| Risk Propensity, Risk Perception, and Sensation Seeking in US Army Soldiers: A Preliminary Study of a Risk Assessment Task Battery |
Oct-2010 |
47 pages |
| Authors:
Amanda M Kelley; William D Killgore; Jeremy R Athy; Michael Dretsch; ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LAB FORT RUCKER AL
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 | Preliminary evidence shows that Soldiers' propensity to engage in risky behaviors is significantly correlated with the severity of combat experiences during a recent deployment. This relationship was weak & assessed in Soldiers post-deployment. A battery of tasks measuring risk propensity, risk perception, risk aversion, & sensation seeking was assembled to be used in study tracking individual change in risk taking behaviors. The objective of this preliminary study was to evaluate ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
18-Nov-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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 | The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Defense Health Care: Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Documentation Needs Improvement |
Nov-2009 |
59 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) implemented the post-deployment health reassessment (PDHRA), which is required to be administered to servicemembers 90 to 180 days after their return from deployment. DOD established the PDHRA program to identify and address servicemembers' health concerns that emerge over time following deployments. This report is the second in response to a Senate Armed Services Committee report directing GAO to review DOD's administration of the PDHRA, and ... |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Oct-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Defense Acquisitions. Challenges in Aligning Space System Components |
Oct-2009 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
Greg Campbell; John Krump; Don Springman; Cristina T Chaplain; Michael Aiken; John Crawford; Claire Cyrnak; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| DOD's major space system acquisition programs are intended to perform a wide variety of functions, including communications, missile warning, navigation, tracking space objects, and even providing weather information. Communication satellites provide DOD the ability to communicate along narrowband, wideband, and secure and protected bandwidths. Narrowband communications use lower (slower) rates to process data and give the warfighter the ability to communicate better while on the move, and also work better ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 16, Number 9, September 2009 |
Sep-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| ARTICLES: Cold weather-related injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, July 2004 - June 2009. Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza immunizations among health care workers. Preliminary report: Outbreak of novel H1N1 influenza aboard USS Boxer, 29 June - 31 July 2009. Mental disorders after deployment to OEF/OIF in relation to predeployment mental health and during deployment combat experiences, active components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2006 - December 2007. SUMMARY TABLES AND FIGURES: Acute respiratory disease, ... |
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| System Engineering Approach to Assessing Integrated Survivability |
Aug-2009 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel Hicks; Heather Molitoris; ARMY RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING COMMAND WARREN MI
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| Land platforms are increasingly required to carry out a wide range of roles in support of very diverse operations ranging from high intensity conflict to Operations Other Than War (OOTW). The acceptance of casualties is low and reduction is a strategic political imperative. As a result, crew/platform survivability is important to mission effectiveness and success. Methods for achieving survivability need to be objectively assessed and prioritized to meet cost constraints. ... |
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| A Predeployment Limited Technical Assessment of the iPod Touch to Aid the United States Marine Corps |
Aug-2009 |
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| Authors:
Peter N Squire; NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER DAHLGREN DIV VA
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| This document describes the overall Marine Pod project and provides results of a Limited Technical Assessment (LTA). The LTA provided an initial iPod touch usability assessment and identified content and Concept of Operations for a followup Extended User Evaluation (EUE). The iPod touch will be provided to members of a deploying Marine Corps unit and assessed during the EUE. |
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| Strategic Arms Control After START: Issues and Options |
09-Jul-2009 |
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| Authors:
Amy F Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship. They are currently negotiating a new Treaty that would replace START. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle ... |
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| Wireless Computing Architecture |
Jul-2009 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
H T Kung; William H Gates; HARVARD UNIV CAMBRIDGE MA
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| Work of the project has led to a number of findings and conclusions. These results have been published or will be published in the near future: -Localization with Snap-Inducing Shaped Residuals (SIRS): Coping with Errors in Measurement, 15th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking (MobiCom 2009), September 2009. -A Computational Wireless Network Backplane: Performance in a Distributed Speaker Identification Application, Military Communications Conference (MILCOM 2008), November 2008. -Rainbow: ... |
