| Eliminating Major Gaps in DoD Data on the Fully-Burdened and Life-Cycle Cost of Military Personnel: Cost Elements Should be Mandated by Policy |
07 Jan 2013 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (MANPOWER RESERVE AFFAIRS/LOGISTICS) WASHINGTON DC RESERVE FORCES POLICY BOARD
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 | It is increasingly apparent and documented by and to senior Department of Defense (DoD) and Congressional leaders, outside think tanks and subject matter experts, that the fully-burdened and life-cycle cost growth trends supporting the All-Volunteer force have reached unsustainable levels. Although the Department requires its contractors to provide fully-burdened and life-cycle cost computations on their invoices and the Department s acquisition process require the same before approving the purchase of ... |
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| Army Drawdown and Restructuring: Background and Issues for Congress |
03 Jan 2013 |
40 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Feickert; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| On January 26, 2012, senior DoD leadership unveiled a new defense strategy based on a review of potential future security challenges, current defense strategy, and budgetary constraints. This new strategy envisions a smaller, leaner Army that is agile, flexible, rapidly deployable, and technologically advanced. This strategy will rebalance the Army's global posture and presence, emphasizing where potential problems are likely to arise, such as the Asia-Pacific region and the Middle ... |
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| Improving NATO'S Capabilities: A Roadmap to 2020 |
14 Dec 2012 |
128 pages |
| Authors:
Pierre A Leroux; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Using a comprehensive approach, this study aims to recommend measures that will improve NATO's capabilities and make it a more efficient organization. For any military organization, adjusting capabilities to governmental ambitions and strategic goals is fundamental. As such, NATO needs to continuously adjust its posture and capabilities to remain relevant in the face of new threats and new requirements, especially since the end of the Cold War. This adjustment is ... |
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| New Zealand Defense into 2035 -- Future 35 Strategy |
14 Dec 2012 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Terrence McDonald; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is implementing a strategy to ensure its viability into the future, known as Future 35. The strategy focuses on the two overarching themes of organizational reform and capability renewal. The strategy was developed in a fiscally austere environment in which government seeks to gain efficiency and effectiveness from its government departments, including the defense force. This thesis examines these two key themes to determine ... |
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| Risk Assessment of Readiness and Life Cycle Cost for Weapon Systems |
07 Dec 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Keebom Kang; Kenneth H Doerr; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY
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| Given an acceptable level of military performance, arguably the two most important criteria for weapon systems performance are readiness (operational availability, or Ao) and life-cycle cost (LCC). These two criteria are in conflict: one may maximize Ao by increasing LCC or minimize LCC by degrading Ao. In this paper, we develop a model to analyze risk factors associated with this bi-criterion problem. To analyze the impact of input factors on ... |
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| Will U.S. Forces Be Hollow Once Again? |
06 Dec 2012 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin J Groppel; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| This monograph explores the current debate surrounding the decrease in the defense budget following prolonged conflict and how it could lead to a hollow force. The term hollow force refers to military forces that appear mission-ready, but in reality suffer from shortages in personnel and equipment, and from deficiencies in training. The monograph examines case studies of the Korean War, the post-Vietnam War era, the post-Cold War era, and the ... |
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| Challenges, Benefits, and Recommendations for Continued Nigerian Peacekeeping |
02 Nov 2012 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
William M Wando; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| Africa is a continent that holds a high place in U.S. national security interests, yet it is still beset with local and regional conflicts. After Western attempts to aid Somalia in the early 1990s ended in tragedy, changes in U.S. policy have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to get involved directly in peacekeeping efforts in chaotic areas such as Africa. What has evolved since then is an ... |
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| Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget |
Nov 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew S Goldberg; CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Compensation of military personnel takes up a substantial portion of the nation s defense budget. In its fiscal year 2013 budget request, for example, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the armed services. As in most recent years, that amount was more than one-quarter of DoD s total base budget request (the request for all ... |
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| Costs of Military Pay and Benefits in the Defense Budget |
Nov 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| Compensation of military personnel takes up a substantial portion of the nation s defense budget. In its fiscal year 2013 budget request, for example, the Department of Defense (DoD) requested about $150 billion to fund the pay and benefits of current and retired members of the armed services. As in most recent years, that amount was more than one-quarter of DoD s total base budget request (the request for all ... |
