Report
Improving the Department of the Army's Marketing for Recruitment, Hiring, and Retention of Civilians in Critical Occupations
This report presents the results of analyses intended to help the Army assess and strengthen its ability to attract high-quality applicants to its civilian workforce and to retain high-quality Army civilian employees.
Aug 11, 2022
Report
Resources Required to Meet the U.S. Army Reserve's Enlisted Recruiting Requirements Under Alternative Recruiting Goals, Conditions, and Eligibility Policies
Several U.S. Army resources and policies work together to produce recruits. The authors present a model—the Reserve Recruiting Resource Model—designed to optimize resources and policies to achieve future Army Reserve recruiting goals.
Jul 14, 2022
Report
End-of-Pilot Assessment of the U.S. Army's Consolidated Recruiting Program
The Army conducted a pilot test of a program in which recruiters were authorized to recruit individuals into any of its three components. This analysis found that the program's effects were small and not statistically meaningful.
Jun 15, 2022
Report
Improving Strategic Resource Management in the Air Force Recruiting Enterprise: Challenges and Next Steps for Policymakers
The Air Force applies multiple recruiting resources to meet its goal of roughly 30,000 new enlistment contracts annually. The authors describe the data needed to determine how these recruiting resources affect enlistments.
Sep 17, 2020
Report
Leveraging Big Data Analytics to Improve Military Recruiting
The authors identified current, desired, and prospective data-enabled practices that the U.S. Department of Defense and the services might be able to deploy in their outreach and recruiting processes.
Oct 22, 2019
Report
Developing a National Recruiting Difficulty Index
The U.S. Army recognizes that the recruiting environment has a significant impact on its ability to recruit. This report presents a forecasting model that measures recruiting difficulty to forecast a difficult or easy recruiting environment.
Mar 13, 2019
Research Brief
Unequal Opportunity: Barriers to Employment in the Department of Defense Civilian Workforce
Summarizes results of research into representation of Hispanic people and people with targeted disabilities among the Department of Defense civilian workforce.
Dec 13, 2018
Report
Resources Required to Meet the U.S. Army's Enlisted Recruiting Requirements Under Alternative Recruiting Goals, Conditions, and Eligibility Policies
The project sought to enhance efficient use of Army recruiting resources and policies by optimizing required resource levels and mix to support recruiting under varying recruiting requirements and environments and recruit eligibility policies.
Jul 12, 2018
Report
Prospective Outcome Assessment for Alternative Recruit Selection Policies
To help the Army select recruits more likely to complete their first term and avoid adverse outcomes, this report describes a tool that estimates how changes in a variety of recruit characteristics affect first-term outcomes and costs to the Army.
Jul 6, 2018
Report
Hispanic Representation in the Department of Defense Civilian Workforce: Trend and Barrier Analysis
Hispanics are less represented in the Department of Defense civilian workforce than in the federal civilian workforce and the civilian labor force. This report assesses what factors might account for Hispanic underrepresentation in the department.
Aug 28, 2017
Research Brief
Assessing the Army's Ability to Regenerate Its Active Component End Strength
This analysis modeled the Army's ability to increase ("regenerate") its active component end strength over five years -- starting from end strengths of 450,000 and 420,000 -- to provide the number of deployable troops available in 2010.
May 3, 2017
Report
Evaluating the Army's Ability to Regenerate: History and Future Options
This analysis modeled the Army's ability to increase ("regenerate") its active component end strength over five years -- starting from end strengths of 450,000 and 420,000 -- to provide the number of deployable troops available in 2010.
May 3, 2017
Report
Strategic Planning Tools for the Army Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program
The Army must monitor Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) units to ensure that it attracts and commissions highly-qualified officers. Two new strategic planning tools can help the Army to evaluate and choose ROTC hosts and affiliates.
May 2, 2017
Report
Strengthening Prior Service–Civil Life Gains and Continuum of Service Accessions into the Army's Reserve Components
This report combines quantitative and qualitative methods to understand service member decisions upon exiting the Regular Army, particularly the decisions of whether, when, and how to affiliate with the Reserve Component.
