Militaries from the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, and Israel all see a role for heavy forces, including tanks, in irregular warfare and hybrid warfare environments because they reduce operational risk, minimize friendly casualties, and provide an intimidation factor against adversaries.
Although building partner capacity (BPC) and stability operations are receiving a good deal of attention in official strategy and planning documents, insufficient attention is being paid to the details of an integrated strategy.
First Lady Michelle Obama praised RAND research on the effects of deployment on children from military families. She delivered a speech to an audience at the National Military Family Association Summit.
Given the experiences of industry and communities, many Army installations have started to develop and implement installation sustainability plans, which document long-range plans addressing mission, community, and environmental issues developed through a strategic planning process.
In order to improve the effectiveness of combined arms planning and assessment operations, ground commanders need information pertaining to cultural and other "soft" factors and practical ways to integrate such information into influence operations activities.
RAND Arroyo Center examined the question of how the Army can help make key civilian agencies more capable partners in stability, security, transition, and reconstruction operations. Even without much action at the national level, the Army can still improve civilian participation in these activities.
Maintaining high-quality soldiers requires personnel policies that accomplish the key objective of the military personnel system: attracting and maintaining the right people, and then training and managing them in a way that maximizes their capabilities. In the area of this core competency, the Manpower and Training Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center, endeavors to understand and enhance the contribution of Army personnel, their qualities and skills, their preparation for varied missions, and their ability to coordinate actions to produce a coherent operating force.
Maintaining high-quality soldiers requires personnel policies that accomplish the key objective of the military personnel system: attracting and maintaining the right people, and then training and managing them in a way that maximizes their capabilities. In the area of this core competency, the Manpower and Training Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center, endeavors to understand and enhance the contribution of Army personnel, their qualities and skills, their preparation for varied missions, and their ability to coordinate actions to produce a coherent operating force.
Maintaining high-quality soldiers requires personnel policies that accomplish the key objective of the military personnel system: attracting and maintaining the right people, and then training and managing them in a way that maximizes their capabilities. In the area of this core competency, the Manpower and Training Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center, endeavors to understand and enhance the contribution of Army personnel, their qualities and skills, their preparation for varied missions, and their ability to coordinate actions to produce a coherent operating force.
The Military Logistics Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center conducts analyses to help the Army improve support to operational forces, enhance the effectiveness of its business processes, and optimize the industrial base and support infrastructure. At the strategic level, research on military logistics helps the Army to develop both a compelling vision of future support capabilities and an effective strategy for executing the vision.
The Military Logistics Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center conducts analyses to help the Army improve support to operational forces, enhance the effectiveness of its business processes, and optimize the industrial base and support infrastructure. At the strategic level, research on military logistics helps the Army to develop both a compelling vision of future support capabilities and an effective strategy for executing the vision.
The Military Logistics Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center conducts analyses to help the Army improve support to operational forces, enhance the effectiveness of its business processes, and optimize the industrial base and support infrastructure. At the strategic level, research on military logistics helps the Army to develop both a compelling vision of future support capabilities and an effective strategy for executing the vision.
This annual report describes the breadth and depth of RAND Arroyo Center projects undertaken in fiscal year 2008. It also provides a comprehensive overview of the full range of Arroyo's research products and services, featuring short summaries of noteworthy studies and highlighting the contributions and achievements of selected researchers.
Establishing security is the sine qua non of stability operations, since it is a prerequisite for reconstruction and development. Security requires a mix of military and police forces to deal with a range of threats from insurgents to criminal organizations. This research examines the creation of a high-end police force, which the authors call a Stability Police Force.
The Force Development and Technology Program, part of the RAND Arroyo Center, identifies and assesses ways in which technological advances and new operational concepts can improve the Army’s effectiveness in current and future conflicts. The work focuses on helping the Army determine how to maintain its technological edge against adaptable adversaries. This is accomplished by performing assessments of a technology’s feasibility, performance, cost, and risk.
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