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| Department of Everything: Department of Defense Spending That Has Little to Do With National Security |
Nov 2012 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Tom A Coburn; SENATE (UNITED STATES) WASHINGTON DC
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| The threat of our national debt can be defeated by reviewing every department, every program, and expenditure within the federal budget, including at the Department of Defense (DOD). We must eliminate waste and duplication to refocus the Pentagon to its true mission: fighting and winning the nation's wars. This report examines five areas of the Pentagon budget that have little to do with national security where taxpayer dollars could be ... |
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| Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress |
25 Oct 2012 |
64 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
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| The planned size of the Navy, the rate of Navy ship procurement, and the prospective affordability of the Navy s shipbuilding plans have been matters of concern for the congressional defense committees for the past several years. In February 2006, the Navy presented to Congress a goal of achieving and maintaining a fleet of 313 ships, consisting of certain types and quantities of ships. On March 28, 2012, the Department ... |
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| Applications of Lexical Link Analysis Web Service for Large-Scale Automation, Validation, Discovery, Visualization, and Real-Time Program Awareness |
23 Oct 2012 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Ying Zhao; Shelley P Gallup; Douglas J MacKinnon; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OPERATIONAL AND INFORMATION SCIENCES
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| DoD acquisition is an extremely complex system, composed of myriad stakeholders, processes, people, activities, and organizational structures. Processes within this complex system are encumbered by continuous creation of large amounts of unstructured and unformatted acquisition program data. Acquisition analysts and decision-makers must analyze this available data to obtain a complete and understandable picture. For those embedded within the complexities of the acquisition community, this effort represents a daunting, if not ... |
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| SBIR & STTR |
18 Oct 2012 |
32 pages |
| Authors:
Brad Guay; ARMY RESEARCH LAB ADELPHI MD
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| A Hollow Army Reappraised: President Carter, Defense Budgets, and the Politics of Military Readiness |
Oct 2012 |
80 pages |
| Authors:
Frank L Jones; ARMY WAR COLL STRATEGIC STUDIES INST CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
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| The term hollow army or the broader expression, hollow force, has as much currency today as it did when an Army Chief of Staff first uttered the phrase 3 decades ago. In this period of declining defense budgets, the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff have articulated how the newly released strategic guidance and budget priorities represent a ... |
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| The Future of American Landpower: Does Forward Presence Still Matter? The Case of the Army in Europe |
Oct 2012 |
56 pages |
| Authors:
John R Deni; ARMY WAR COLLEGE CARLISLE BARRACKS PA STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE
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| For at least 50 years, many American politicians, scholars, and observers of European affairs have complained about perceived inequitable burdensharing in NATO. If only the United States would withdraw its military forces from Europe, our European allies would pick up the slack and start paying more for their own defense. The decision to station U.S. forces in Europe during peacetime was in substance and style a major commitment to European ... |
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| Can NATO Meet Defense Challenges in an Era of Austerity? |
Oct 2012 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA
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| The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has strived since 1949 to safeguard the security and freedom of its member countries. However, in the coming decade, NATO will have to operate in an environment of fiscal austerity and declining defense budgets. The onset of the global economic crisis has forced all major force contributors to NATO to trim their defense budgets. These cuts have been driven almost entirely by the need ... |
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| Defense Acquisition Research Journal. Volume 19, Number 4, Issue 64 |
Oct 2012 |
137 pages |
| Authors:
Larrie D Ferreiro; Mary Redshaw; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| This issue's theme The Military-Industrial Complex is taken from the term popularized by President Dwight Eisenhower in his farewell address on January 17, 1961. Although he used the phrase in a cautionary sense--we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence ... by the military-industrial complex--the close link between military and industrial strength has long been recognized as an essential ingredient in a nation's strategic capability. The first article, The ... |
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| Analysis of Lean Initiatives in the Production of Naval Aviators |
Sep 2012 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
III Prebula Albert J; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
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| The Department of the Navy is dealing with shrinking budgets and increased training requirements for the production of Naval Aviators for 4th and 5th generation Navy aircraft. Lean and Six Sigma strategies are routinely used in today's manufacturing processes. The U.S. military is saving billions of dollars by implementing quality improvement methods such as Lean Six Sigma, and these savings could grow even faster as the Department of Defense takes ... |