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| Controls Over Contract Obligation Data in the Logistics Modernization Program |
15-Jun-2009 |
43 pages |
| Authors:
Leonard R Montford; INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| Our audit objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of controls over the recording and reporting of contract obligations in the Logistics Modernization Program (LMP) system. See Appendix A for a discussion of the scope and methodology and prior audit coverage related to the objective. See Appendix B for a glossary of common terms used in the report. LMP represents the Army?s business system modernization effort to provide an integrated logistics ... |
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| Collaboration with Oregon State University at Duck, NC |
Jun-2009 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
William J Plant; WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE APPLIED PHYSICS LAB
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| A dual-polarized, coherent, X-band microwave radar called RiverRad was deployed at the Coastal Engineering Field Research Facility at Duck, NC in April, 2008. The purpose of the deployment was to utilize this calibrated radar to calibrate a marine radar operated by Oregon State University (OSU) on a long-term basis at Duck and to study microwave backscatter in the surf zone. Data from RiverRad were compared with those from the marine ... |
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| Regional Disease Vector Ecology Profile. Southeast Asia |
Jun-2009 |
168 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES PEST MANAGEMENT BOARD WASHINGTON DC
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| Disease Vector Ecology Profiles (DVEPs) summarize unclassified literature on medically important arthropods, vertebrates and plants that may adversely affect troops in specific countries or regions of the world. Primary emphasis is on the epidemiology of arthropod-borne diseases and the bionomics and control of disease vectors. DVEPs have proven to be of significant value to commanders, medical planners, preventive medicine personnel, and particularly medical entomologists. These people use the information condensed ... |
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| NPS CubeSat Launcher Design, Process and Requirements |
Jun-2009 |
129 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R Crook; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Access to space has always been a challenge, especially for organizations with limited budgets. In the last decade a group of universities has overcome many of the obstacles associated with placing experiments on orbit by using a nano-satellite standard called the CubeSat. In addition to universities many private, commercial, and government organizations are now coming to appreciate the advantages of the CubeSat standard resulting in rapid growth in the CubeSat ... |
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| Energy Change Detection to Assist in Tactical Intelligence Production |
Jun-2009 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Derek A Filipe; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| Currently, signals intelligence (SIGINT) analysts are constantly overwhelmed by the amount of data they ingest. A relatively new technology, known as Energy Change Detection (ECD), was fashioned in order to alleviate a portion of the background noise, or signals of non-interest to the SIGINT analyst. ECD has been tested and its operational capability verified and validated by senior analysts. With the current organizational structure within which ECD resides, its utility ... |
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| Optimizing Operational and Logistical Planning in a Theater of Operations |
Jun-2009 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Frank Hallmann; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The United States Navy (USN) as well as other allied naval forces deploy their ships worldwide to support and conduct various maritime missions ranging from humanitarian aid to combat. In order to accomplish these missions and maintain a sustained deployment it is paramount to establish a robust means of logistic support. We present two operational planning tools to respectively plan Combat Logistics Force shuttle ship schedules to simultaneously support all ... |
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| Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments |
22-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
Shirley A Kan; Larry A Niksch; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The U.S. military has been building up forces on the U.S. territory of Guam to increase deterrence and power projection for possible responses to crises and disasters, counter-terrorism, and contingencies in support of South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, or elsewhere in Asia. But the defense buildup on Guam is moderate. China has concerns about the defense buildup. Guam's role has increased with plans to withdraw some U.S. forces from ... |
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| Making the 12 Month Mobilization Policy Work |
20-May-2009 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Blair; Estus T III; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| From the beginning of the United States of America, the citizen Soldier (National Guard) has played a vital role in its protection at home and abroad. Since the United States announced Global War on Terrorism, the ongoing operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have required the deployment of over 428,000 Soldiers of the Army National Guard (ARNG) to support the war effort. During their first rotation, reserve Soldiers spent 15 to ... |
