2012-05-21T16:34:48Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/m/miller_laura.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2008/05/07/USAT.html 2008-05-07T15:03:00Z 2008-05-07T15:03:00Z

In academia and, increasingly, corporate America, sabbaticals are a time-honored way to step aside from the daily grind and intellectually reboot. The U.S. Army should embrace something similar, writes Laura Miller.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/occasional_papers/OP154.html 2005-10-12T15:11:00Z 2005-10-12T15:11:00Z

Drawing on RAND's extensive work in military personnel management, this paper identifies potential planning and analysis tools that might be adapted to address the some of the recruiting and retention challenges faced by law enforcement agencies.

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/RB7515.html 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Integration of women has had a small effect on readiness, cohesion, and morale — leadership, training, and the unit workload are perceived as having a far more profound influence.

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/monograph_reports/MR896.html 1997-01-01T12:01:40Z 1997-01-01T12:01:40Z

Gender integration has had only small effects on the matters that count most: defense readiness, unit cohesion, and morale.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR879.html 2011-03-03T08:30:00Z 2011-03-03T08:30:00Z

Air Force families confront issues related to children, finances, employment, and the effects of moves and deployments but, by and large, remain satisfied with Air Force life.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB583.html 2010-04-12T17:00:00Z 2010-04-12T17:00:00Z

Messages from senior Air Force leaders to Airmen need to reinforce stated cultural goals and generally do so. Greater emphasis and clarity are needed in some areas, and some dissemination challenges exist.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1124.html 2011-11-21T09:45:00Z 2011-11-21T09:45:00Z

Describes the development and testing of a survey tool that the Department of Defense and local military commanders can use to gauge the problems and problem-related needs of service members and their families and how well those needs are being met.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9604.html 2011-11-21T09:45:00Z 2011-11-21T09:45:00Z

Describes a new survey design framework that is centered on what service members and their families believe are their greatest needs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9150.html 2006-01-13T11:30:00Z 2006-01-13T11:30:00Z

This research brief summarizes a multidisciplinary study to provide insight into the effect of deployment on military personnel and permit several implications to be drawn for policy.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG432.html 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Offers insights into the challenges faced by active-duty service members deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, the resiliency they and their families have shown in coping with these challenges, and the adequacy of defense manpower policy in assisting members and families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG553.html 2007-01-29T16:36:00Z 2007-01-29T16:36:00Z

Considers the utility of the U.S. Army shift, in 1998, of its senior enlisted force from a fixed enlistment contract system to indefinite reenlistment and the potential applicability to the other service branches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2012-04.html 2012-05-11T13:15:00Z 2012-05-11T13:15:00Z

Stories cover Iran's nuclear threat, social security in Mexico, programs for veterans, crime costs, U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, the health insurance mandate, legal defense, marijuana legalization, global education, and Louisiana's coastal planning.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1175.html 2012-05-21T09:00:00Z 2012-05-21T09:00:00Z

To support a congressionally mandated review of gender-based assignment restrictions in the U.S. military, RAND researchers described and quantified the positions that are closed to women in each of the services.