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| Defense Finance and Accounting Service Needs to Improve the Process for Reconciling the Other Defense Organizations' Fund Balance with Treasury |
09 Jul 2012 |
30 pages |
| Authors:
Amy J Frontz; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ALEXANDRIA VA OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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| We evaluated the adequacy of audit trails and assessed the Other Defense Organizations' (ODO) Fund Balance with Treasury (FBWT) reconciliation processes. This is one in a series of reports relating to the reconciliation of the ODO FBWT accounts. The first report concluded that the Cash Management Report (CMR) was not complete or accurate. We found that the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) Indianapolis did not perform adequate, transaction-level reconciliations ... |
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| Keynote Address by Secretary Panetta at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of Defense Communities (Video) |
06 Jul 2012 |
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| Authors:
Leon Panetta; OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC
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 | Keynote Address given by Secretary Panetta at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association of Defense Communities, July 6, 2012, Monterey, CA. |
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| Long-Term Implications of the 2013 Future Years Defense Program |
Jul 2012 |
50 pages |
| Authors:
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE (U S CONGRESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| In most years, the Department of Defense (DoD) provides a five-year plan, called the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP), associated with the budget that it submits to the Congress. Because decisions made in the near term can have consequences for the defense budget well beyond that period, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) regularly examines DoD s FYDP and projects its budgetary impact over several decades. For this analysis, CBO used ... |
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| Military Base Realignments and Closures: Updated Costs and Savings Estimates from BRAC 2005 |
29 Jun 2012 |
53 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; Laura Talbott; Vijay Barnabas; John Beauchamp; John Clary; Susan Ditto; Brandon Jones; Gregory Marchand; Charles Perdue; Pauline Reaves; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| To assess DoD's cost estimates of implementing BRAC 2005, we examined the initial cost estimates in the BRAC Commission's Report to the President and compared them to our analyses of data in DoD's fiscal year 2011 BRAC 2005 budget submission to Congress. In addition, we discussed with the military departments' BRAC offices the reasons for cost increases and reviewed OSD's business plans for recommendations that had the largest increases in ... |
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| Military Base Realignments and Closures: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Technology Center Construction Project |
29 Jun 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Brian J Lepore; Harold Reich; Pamela Davidson; Michael J Hanson; Joanne Landesman; Gregory Marchand; Brian Mazanec; Charles Perdue; Amie Steele; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| To determine the extent to which DoD carried out the original scope of work for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) Technology Center and whether the building it constructed constitutes a complete and usable facility, we reviewed budget and project documents and interviewed officials from NGA, the Army, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In particular, we focused our information-gathering efforts on NGA's identified need for data-storage capability, the ... |
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| Achieving Homeland Security in a Time of Diminishing Resources |
08 Jun 2012 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Jason T Woodward; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
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| This thesis endeavors to determine if the current organization of the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) best achieves homeland security in a time of diminishing resources. The growing threat to national security posed by the burgeoning federal debt has resulted in budget cuts across all government agencies. The forecasted budget reductions provide increased motivation to ensure that the highest benefit is received from the resources ... |
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| Marine Corps Depot Maintenance: Budgeting and Management of Carryover Could Be Improved |
Jun 2012 |
34 pages |
| Authors:
Asif A Khan; Greg Pugnetti; Steve Donahue; Keith McDaniel; Hal Santarelli; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| The Marine Corps depot maintenance activity group (DMAG) repairs and overhauls weapon systems and support equipment to battle-ready condition for deployed and soon-to-be deployed units. To the extent that DMAG does not complete work at year-end, the work and related funding will be carried over into the next fiscal year. Carryover is the reported dollar value of work that has been ordered and funded by customers but not completed by ... |
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| The Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. Main Report |
Jun 2012 |
293 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The Department of Defense (DOD) faces fiscal challenges on many fronts; among them is the rising cost of personnel. The United States is slowly recovering from an unusually long and deep recession. The large federal budget deficit is creating mounting pressure to control growth in federal programs. It is within this context that the 11th QRMC was chartered to examine whether compensation levels are sufficient to sustain recruitment and retention ... |
