2012-05-24T14:57:08Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/military-recruitment.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR955.html Feb 2, 2012 Feb 2, 2012

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/research_briefs/RB9621.html Nov 17, 2011 Nov 17, 2011

To assist the Army's move of its Human Resources Command from the Washington, D.C. area to Fort Knox, Kentucky, RAND Arroyo Center produced personnel competency models and a framework for training to support the future delivery of personnel services.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR975.html Oct 12, 2011 Oct 12, 2011

The fraction of American youth meeting U.S. Army enlistment standards for weight and body fat has declined markedly. In response, the Army developed a waiver program tied to a fitness test known as the Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS) test. Through difference-in-differences estimates and other analytic techniques, the authors examine the program's effect on Army accession and attrition rates.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1057.html Jun 2, 2011 Jun 2, 2011

A major source of reserve manpower is the flow of enlisted members from an active component (AC) to a reserve component (RC). This volume examines how effective RC bonuses are in attracting prior service members and, in doing so, explores how AC and RC bonuses interact to affect both AC reenlistment and prior service enlistment in the Selected Reserve.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9565.html Dec 23, 2010 Dec 23, 2010

Summarizes results of a RAND Corporation study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh repeal of the law known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1056.html Nov 18, 2010 Nov 18, 2010

This study on sexual orientation and U.S. military policy, requested by the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Secretary of Defense in order to weigh repeal of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, examines public and military opinion on allowing gay men and lesbians to serve without restriction; research on sexual orientation, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention; and experiences of domestic agencies and foreign militaries.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR827.html Nov 9, 2010 Nov 9, 2010

Using data from 2007 through 2009, the authors tabulate the incidence and prevalence of recruiter irregularities. Exploring Army contract data, the authors compare the characteristics of those signing contracts at the end of the recruiting month — when recruiters are under the greatest pressure to meet their monthly recruiting quotas — with those signed earlier in the month.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD274.html Oct 11, 2010 Oct 11, 2010

Presents three essays on obstacles to improving demographic representation in the armed forces.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/06/14.html Jun 14, 2010 Jun 14, 2010

The increased use of cash bonuses by the U.S. Department of Defense to encourage military enlistment and reenlistment had a positive effect on recruiting and retention in the armed forces.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG950.html Jun 13, 2010 Jun 13, 2010

<p>The increased use of cash bonuses by the U.S. Department of Defense to encourage military enlistment and reenlistment had a positive effect on recruiting and retention in the armed forces. Until recently, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have placed greater stress on military recruitment and retention. </p>

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2010/06/14/cash_incentives_military_enlistment_attrition_reenlistment.html Jun 13, 2010 Jun 13, 2010

In this Congressional Briefing, held on June 14, 2010, James Hosek and Beth Asch describe the effect of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses on military recruitment and retention efforts and on attrition.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9539.html Jun 9, 2010 Jun 9, 2010

<p>Congress has questioned the scope and efficacy of enlistment and reenlistment bonuses, but Army high-quality recruiting would have been lower without them; they are more cost-effective than pay but less so than recruiters as a way to gain recruits.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR782.html Jun 9, 2010 Jun 9, 2010

<p>Analyzes the Air Force's seven medical and professional officer corps &mdash; the Biomedical Sciences Corps, the Chaplain Corps, the Dental Corps, the Judge Advocate General Corps (attorneys), the Medical Corps (physicians), the Medical Service Corps, and the Nurse Corps &mdash; with regard to end strengths, accession levels, promotion flow, and attrition since the late 1970s. Recent accession and retention trends have been most adverse in the Nurse Corps.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR744.html May 10, 2010 May 10, 2010

<p>The Air Force relies on the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) as part of its officer selection process. Despite concerns about the test, the authors conclude that it is a good selection test that predicts important Air Force outcomes and is not biased against minorities or women. The Air Force would not benefit by replacing the AFOQT with the SAT, although other valid selection tools could be used to complement the AFOQT.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/10/07.html Oct 7, 2009 Oct 7, 2009

Although U.S. Army deployments have been linked positively to the likelihood of reenlisting for much of the past decade, by 2006 the mounting burden of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan reached the point where deployment had a negative effect on reenlistment.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG873.html Oct 6, 2009 Oct 6, 2009

<p>Although U.S. Army deployments have been linked positively to the likelihood of reenlisting for much of the past decade, by 2006 the mounting burden of deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan reached the point where deployment had a negative effect on reenlistment.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9468.html Oct 1, 2009 Oct 1, 2009

<p>Theoretical models and survey and administrative data show that deployment during the war on terrorism has had positive or no effects on military reenlistment but a negative effect for Army personnel deployed for a high cumulative number of months.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG861.html Sep 7, 2009 Sep 7, 2009

<p>To address a decline in high-quality black enlistments in the U.S. Army and other minority trends across other service branches, the military may want to look at how it allocates its resources to such recruiting tools as bonuses, educational benefits and recruiters.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9463.html Aug 28, 2009 Aug 28, 2009

<p>Identifies factors that explain recruiting trends among blacks and Hispanics from 2000 to 2007, including the responsiveness of these groups to various recruiting resources as well as other factors, such as the effect of the Iraq war.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG828.html Jul 27, 2009 Jul 27, 2009

<p>RAND Arroyo Center produced competency models and a training framework to support Army Human Resources Command's delivery of services after its upcoming reorganization and relocation. Researchers developed competency models for jobs that would survive the move. They identified gaps between the competencies HRC would need and the availability of workers. Finally, they developed training concepts to close gaps between current and future workforces.</p>