Sep 27, 2016
Report
Recruiting Strategies to Support the Army's All-Volunteer Force
The research described in this report was conducted to improve the Army's ability to use recruiting resources and enlistment eligibility policies effectively and efficiently to meet accession requirements under varying recruiting conditions.
Mar 31, 2016
Report
The Effect of the Assessment of Recruit Motivation and Strength (ARMS) Program on Army Accessions and Attrition
To counter the decline in the fraction of youth meeting weight and body fat enlistment standards, the U.S. Army developed a waiver program tied to a new physical fitness test, ARMS. The authors examine the program's effect on accession and attrition.
Oct 12, 2011
Report
Increasing Participation in Army Continuing Education: eArmyU and Effects of Possible Program Changes
Presents the results of research on the eArmyU distance learning program, focused on making eArmyU available to more individuals while controlling program costs.
Mar 15, 2005
Report
Deployability in Peacetime
In the spring of 1998, the Army Chief of Staff and the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel requested RAND's help in determining answers to questions regarding peacetime deployability.
2002
Report
Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlook, and Implications
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.
2001
Research Brief
Enhancing Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components
Summarizes the efforts of Arroyo Center analysts to understand Army RC personnel readiness shortfalls, their implications, and their potential solutions.
2001
Research Brief
Military Recruiting: Trends, Outlooks, and Implications
RAND was asked to first make a quick assessment of the recruiting situation and then carry out a longer-term, in-depth analysis to examine recruiting trends, identify potential problems, and recommend ways to counter them.
2001
Report
Small Deployments, Big Problems
Recent deployments to overseas noncombat operations have placed unanticipated stresses on the U.S. armed forces, much of them due to personnel turbulence. Using the case of deployment to Bosnia, this Issue Paper shows how these stresses highlight important issues for the U.S. Army in general.
2000
Report
Staffing Army ROTC at Colleges and Universities: Alternatives for Reducing the Use of Active-Duty Soldiers
Discusses alternatives to current SROTC battalion staffing in which many active-duty soldiers performing teaching or training functions would be replaced by reservists or by contracted civilians with former military service.
1999
Report
Allocating Scholarships for Army ROTC
Based on these findings, the authors recommended and the Army implemented a high-value scholarship targeted to some prestigious private colleges. The study also analyzes several complete scholarship programs to replace the tiered scholarships.
1999
Report
Ensuring Personnel Readiness in the Army Reserve Components
This project examined the extent of cross-leveling during Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the reasons for it and the likelihood of serious personnel shortfalls in future deployments.
1996
Report
Military Recruiting Outlook: Recent Trends in Enlistment Propensity and Conversion of Potential Enlisted Supply
This report describes recruiting trends through early 1995, focusing on changes in youth enlistment propensity and the Army's ability to "convert" the potential supply of recruits into actual enlistments.
1996
Report
Recent Recruiting Trends and Their Implications: Preliminary Analysis and Recommendations
This report provides the results of a preliminary analysis of recent trends in enlistment propensity and in the levels of specific supply and demand factors, and their implications for recruiting.
1994
Report
Design of Field-Based Crosstraining Programs and Implications for Readiness
As part of a broad effort to reduce defense expenditures, the Army is exploring a number of new approaches to training individual soldiers.
1993
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: Third Year Evaluation
Describes the PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration and the plan that has been developed to evaluate it.
1993
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: Appendices to Third Year Evaluation
This report contains the appendices of RAND/MR-310-P&R, which describes the PACER SHARE Demonstration Project and the plan that has been developed to evaluate it.
Jan 1, 1993
Report
Effect of Personnel Quality on the Performance of Patriot Air Defense System Operators
This report examines the linkage between the quality of enlisted personnel (in terms of aptitude score) and their ability to operate the Patriot air defense missile system.
1992
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: Second-Year Evaluation
This report describes the PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration and the plan that has been developed to evaluate it.
1992
Report
Validity and Usefulness of Enlistment Intention Information
In synthesizing the results of several years' analysis, this study reports on the validity and application of enlistment intention information for nonprior-service youth (i.e., those who have not previously served in the military).