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| Rethinking the Use of Specialized Civil Affairs |
11-May-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Unda; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Specialized Civil Affairs (CA) Soldiers are reservists who have contributed greatly to post-war operations throughout history. Recent efforts have shifted away from civil-military operations (CMO), typically led by CA Soldiers, to more broad and advanced reconstruction and stabilization operations (R/S OPS) led by civilians with civil-sector expertise. The requirement for civilian expertise certainly exists, but the resulting move to more generalized CA operations brings about concern. This project examines several ... |
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| Controls Over the Department of the Navy Military Payroll Disbursed in Support of the Global War on Terror |
07-May-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
INSPECTOR GENERAL DEPT OF DEFENSE ARLINGTON VA
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| From January 2007 through July 2008, the Department of the Navy disbursed about $242 million in Hostile Fire Pay/Imminent Danger Pay and Family Separation Allowance entitlements to support the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Our objective was to determine whether the Navy disbursed military payroll in support of the GWOT in accordance with laws and regulations. Specifically, we determined whether the Navy maintained adequate support for payments related to deployments ... |
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| Joint Contingency Contracting: Improving Through Ethics |
04-May-2009 |
25 pages |
| Authors:
Dale Skinner; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| Over $700 billion has been allocated towards the global war on terror since 2001, of which almost $20 billion has been awarded in the 2006-2008 time frame by contingency contracting officers (CCOs) in the field supporting operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. This level of magnitude and effort for operational contract support requires that Geographic Combatant Commanders, Joint Task Force Commanders, and the planners that advise them carefully consider that the ... |
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| Is There a DDOC in the House?: An Analysis of the Deployment Distribution Operations Center |
04-May-2009 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Jonathan G Downing; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| General Omar Bradley argued that Amateurs study strategy and professionals study logistics. Recent US Military Operations in DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, and IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) have shown that from 1991 - 2003, the US military focused primarily on strategy and the deployment of combat forces yet struggled with logistics distribution at the operational level of war. In an effort to fix this recurring critical operational issue, USTRANSCOM and USCENTCOM created the ... |
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| Changing the Educational Paradigm in an Era of Persistent Conflict |
01-May-2009 |
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| Authors:
David S Henderson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Units trained in branch core competencies contribute to the overall ability of a Brigade Combat Team to achieve its missions. However, the conflict in Iraq has caused some units to be re-missioned to tasks not related to their core competencies. These units, most notably Field Artillery units, are now experiencing an atrophy of core skills. This atrophy, combined with a high operational tempo and repetitive non-standard mission deployments, is creating ... |
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| Directed Energy Weapons - Are We There Yet? The Future of DEW Systems and Barriers to Success |
May-2009 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Elihu Zimet; Christopher Mann; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC CENTER FOR TECHNOLOGY AND NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY
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| The purpose of this paper is to examine the barriers to deployment listed above and suggest a strategy for an initial deployment that addresses these issues. This strategy will focus on current high-priority threats against which DEW would provide the best alternative for the military. |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 16, Number 5, May 2009 |
May-2009 |
29 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| ARTICLES: Deaths while on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, 1990-2008; Alcohol-related medical encounters, active components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 2006-December 2008; Preliminary report: Febrile acute respiratory disease caused by adenovirus type 14, U.S. Coast Guard Training Center, Cape May, New Jersey, March 2009; Update: Pneumonia-influenza and severe acute respiratory illnesses, active components, U.S. Armed Forces, January 1997-March 2009; Surveillance Snapshot: Influenza A and B, service members and beneficiaries, ... |
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| A Comprehensive Officer Sabbatical Program: Rethinking the Military Officer Career Path |
09-Apr-2009 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
James M Gerlach; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The military needs to retain its best officers and maximize the skills and abilities of these officers to achieve the more proficient and professional officer corps required in the modern, complex operating environment. Due to externalities affecting retention, limited opportunities for formal and informal education outside the military environment, changing demographics within the greater military family, difficulty competing with characteristics of the civilian workforce, and a growing civilian-military cultural gap, ... |
