Researchers identify the effects of Focus Area Review Group II headquarters design and its new unit type—the Main Command Post–Operational Detachment—on division headquarters readiness....Lasīt vairāk
RAND researchers assessed gaps in business acumen and knowledge of industry present within the defense acquisition workforce. They identified apparent knowledge gaps, possible reasons for their existence, and potential approaches to closing the...Lasīt vairāk
This study assesses the relative importance of component status relative to a number of potential determinants of operational effectiveness, including but not limited to unit type, training level, experience in country, and associated costs and...Lasīt vairāk
This report offers suggestions for updating DD Form 214, which is used to characterize separating servicemembers’ service, military history, and the reasons for separation, for electronic delivery....Lasīt vairāk
A RAND Corporation study undertook a literature review and analysis of several case studies to examine factors that could increase the likelihood of success in integrating active and reserve component military staff organizations....Lasīt vairāk
As the U.S. National Defense Strategy recognizes the United States is currently locked in a great-power competition with Russia. This report analyzes how the United States can compete to its own advantage and capitalize on Russias weakness...Lasīt vairāk
This report examines how changing the way in which the Army executes mobilization and contingency planning can affect the ratio of reserve component to active component units deploying in the early weeks of a major crisis....Lasīt vairāk
Are special and incentive pays to retain current U.S. Air Force pilot officers more efficient for sustaining the size of the pilot force than accessing new pilots? If so, how much do those pays need to be?...Lasīt vairāk
This report examines current Russian hostile measures in Europe and forecasts how Russia might threaten Europe using these measures over the next few years....Lasīt vairāk
The U.S. Army uses virtual systems for collective skills training. This report examines the needs for fidelity in simulators and associated costs to support effective and efficient collective training....Lasīt vairāk
As described in this report, the authors developed an empirical basis for exploring policy issues pertaining to Department of Defense operations under a continuing resolution at the start of a fiscal year, which has become the norm in recent ye...Lasīt vairāk
The report examines the cultural characteristics, primary institutional goals, and competitive strategies exhibited by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and U.S. Special Operations Command....Lasīt vairāk
Dwayne M Butler, Angelena Bohman, Lisa Pelled Colabella, Julia A Thompson, Michael Shurkin, Stephan B Seabrook, Rebecca Jensen, Christina Bartol Burnett
This report reviews the modernisation efforts and force generation practices of four armed forces with global presence to derive lessons and practices to inform the Australian Army’s own reorganisation policy....Lasīt vairāk
This report examines how competition with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) shapes Chinese thinking about developing military aerospace power. It also examines how China selects between “copying” foreign powers and “innovating”...Lasīt vairāk
The authors examine Chinese maritime and air activity near Japan, especially around the Senkaku Islands. They consider implications for the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force and suggest ways to manage challenges presented by Chinese air activity....Lasīt vairāk
Quality of life for soldiers on contingency bases is key for morale and physical and emotional well-being but also a substantial logistics burden. This report evaluates factors that contribute to and detract from soldier quality of life....Lasīt vairāk
In this report, the author describes challenges to any potential unification of Korea and outlines alternative paths to unification. He also recommends actions that South Korea and the United States could take to achieve a more favorable outcom...Lasīt vairāk
Every military activity has informational aspects, but the information environment (IE) is not well integrated into military planning, doctrine, or processes. Better understanding of the IE will improve command and control and situational aware...Lasīt vairāk