2013-05-28T15:12:39Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/manacapilli_thomas.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR880.html 2011-05-03T08:00:00Z 2011-05-03T08:00:00Z

Examines educational approaches that would customize U.S. Air Force training to individual needs, with the intent of minimizing training time and hastening trainee productivity, leading to reduced costs. Recommends vocational training experiments.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR955.html 2012-02-02T09:30:00Z 2012-02-02T09:30:00Z

The Air Force has a continuing interest in reducing high attrition and training-block failure (washback) rates, as both increase training and recruiting costs. This report describes research into these issues for nine career fields.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR881.html 2010-12-20T03:59:00Z 2010-12-20T03:59:00Z

There may be opportunities to better leverage enlisted personnel, warrant officers, and limited-duty officers in some billets designated for officers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR378.html 2006-11-29T16:31:00Z 2006-11-29T16:31:00Z

This report serves as a user's guide for the RAND schoolhouse model, which was developed to inform policy decisions regarding technical training pipeline issues within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9449.html 2009-05-21T10:30:00Z 2009-05-21T10:30:00Z

Air Force, Army, and Navy training programs for enlisted medical personnel are being consolidated to increase interoperability. A RAND methodology defines standards of practice across services and evaluates options for obtaining qualified personnel.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG555.html 2007-03-26T01:53:00Z 2007-03-26T01:53:00Z

Develops a methodology to determine the most cost-effective combination of initial skills training and on-the-job training for enlisted airmen.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1668.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

A users' manual for the Compensation, Accessions, and Personnel Management (CAPM) system describes the CAPM user interface and discusses the various notebooks used in the software, the settings and options available when using them, and how to inspect the output of model runs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1797.html 2004-01-01T12:05:17Z 2004-01-01T12:05:17Z

Improving the Air Force's training management and decision processes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG348.html 2005-06-29T06:57:00Z 2005-06-29T06:57:00Z

Addresses the impact of changing skills required of fighter, mobility, bomber, and Special Operations Forces pilots on decisions about replacing or extending service lives of trainer aircraft

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB125-1.html 2006-12-04T16:55:00Z 2006-12-04T16:55:00Z

This research brief suggests measures to improve the flow and usage of cost and capacity data in the Air Force's technical training programs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB174.html 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Assessing the Impact of Future Operations on Trainer Aircraft Requirements (MG-348-AF).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB229.html 2007-04-08T22:24:00Z 2007-04-08T22:24:00Z

This research brief examines the balance between schoolhouse courses and on-the-job training in the Air Force and suggests that a better mixture could be more cost-effective at producing new airmen.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB125.html 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG624.html 2007-10-03T04:40:00Z 2007-10-03T04:40:00Z

Airmen who do not routinely leave a defended perimeter when deployed face incidents that will require training beyond what they may have received historically in their specialties.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG678.html 2008-06-22T23:06:00Z 2008-06-22T23:06:00Z

Examines the practice of not standardizing the test scores that are part of the U.S. Air Force enlisted promotion system and discusses possible standardization strategies.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG755.html 2008-10-16T13:55:00Z 2008-10-16T13:55:00Z

Air liaison officers (ALOs) are U.S. Air Force officers who provide close air support to U.S. Army units. This investigation of the feasibility of an ALO career field relies on historical sources, interviews, and a personnel flow analysis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG774.html 2009-02-26T12:32:00Z 2009-02-26T12:32:00Z

A methodology is outlined for defining a common standard of practice that can be applied to the surgical technologist specialty -- or any other medical specialty -- with the goal of consolidating training for enlisted military personnel across services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1152.html 2012-08-30T10:45:00Z 2012-08-30T10:45:00Z

Presents an assessment of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC), which trains foreign nationals in English prior to their attending U.S. military education and training courses.