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| Taking the Bite Out of Dental Readiness: Assessing Readiness in the National Guard and the Reserves |
01-Apr-2009 |
44 pages |
| Authors:
George J Hucal; DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS WASHINGTON DC
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| The activation and deployment of the National Guard and Reserves have increased since September 11, 2001. There is an emphasis on keeping those units manned, equipped, trained, and ready for future deployments and cases of national contingencies. Medical readiness plays a critical role in service members being able to accomplish their mission. Dental readiness is one essential part of medical readiness, and therefore is of national importance. The Army and ... |
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| Medical Surveillance Monthly Report (MSMR). Volume 16, Number 4, April 2009 |
Apr-2009 |
37 pages |
| Authors:
ARMED FORCES HEALTH SURVEILLANCE CENTER SILVER SPRING MD
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| ARTICLES: Hospitalizations among members of active components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008; Surveillance Snapshot: Deaths among active component service members, 1990-2008; Ambulatory visits among members of active components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008; Absolute and relative morbidity burdens attributable to various illnesses and injuries, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008; Reportable medical events, active and reserve components, U.S. Armed Forces, 2008. SUMMARY TABLES AND FIGURES: Deployment health assessments update; Acute respiratory disease, basic training ... |
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| Longitudinal Risk and Resilience Factors Predicting Psychiatric Disruption, Mental Health Service Utilization & Military Retention in OIF National Guard Troops |
Apr-2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Melissa A Polusny; Christopher R Erbes; Paul Arbisi; Madhavi K Reddy; MINNESOTA UNIV MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL SCHOOL
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| This report describes progress towards completing a 4-wave longitudinal cohort study of predeployment risk and resilience factors predictive of post-deployment levels of mental health disruptions, mental health service utilization, and military retention and attrition over time. Using standard mail survey methodology, Wave 2 self-report measures have been gathered from 81% of the original Baseline/Wave 1 cohort with response bias appearing minimal. Wave 3 data have been collected from 64% of ... |
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| North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development and Diplomacy |
30-Mar-2009 |
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| Authors:
Larry A Niksch; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| Since August 2003, negotiations over North Korea's nuclear weapons programs have involved six governments: the United States, North Korea, China, South Korea, Japan, and Russia. Since the talks began, North Korea has operated nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and apparently has produced weapons-grade plutonium. Various estimates place North Korea's plutonium production at between 30 and 50 kilograms, enough for five to eight atomic weapons. After North Korea tested a nuclear device ... |
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| A Full-Time Workforce for an Operational Army National Guard |
30-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Van De; John W Loop; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The events of 9/11 accelerated the transformation of the Army National Guard from a strategic reserve to what many now call an operational reserve, yet a corresponding change to the full-time workforce has not been realized. It remains a workforce consisting largely of dual-status military technicians and Active Guard and Reserve soldiers, augmented by a small non-dual-status civilian sector that has not changed in numbers for 40 years. It is ... |
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| When to Deploy the Field Advance Civilian Team |
18-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey R Eckstein; ARMY PEACEKEEPING AND STABILITY OPERATIONS INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The USG will continue to support operations to achieve its national security objectives. With the potential for failing states and instability throughout the world, the Obama Administration will have to decide the appropriate level of USG commitment to support operations in other nations to foster stability and enhance prosperity. The current S/CRS framework for stabilization provides for deploying FACTs but does not give a criterion to aid in the decision. ... |
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| Team-Based Execution Of Autonomous Missions (TEAM), Spiral 1 |
16-Mar-2009 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Robert B Rieg; LOCKHEED MARTIN SYSTEMS INTEGRATION OWENGO NY
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| Demonstration slides for a presentation on MCM Systems for LCS Advanced Flight Mission Package; part of Team-Based Execution of Autonomous Missions (TEAM), Spiral 1. |
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| Maximizing Pre-Mobilization Training at Home Station |
13-Mar-2009 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Michael R Aberle; Anthony Johnson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The current mobilization policy directs deploying reserve component units to serve at least 365 days on active duty. This policy requires much of the training the mobilized unit previously completed at the mobilization station and after they were mobilized now must be completed prior to their mobilization date to allow maximum use of the mobilized unit's deployment. This paper examines what steps were taken to facilitate this new method of ... |
