduce the probability or consequences of claims directed at DOD. To promote an awareness of potential Natural Resource Damage (NRD) claim liabilities and methods that may be used to help reduce these claims. |
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| Improving Situational Awareness on Submarines Using Augmented Reality |
01-Sep-2008 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald V Hatt; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Modern submarines are complex machines operating in a harsh environment. Although technology has been rapidly introduced in the submarine fleet submariners must process more information due to increases in sensor capability and information available for decision-making. Unfortunately improvements in the human-systems interfaces have not kept up with the new technology. Incidents involving human error are still occurring at an unacceptable rate in the modern fleet. This thesis addresses the deficiency ... |
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| The Collins Center Update. (CSL Issue Paper, Volume 10, Issue 4, July-September 2008) |
Sep-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Eric Ashworth; Eric McEldowney; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
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| The summer of 2008 was another meaningful and eventful season for the Center for Strategic Leadership's (CSL) Strategic Leader Staff Ride Program. On behalf of the Commandant and the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), CSL has hosted seven Strategic Leader Staff Rides(SLSRs) to provide a unique opportunity for over 100 participants to learn about themselves, their organizations, and their Army. Of the 118 guests this season, over 85% of them ... |
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| Leveraging Interdependence to Avoid Armed Conflict Between the US and China |
13-Jun-2008 |
111 pages |
| Authors:
Deborah L MacKay; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Today, many analysts predict China's growing economy and military strength will eventually create a peer competitor for the United States (US). Others fear China's globally expanding influence will threaten US national security interests and question whether the rise of China as an economic and political world power can be accomplished without armed conflict, especially armed conflict with the US. The purpose of the thesis is to identify key friction points ... |
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| The Evolution of the Taliban |
01-Jun-2008 |
199 pages |
| Authors:
Shahid A Afsar; Christopher A Samples; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Taliban organization has undergone a major transformation, since its ouster from power in Afghanistan and continues to wage an effective defensive insurgency or "war of the flea." The study uses results of a survey of knowledgeable participants in the Afghan-Pakistan arena, conducted by the authors, to analyze the current situation and prospects for success. The thesis explains the Taliban's survival and growth in the face of significant odds by ... |
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| Mission Impact of Foreign Influence on DoD Software |
01-May-2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| The Defense Science Board task force assessed the Department of Defense's (DoD) dependence on software of foreign origin and the risks involved. The task force considered issues with supply chain management; techniques and tools to mitigate adversarial threats; software assurance within current DoD programs; and assurance standards within industry, academia, and government. This executive summary highlights the future U.S. ability to ensure and maintain a trusted supply of software to ... |
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| Evaluation of the Implications of Nanoscale Architectures on Contextual Knowledge Discovery and Memory: Self-Assembled Architectures and Memory |
MAY 2008 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Chris Dwyer; DUKE UNIV DURHAM NC
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| Computing systems with advanced situational awareness and the ability to use contextual knowledge to interpret sensor data have the potential to be instrumental in many contexts. This project developed three systems to query a database with immense numbers of objects and rich sets of contextual relationships. In particular, large-scale content addressable memory systems provide a better solution to the knowledge discovery problem than conventional general-purpose memory systems. This project studied ... |
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| Know Before You Go: Improving Army Officer Sociocultural Knowledge |
04 APR 2008 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
James C. Laughrey; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The U.S. entered Afghanistan and Iraq with poor language capabilities and knowledge of both nation's cultures, and this cultural knowledge and language capability are critical enablers in a counterinsurgency campaign. According to numerous defense experts and senior Defense officials, we are in an age of "persistent conflict" where our most likely wars, like those in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be fought "among the people." Knowledge of the cultures and language ... |
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| UGS, UGV, and MAV in the 2007 C4ISR OTM Experiment |
01-Apr-2008 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy G Gregory; Jesse B Kovach; Robert P Winkler; Christopher H Winslow; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| In the summer of 2007 as part of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance On-the-Move (C4ISR OTM) experiment, the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the Communications- Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Command (CERDEC) demonstrated the viability of integrating a variety of unattended ground sensors (UGS), unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and micro air vehicles (MAVs) into a Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) based system that ... |
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| A Language for Modeling Cultural Norms, Biases and Stereotypes for Human Behavior Models |
APR 2008 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Steven Solomon; Michael van Lent; Mark Core; Paul Carpenter; Milton Rosenberg; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MARINA DEL REY CA INST FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
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| Increasingly, the military has requirements for teaching cultural awareness, which demands flexible representations of cultural knowledge. The Culturally-Affected Behavior project seeks to define a language for encoding ethnographic data in order to capture cultural knowledge and use that knowledge to affect human behavior models. Having anthropologists encode ethnographic data will validate the language and will result in a library of culture models for immersive training. |
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| Formative Evaluation of a Massively Multi-Player Persistent (MMP) Environment for Asymmetric Warfare Exercises |
APR 2008 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Singer; Rodney Long; Jeffrey Stahl; Laura Kusumoto; ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ARLINGTON VA
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| The U.S. Army RDECOM-STTC conducted research on distributed, multi-player simulations for training dismounted Soldier tasks. They requested U.S. Army Research Institute support formative evaluations by supporting briefings, demonstrations, and collecting usability information during exercises. Two usability exercises addressed a standard checkpoint scenario, a third evaluation was conducted during an Army Post Emergency Operations exercise, and a final evaluation supported a pre-deployment Battalion Staff exercise. During evaluation and development, changes were ... |
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| The UIR Framework: An Approach to Developing Culturally Savvy Logisticians |
25 MAR 2008 |
35 pages |
| Authors:
Marvin S. Whitaker; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| An important long-term realization that has resulted from the Global War on Terror and the current counterinsurgency operations occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan is the explosion of needed cultural awareness insights that in itself has arguably created a cultural awareness revolution within the military services. The Department of Defense and the military services have placed an incredible amount of emphasis and resources to fuel this cultural awareness explosion. This paper ... |
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| Civilian Fitness: A Readiness Enabler |
24 MAR 2008 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
Karen M. Perkins; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The expectation and value of Soldier fitness is inculcated in service culture from initial entry through retirement. Yet Army leaders very rarely emphasize the physical fitness of their civilian employees. The increasing operational tempo and pace of change drives the need for unprecedented readiness and adaptability by all members of the Total Army Force Structure. As part of this team, civilians, too, must be Army Strong. There is mounting evidence ... |
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| The Importance of Cultural Knowledge for Today's Warrior-Diplomats |
20 MAR 2008 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Carolyn F. Kleiner; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| In conducting the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), working with coalition partners, and projecting influence worldwide, the Armed Forces of the United States will continue to be sent to the far corners of the earth to perform wide-ranging missions such as stability operations, nation building, peacekeeping, and humanitarian assistance. These types of operations all require competencies far beyond the traditional warfighting skills. All leaders in the military, whether at the ... |
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