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| The Eleventh Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation. Supporting Research Papers |
Jun 2012 |
935 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE (PERSONNEL AND READINESS) WASHINGTON DC
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| The research papers included in this volume were written in support of the 11th QRMC. They include more detailed discussion of the topics addressed in the main report, to include description of the data sets and methodology used in the various analyses. The views expressed in these papers represent those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the Department of Defense. |
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| Less is More: Pooling and Sharing of European Military Capabilities in the Past and Present |
Jun 2012 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas Overhage; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS
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| This thesis analyzes the policy implications of the pooling and sharing of forces and weapons as a feasible way to strengthen European military power in an era of scarcity. The thesis argues that pooling and sharing is likely to be successful only if states enhance their emphasis on collective defense by mutual aid and self-help and reduce particularist and parochial interests of local gain. Pooling and sharing could improve European ... |
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| Administrative History of the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development from 1952 through 1975 |
Jun 2012 |
159 pages |
| Authors:
Robert F Phillips; AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND ANDREWS AFB MD
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| This document recounts the administrative history of the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development (EOARD) as well as its predecessor, the European Office of Aerospace Research (EOAR). The period covered is from the inception of the European Office on 22 August 1952 until 1 July 1975, approximately one year after its assignment to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. During the course of those 23 years, EOAR (and ... |
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| Energy Investments for Military Operations: For Fiscal Year 2013 |
Jun 2012 |
46 pages |
| Authors:
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WASHINGTON DC (OPERATIONAL ENERGY PLANS AND PROGRAMS)
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| On December 11, 2011, General John Allen directed all U.S. forces in Afghanistan to take steps to improve the energy security of the mission. Operational energy, he wrote, is about improving combat effectiveness. It s about increasing our forces endurance, being more lethal, and reducing the number of men and women risking their lives moving fuel. General Allen s memo and the Department s May 2011 Operational Energy Strategy send ... |
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| Avoiding a Hollow Force: Force Planning with Any Budget |
30 May 2012 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Whittenberger William W; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The United States military has experienced a predictable cycle in force structure development that leads to a hollow force after substantial budgetary reductions. The author's thesis is that by better understanding the system used to develop military force structure, and by appreciating relevant historical examples, the military can institute measures to achieve balance in national security and to break that cycle. The research method for this thesis involved an examination ... |
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| Through the Libyan Looking Glass |
22 May 2012 |
108 pages |
| Authors:
John S Williamson; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| The emergence of the Arab Spring and the NATO military participation in Libya are testament to the volatility and unpredictability of the world. Who would have considered in January 2011 that NATO would be at war in a Muslim country by March of the same year? The Libyan operation (March 19-October 31, 2011) provides a unique opportunity to assess the effectiveness of NATO at a critical time for military decision ... |
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| Alliance or Reliance? Reconsidering U.S. Forces in the Republic of Korea |
17 May 2012 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Johnathon M Kupka; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| An American military presence has been prevalent on the Korean Peninsula since the end of World War II. As Korea attempted to recover from decades of bitter Japanese rule, internal struggles and politics led to the division of Korea into North and South Korea. Separation led to war, which required increased U.S. interest in South Korea to contain communist influence spreading from the Soviet Union. While South Korea attempted to ... |
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| Flight School in the Virtual Environment: Capabilities and Risks of Executing a Simulations-Based Flight Training Program |
17 May 2012 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Craig A Blow; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES
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| Based on the current unsustainable defense budget and impending reductions, the Aviation Branch must develop a plan now to prevent a deterioration of flight skills among aviators when budget reductions can potentially decrease flight training hours. Simulators' realism has improved exponentially since the 1970s due to the integration and advancement of computer technology. Army Aviation currently relies on the use of simulators to augment actual aircraft flight training in both ... |
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| Defense Affordability |
16 May 2012 |
19 pages |
| Authors:
Jacques S Gansler; Roger C Lipitz; MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY AND PRIVATE ENTERPRISE