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| Affects of Multiple Deployments on Families |
11-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Darrell Duckworth; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| At the strategic level, balancing the military force structure, maintaining equipment, and properly supporting its family members has not been easy for the United States Army. Ongoing combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to put an enormous amount of stress on its Soldiers and their families. Many soldiers joined the military in search of a brighter future for themselves and their families, but in some cases had not expected ... |
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| Evolving Army Leader Training: Adapting for GWOT Experienced Junior Leaders |
10-Mar-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Malcolm B Frost; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The United States Army's Junior Leaders are exactly what Army Senior Leaders and Very Senior Leaders want them to be: creative, adaptive, flexible, and agile leaders who think strategically and act decisively based on their GWOT experiences. The hallmark and core of Army training and leader development remains a highly structured, organized, and centralized system. If this system does not adapt, flex, and evolve in parallel with the demands of ... |
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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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| Missile Defense: The Need for a Single Development Process |
06-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Disinger; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| With the announcement of the National Security Presidential Directive -23, the United States was committed to produce a set of initial missile defense capabilities by 2004. This was achieved. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is charged with developing and deploying a layered Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) in capability blocks to defend the U.S. homeland, deployed forces, friends, and allies. The MDA in concert with USSTRATCOM developed a Warrior Involvement ... |
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| Civil Affairs - Vanguard for the Emerging Army Reserve Profession |
01-Mar-2009 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
George P McDonnell; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The deployment of tens of thousands of Reserve Soldiers for Operations ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF) and IRAQI FREEDOM (OIF) has changed the Department of Defense's (DoD) perspective toward the Reserve Component. The DoD concluded that it must manage its Reserve Components as an operational force. One heavily deployed segment within the Reserve Components in support of the Global War on Terror is U.S. Army Civil Affairs (CA). As United States forces ... |
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| Treatment of PTSD-Related Anger in Troops Returning From Hazardous Deployments |
01-Mar-2009 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
M T Shea; BROWN UNIV PROVIDENCE RI
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| The long-term goal of the research is to provide an effective intervention for the prevention of secondary and escalating effects of poor anger control associated with trauma-related anger problems. The specific objectives are to 1) adapt an existing evidence-based cognitive-behavioral intervention (CBI) for the treatment of anger to specific needs of military personnel returning from hazardous deployments, and 2) conduct a randomized pilot study providing preliminary data on the efficacy ... |
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| An Analysis of the Effect of the Global War on Terror on the Retention of Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy |
Mar-2009 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Murat Alankaya; Hizir Kilic; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis aims to analyze the effect of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) on the retention behavior of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) graduate Navy and Marine Corps junior officers one year after their minimum service obligation (MSO). The data used for the analyses covers cohorts from 1990 to 2007. Three logistic regression models were constructed to estimate the impact of increasing operational tempo due to the GWOT. ... |
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| Predicting the Effect of Marine Corps Selective Reenlistment Bonuses in the Post-9/11 Era: Integrating the Effects of Deployment Tempo |
Mar-2009 |
161 pages |
| Authors:
David Barber; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This thesis explores the predictive effects of the Marine Corps Selective Reenlistment Bonus (SRB) on first-term retention while controlling for varying levels of deployment tempo. In order to successfully predict reenlistment decisions in the current era, the model must control for conditions that affect a Marine's choice to reenlist, none being more influential than deployments to Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom. Adding deployment tempo variables to the logit prediction model enables Marine ... |
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| A Behavioral Approach to Meeting Contingency Contracting Personnel Requirements |