1992
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: Appendices to Second-Year Evaluation
Contains appendixes of R-4127, which describes the PACER SHARE demonstration project and the plan that has been developed to evaluate it.
1991
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: Appendices to First-Year Evaluation
Contains the appendices of R-3943-FMP, which describes the PACER SHARE Demonstration Project, the plan that has been developed to evaluate it, and presents the first-year results.
1991
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration: First-Year Evaluation
This report describes the PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration, the plan that has been developed to evaluate it, and presents statistical results concerning the effects of the demonstration through its first year.
1991
Report
Appendices to PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration Baseline Evaluation
Contains supplemental materials to R-3753, which describes the PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration and the plan that has been developed to evaluate it.
1990
Report
Enlistment Among Applicants for Military Service: Determinants and Incentives
Drawing primarily on results from the 1983 Survey of Military Applicants, a survey of male youths without prior military service who took the written test to qualify for the military, this report presents findings on three research issues:...
1990
Report
PACER SHARE Productivity and Personnel Management Demonstration Baseline Evaluation
PACER SHARE is a five-year demonstration whose purpose is to determine whether several changes in federal civil service practices will improve organizational productivity, flexibility, and quality of worklife while at least sustaining (or improving)...
1990
Report
Assessment of PATRIOT Air Defense System Operator Proficiency: Design Issues
Describes a research design to assess the performance of PATRIOT (Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target) enlisted operators and to link that performance to the outcomes of simulated air battles.
1989
Report
Predicting Enlistment for Recruiting Market Segments
This Note examines the relationship between geodemographic information and individual (micro) models of enlistment decisionmaking.
1989
Report
Quality-Based Analysis Capability for National Youth Surveys: Development, Application, and Implications for Policy
Develops and applies a method of using the information contained in national youth surveys to estimate the probability that respondents would score at or above the 50th percentile (categories I-IIIA) on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.
1989
Report
The PACER SHARE Work Incentive Demonstration Project: An Overview
This Note provides an overview of the interventions that constitute "PACER SHARE" and the evaluation plan to assess their effects.
1988
Report
Computerized Sample Selection Procedures for the Survey of Military Applicants
Describes the computerized sample selection procedures developed at RAND for use in the 1983 Survey of Military Applicants.
1986
Report
Relationship of Enlistment Intentions to Enlistment in Active Duty Services
This Note presents work on the relationship between enlistment intention information and active duty enlistments.
1986
Report
Relationship of Enlistment Intention and Market Survey Information to Enlistment in Active Duty Military Service
This Note investigates the relationship between survey enlistment intention data and actual enlistment rates, and develops methods of predicting respondents' Armed Forces Qualification Test scores.
1985
Report
Analysis of Youth Cohort Enlistment Intention Data: Progress Report
Documents a briefing on research investigating the relationship between survey data and respondents' subsequent enlistment decisions, attrition rates, and AFQT scores.
1984
Report
Enlistment Effects of Military Educational Benefits
Text of a briefing on a nationwide experiment offering special educational benefits for military enlistees.
1982
Report
Forecasting Enlistment Actions from Intention Information: Validity and Improvement
This Note documents a briefing on the initial phase of research concerning the validity of survey measures of enlistment intentions.
1982
Report
The Control of Alcohol Problems in the U.S. Air Force
An evaluation of the Air Force's Alcohol Abuse Control Program, aimed at reducing the incidence of alcohol problems and rehabilitating personnel who experience them.
1981
Report
Effectiveness and Cost of Alcohol Rehabilitation in the United States Air Force
Evaluates the scope and outcome of rehabilitation efforts, the success of the Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in identifying impaired persons for treatment, and the cost-effectiveness of different interventions.
1981
Report
The Effectiveness of Air Force Alcohol Education Seminars
An evaluation of the Air Force Social Actions Seminar Program for educating personnel about drug and alcohol abuse. The authors analyze the objectives, cost, implementation, and effects of the program, and recommend policy changes ...
1981
Report
Alcohol Problems: Patterns and Prevalence in the U.S. Air Force
Examines the nature and extent of alcohol-related problems among Air Force and comparable populations, based on special surveys, official records, and alcoholic beverage sales data.
1979