Members of the military with a rank below that of commissioned officer constitute a vital portion of the overall strength and mobility of an armed force. RAND research on enlisted military personnel provides objective analysis and recommendations to military leaders and civilian policymakers regarding such issues as health care, diversity and quality of recruits, reenlistment behavior, personnel management, family issues, and the effects of multiple deployments.
News Release
April 12, 2007 news release:RAND Study Finds Divorce Among Soldiers Has Not Spiked Higher Despite Stress Created By Battlefield Deployments.
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Develops a methodology to determine the most cost-effective combination of initial skills training and on-the-job training for enlisted airmen.
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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.
News Release
Most U.S. military reservists see their earnings increase when they are called to active duty, contrary to the common belief that the earnings of reservists fall when they are activated.
News Release
September 14, 2006 News Release: RAND Book Calls All-Volunteer U.S. Military a Success, But Warns Current Wars Pose Challenge to Future Recruiting.
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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.
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This report focuses on the factors affecting the supply of information technology (IT) personnel to the active duty enlisted force, and the findings point to the conclusion that the IT training opportunities offered by the military can help secure th
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Can the U.S. military better meet its personnel needs by allowing more recruits to enter laterally into military service from civilian life?
Research Brief
Researchers developed a new framework to evaluate options for expanding lateral entry of non-prior-service personnel into enlisted, active-duty military occupations. The framework links goals of lateral entry with program design features. An exclusi...
Research Brief
Despite concerns that the military might face a shortage of information technology (IT) personnel within the active duty enlisted force, the services have been successful in attracting and keeping IT personnel. IT training appears to play a critical ...
Commentary
Despite some calls to reinstitute the draft, Beth Asch writes in an commentary that the all-volunteer military is working just fine.
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The Excel-based Compensation, Accessions, and Personnel Management (CAPM) model software package enables analysts to study the potential effects of personnel policy changes on future enlisted inventories in the military services.
Research Brief
RAND researchers analyzed personnel records from the 1990s to determine whether deployments had an effect on the reenlistment of enlisted personnel and the retention of officer personnel.
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Shows that young military members are more prone to serious problems paying bills than are comparable civilian workers.
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Analyzes how past deployments affect reenlistment.
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To review the methodology that the Air Force uses to determine active-duty enlisted manpower requirements in aircraft maintenance and to investigate whether these requirements and their resulting authorizations have been underestimated.
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Based on indications of increased difficulty in meeting recruiting goals, RAND was asked to examine recent trends in the recruiting market and to assess their implications for meeting accession requirements.
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This report examines ways in which distance learning can help the Army more quickly alleviate active component manpower shortages in under strength military occupations.
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This study provides a baseline description of the structure of enlisted-personnel compensation.
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In this report, the authors address questions about the VSI/SSB (Voluntary Separation Incentive/Special Separation Benefit) program using Defense Manpower Data Center data on Army enlisted personnel.
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