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| Affordability is that characteristic of a product or service that enables military users to do the following: (1) Acquire it for a reasonable life-cycle cost that falls within their budget, and in the quantity required; (2) Use it to meet their performance requirements, at a level of quality that they demand; and (3) Use it whenever they need it, over the expected life span of the product or service. Implementation ... |
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| A National Level Engagement Strategy: A Framework for Action |
15 May 2012 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Sean P LeRoy; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| To protect America's National Security in a post-drawdown world, the President needs to institute a high-level agency whose sole purpose is to decide where to expend our resources to combat terrorism around the world and preserve our national interests. The United States has come full circle from the time of President Clinton, who had a selective-engagement policy, through George W. Bush, who implemented a preemptive strike policy, and back to ... |
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| Defense Management: Actions Needed to Evaluate the Impact of Efforts to Estimate Costs of Reports and Studies |
10 May 2012 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Sharon L Pickup; James A Reynolds; Bruce Brown; Frances A Dymond; Mae Jones; Terry Richardson; Karen Richey; Amber L ; Robert Sharpe; Amie Steele; Stacey Steele; Sonja S Ware; Karen N Willems; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| Citing long-term fiscal challenges affecting the federal government, in May 2010, the Secretary of Defense directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to undertake a departmentwide initiative to assess how the department is staffed, organized, and operated with the goal of reducing excess overhead costs and reinvesting these savings in sustaining DOD s current force structure and modernizing its weapons portfolio.1 1 Remarks as delivered by former Secretary of Defense Robert ... |
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| Non-Traditional Intelligence, Reconnaissance, and Surveillance Electronic Intelligence for the Operational Electronic Warfare Officer |
04 May 2012 |
28 pages |
| Authors:
Nicholas A Vande Griend; NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT
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| The military's decreasing budget and continued requirement to simultaneously wage war with two nation states, and maintain Defense Support to Civil Authorities in the homeland, necessitate a need to think creatively on how to provide a robust intelligence collection effort in a financially constrained era. The over tasking of ISR assets and the limited support they can provide in a contested environment make use of Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ... |
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| The Use of Inflation Indexes in the Department of Defense |
May 2012 |
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| Authors:
Stanley A Horowitz; Alexander O Gallo; Daniel B Levine; Robert J Shue; Robert W Thomas; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The 2009 Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (WSARA) requires DoD's Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) to ...periodically assess and update the cost (or inflation) indexes used by the Department to ensure that such indexes have a sound basis and meet the Department's needs for realistic cost estimation. The objective of this paper is to provide CAPE with a factual and analytical basis for responding to this provision ... |
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| The Impact of Macroeconomic Forces and Fiscal Austerity on the Global Defense Sector |
May 2012 |
12 pages |
| Authors:
Nayantara Hensel; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC
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| The defense sector in the US has witnessed many changes over the past twenty years: Cycles of growth and shrinkage in the budgets, Globalization of the defense sector, Substantive consolidation of defense contractors during the 1990's in the wake of excess capacity, An evolution in the demand for certain types of weapons systems in the post 9 /11 era, Shift in defense priorities, and How will defense priorities evolve in ... |
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| Analysis to Support Execution of the Defense Environmental International Cooperation (DEIC) Program |
May 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Susan L Clark-Sestak; INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
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| The Defense Environmental International Cooperation (DEIC) program is managed by the Director of Environmental Readiness and Safety (ERS) in the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment. DEIC is a tool available for the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Combatant Commands (CCMD) to use in engagement activities with other nations. The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) produced several analyses to support ERS ... |
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| An Aerospace and Defense Industry Market Index for 1950-2012 and the Connection With Defense Spending |
30 Apr 2012 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Robert B Williamson; TENNESSEE UNIV KNOXVILLE INST OF NATIONAL DEFENSE BUSINESS
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| The U.S. aerospace and defense industry (ADI) is largely dependent on its U.S. government defense customer. Because of the vital yet specialized nature of that market, the health of the ADI should be assessed periodically to enable government and industry leaders to understand clearly how and to what extent changes to its capacities and capabilities can be forecast and incorporated in their policy deliberations for better decisions. It is widely ... |
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| Implications for the U.S. of Anglo-French Defense Cooperation |
30 Apr 2012 |
39 pages |
| Authors:
Peter Ito; David M Moore; Peter Antill; STUART YOUNG; Kevin Burgess; CRANFIELD UNIV (UNITED KINGDOM)