Mar-2009 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Jacob Chieffo; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| This project describes the incentive processes and programs affecting U.S. Army recruitment outcomes in its attempts to encourage civilian participation in deployments for contingency contracting. Major models of human motivation are analyzed in terms of possibilities for improving the shortage of civilian contingency contracting deployments identified by the Gansler Report (October 2007). Issues of incentives, employee needs, motivation, expectations, and deployment concerns, are explored to determine how to increase the ... |
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| Simulation-Based Analysis and Evaluation of Tactical Multi-Hop Radio Networks |
Mar-2009 |
125 pages |
| Authors:
Howard D Smith; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| For many years, the technologies involved in the newest generations of tactical communication equipment have increased the reliability and security of tactical voice communications from the highest to the lowest levels of combat command. However, the complexities inherent to wireless data networks have prevented the reach of valuable data links from extending efficiently and reliably to the lowest levels of tactical command. This thesis attempts to quantify the performance of ... |
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| Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special Experiment (RIGEX) Post Flight Analysis, Ground Testing, Modeling, and Future Applications |
Mar-2009 |
244 pages |
| Authors:
Brett J Cooper; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH DEPT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
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| The Rigidizable Inflatable Get-Away-Special EXperiment (RIGEX) Space Shuttle experiment was run successfully onboard STS-123 (Endeavour) in March 2008. The objective of this thesis is to analyze the space flight and post space flight test data, correlate the data to previous ground tests, and update finite element models. In turn, this research will help demonstrate the feasibility of using lightweight and low stowage volume (high packaging ratio) inflatable/rigidizable space structures in ... |
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| Epigenetic Patterns of PTSD: DNA Methylation in Serum of OIF/OEF Service Members |
Mar-2009 |
8 pages |
| Authors:
Jennifer A Rusiecki; JACKSON (HENRY M) FOUNDATION ROCKVILLE MD
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| The molecular mechanisms involved in PTSD are not well characterized; epigenetic factors could offer new insights. Gene expression studies have found differences in cytokine expression signatures between PTSD patients and controls. DNA methylation is intrinsically linked to the regulation of gene expression and is modifiable. We are carrying out a systematic investigation of DNA methylation patterns in cytokines in soldiers prior to OIF or OEF deployment; serum derived DNA is ... |
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| Dual Caliber Deployments: The Future MEU Battery |
25-Feb-2009 |
13 pages |
| Authors:
Taylor N Young; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| Right now a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) commander is debating how to support his mission with the right mix of personnel and equipment. In the process, he will seek input from critical staff members who are considered the duty experts in their respective fields. His responsibility is to anticipate questions his commander may pose and have solutions prepared. When it comes to fires, he may find more questions than answers. ... |
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| Leveraging Transformation: Surface Deployment & Distribution Command (SDDC) in Okinawa, Japan |
23-Feb-2009 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Richard J Kramer; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| Effective deployment and sustainment of United States expeditionary armed forces requires Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) to implement all efficiencies and take advantage of all opportunities available to increase organizational flexibility and streamline seaport planning, operations and management. Challenged by the strategic global realignment of the United States, changes in the commercial shipping industry, and demand for further cost efficiencies, SDDC has restructured many of their permanent worldwide seaport ... |
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| The Increase in Training Requirements is Having an Adverse Impact on Technical MOS Proficiency |
20-Feb-2009 |
16 pages |
| Authors:
N B Cahoon; MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA
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| What the Marine Corps is currently asking its Marines to accomplish is impossible. Every day, Marines throughout the Corps are asked to take on more training at the expense of maintaining proficiency in their own military occupational specialty (MOS). The Marine Corps must eliminate extraneous annual and pre-deployment training requirements to allow Marines to attain proficiency with new technologies and maintain enduring MOS proficiency. The Marine Corps has too many ... |
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| Enabling the Future of Tactical Marine Aviation |
20-Feb-2009 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Michael Allen; MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA
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| A newly-minted aviator arrives at his first operational squadron. With cautious confidence, he hits the ground running, ready to master the tactics that will ensure success during his first deployment. After returning from the deployment with multiple weapons dropped and air medals earned, each aviator must complete an enormous amount of training that could not be accomplished over-seas. This aviator has been in the squadron for over a year, has ... |
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