2012-05-10T18:03:04Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/a/asch_beth_j.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2003/02/09/BG.html 2003-02-09T18:31:00Z 2003-02-09T18:31:00Z

Despite some calls to reinstitute the draft, Beth Asch writes in an commentary that the all-volunteer military is working just fine.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R3713.html 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Navy's pool of potential 17- to 21-year-old recruits is expected to diminish. A strategy for aiding the Navy's future recruiting effort is to alter its recruiter management techniques, particularly its incentive program, the Freeman Plan.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP108.html 2004-12-20T13:58:00Z 2004-12-20T13:58:00Z

Discusses how manpower and personnel policies can be used to produce the changes in military culture needed for transformation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG105.html 2004-12-17T12:07:00Z 2004-12-17T12:07:00Z

Presents the results of a national survey of college youth on their level of interest in military enlistment under various hypothetical programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG861.html 2009-08-26T10:52:00Z 2009-08-26T10:52:00Z

Identifies factors that explain trends in black and Hispanic representation among high-quality recruits in the Army and Navy; considers which policies are likely to be most effective in increasing high-quality enlistments within different groups.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG324.html 2005-10-18T06:44:00Z 2005-10-18T06:44:00Z

The military must attract, retain, and promote high-quality personnel. This monograph examines its ability to meet these goals. Using the quality index, we find that those who stay until midcareer and are promoted are significantly higher quality.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG773.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Explores ways to increase Hispanic enlistment in the U.S. armed forces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR127.html 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Preliminary assessment of new educational benefits programs, such as those offered by some active components, to help reserve components attract high-quality recruits and of whether potential of programs warrants further evaluation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR549.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report provides the results of a preliminary analysis of recent trends in enlistment propensity and in the levels of specific supply and demand factors, and their implications for recruiting.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1492.html 2005-04-29T09:28:00Z 2005-04-29T09:28:00Z

A Look at Cash Compensation for Active-Duty Military Personnel

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR199.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Provides input regarding alternativec ompensation proposals for the reserve components and the broader issues surrounding reserve retirement reform.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR748.html 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summarize the principal features of a model of military compensation developed by the authors earlier and use it to analyze the effects of converting the current military retirement system to an alternative system.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR302.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The relative cost-effectiveness of two incentive programs for recruitment — enlistment bonuses and educational benefits — are analyzed.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR244.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The available data suggest that, on net, emigration has a positive effect on the sending country.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR465.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Summarizes the authors' previously developed theoretical model of compensation in a large, hierarchical organization like the military that permits an analysis of the issues surrounding the design of military compensation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR497.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report assesses existing evidence about the potential of military service and training as methods to prepare disadvantaged youth for productive roles in the work force and society.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR439.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A primary goal of military compensation is to enable the military to meet its manning objectives for force size, composition, and wartime capability.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7554.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in A Look at Cash Compensation for Active-Duty Military Personnel (MR-1492-OSD).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7533.html 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since 1993, overall military pay has declined relative to civilian pay, by 6.5 percent for enlistees and by 10 percent for officers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB7522.html 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Explore the factors underlying this increased interest in college, assess the effectiveness of current programs for combining military service and college, and outline potential approaches for increasing the attractiveness of military service to college-bound youth.