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| The paper analyzes, from a predominantly UK perspective, the implications for the U.S. of the November 2, 2010, Anglo-French Defence Cooperation Treaty. The current pressures on British and French defence budgets were the primary driving force behind this cooperative effort. London and Paris have made steps toward improving joint efforts in a number of areas with defence acquisition and industrial cooperation being prominent. In the UK, there appears to be ... |
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| U.S. Department of Defense Services Contract Spending and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000-2011 |
30 Apr 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
David Berteau; Guy Ben-Ari; Greg Sanders; David Morrow; Jesse Ellman; CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES WASHINGTON DC DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL INITIATIVES GROUP (DIIG)
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| The first goal of this research is to analyze trends in Department of Defense (DoD) services contract actions from 1990-2011 for the DoD overall and for individual DoD components (Army, Navy, Air Force, and other); by area of defense services contract action; and by level of competition, type of contract, and type of funding mechanism. The second goal is to analyze the composition of the industrial base supporting DoD service ... |
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| Competition and the DoD Marketplace |
30 Apr 2012 |
36 pages |
| Authors:
Nickolas H Guertin; Brian Womble; OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY (RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT TEST AND EVALUATION) WASHINGTON DC
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| The looming budget crisis brings opportunity for improving acquisition performance. Major Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts are certain, creating an even greater need to rein in costs. From almost every vantage point -- including ship, aircraft, space-ground system development, military construction, modernization, and sustainment -- acquisition costs have escalated (Ewing, 2012). A new strategy is needed to drive down costs, spur innovation, and improve acquisition performance. It is these ... |
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| Boom or Bust: Britain's Nuclear Deterrent Beyond 2025 |
26 Apr 2012 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Timothy C Green; NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV NORFOLK VA JOINT ADVANCED WARFIGHTING SCHOOL
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| Britain's submarine-launched nuclear deterrent is due to go out of service by 2025. The final decision to procure and replace it with a new system has been delayed until 2016, the latest decision deadline the procurement timeline will allow. The decision to replace the British deterrent is beset with challenging questions. Britain has over one trillion pounds of national debt. The Ministry of Defence needs to make severe cuts to ... |
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| The Role of the Military: Doing What with What? |
11 Apr 2012 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Robert O Work; OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF THE NAVY PENTAGON WASHINGTON DC
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| Looks at the place of the military in terms of National Grand Strategy. Discusses new strategic guidance. Navy-Marine Corps Team is transforming itself into a Total Force Battle Network to meet these new world view and strategy. TFBN Battle Force emphasizes versatile platforms with flexible payload and open combat systems. |
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| Defense Health Care: Applying Key Management Practices Should Help Achieve Efficiencies within the Military Health System |
Apr 2012 |
48 pages |
| Authors:
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| According to the Defense Health Board s Task Force on the Future of Military Health Care, rising health care costs result from a multitude of factors that are affecting not only DOD but also health care in general. These factors include greater utilization of health care services, increasingly expensive technology and pharmaceuticals, growing numbers of users, and the aging of the retiree population. Additionally, in 2009, the Defense Business Board ... |
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| RAH-66 Comanche-The Self-Inflicted Termination: Exploring the Dynamics of Change in Weapons Procurement |
Apr 2012 |
27 pages |
| Authors:
Julien Demotes-Mainard; DEFENSE ACQUISITION UNIV FT BELVOIR VA
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| An intriguing question in weapons acquisition is why some weapons programs' initially designated Major Defense Acquisition Programs (MDAP) -collapse after a long development process, resulting in wasted money and expertise. A salient illustration is the RAH-66 Comanche stealth helicopter. For 20 years, the Army designated the RAH-66 an MDAP. Yet, in 2004 the Army decided that the RAH-66 was no longer affordable. What changes led the Service to reverse its ... |
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| DOD Financial Management: Reported Status of Department of Defense's Enterprise Resource Planning Systems |
30 Mar 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Asif A Khan; Cynthia Jackson; Michael LaForge; Beatrice Alff; Bruce David; LaTasha Freeman; Patrick Frey; James Kernen; GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE WASHINGTON DC
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| In October 2010, we reported on the status of the Department of Defense's (DoD) enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. In that report, we noted that several of these systems were not being implemented on schedule and within budget, necessitating the extended use and funding of existing, duplicative, stove-piped systems. DoD considers the successful implementation of these systems critical to transforming its business operations and addressing long-standing weaknesses in areas such ... |
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