Report
Logistics Analysis of Puerto Rico: Will the Seaborne Supply Chain of Puerto Rico Support Hurricane Recovery Projects?
Puerto Rico's seaborne logistics capacity is assessed in the context of recovery efforts following the Hurricane Maria. Key constraints are identified along with actions to mitigate potential bottlenecks.
Sep 30, 2020
Report
Optimizing Army Medical Materiel Strategy
This report describes how the U.S. Army can optimize its medical materiel strategies for efficient medical equipping readiness.
Oct 30, 2019
Report
Army Stock Positioning: How Can Distribution Performance Be Improved?
This report analyzes how the U.S. Army can improve its distribution of heavy secondary items that account for a small proportion of the overall number of items the Army must ship to users but comprise a large proportion of the weight it ships.
Aug 14, 2017
Report
The Effects of Travel and Tourism on California's Economy: A Labor Market–Focused Analysis
This report evaluates the role of travel/tourism in California's economy. It uses data on California tourism and California's labor force to provide insight about who works in tourism in California and how these individuals' careers evolve.
Jun 27, 2017
Report
Medical Support to Light Footprint Operations: Why smaller operations require a different approach to medical support
Traditional military medical support is designed for larger formations and draws on a heavier supporting infrastructure. Recent EU operations have a smaller number of personnel, shorter duration and seek to have a lighter infrastructure footprint.
Jun 9, 2017
Report
How Deployments Affect the Capacity and Utilization of Army Treatment Facilities
This study examines how the Army's Force Generation (ARFORGEN) deployment cycle affects capability and soldier health care utilization at Army military treatment facilities and how it affects family health care utilization.
Aug 7, 2014
Report
Developing Navy Capability to Recover Forces in Chemical, Biological, and Radiological Hazard Environments
Assesses current policies and capabilities pertaining to the recovery and decontamination of ashore forces and identifies policy options the Navy could pursue to better perform this mission.
Jan 28, 2014
Report
Sourcing and Global Distribution of Medical Supplies
RAND investigated opportunities for efficiencies in the global military medical logistics enterprise, notably through minimizing intermediate materiel handling, seeking greater value from commercial freight, and streamlining warehouse operations.
Jan 28, 2014
Report
Bridging the Gap: Prototype Tools to Support Local Disaster Preparedness Planning and Collaboration
RAND researchers developed an initial prototype tool to help determine capabilities and resources a locality will likely require during a disaster. The report also describes two social networking tools for local coordination of disaster preparedness.
Oct 12, 2012
Research Brief
Is There a Cheaper and Faster Way to Distribute Medical Supplies?
Examines whether there is a less costly medical distribution structure for U.S. Central Command that would maintain or improve performance.
Nov 29, 2011
Research Brief
Reducing Costs, Increasing Capability: A New Equipping Strategy for Combat Support Hospitals
Describes a new equipping strategy for the Army's Combat Support Hospitals.
Nov 21, 2011
Report
How Much Does Military Spending Add to Hawaii's Economy?
This report assesses the relationship between defense spending in Hawaii and the levels of output, employment, and earnings in Hawaii's economy.
Jun 1, 2011
Report
New Equipping Strategies for Combat Support Hospitals
Describes a new equipping strategy for the Army's Combat Support Hospitals.
Jun 30, 2010
Report
Bridging the Gap: Developing a Tool to Support Local Civilian and Military Disaster Preparedness
This report describes the current policy context for domestic all-hazards risk-informed capabilities-based planning by local military and civilian authorities and provides a framework for a local planning support tool for their use.
Apr 12, 2010
Report
Assessment of the USCENTCOM Medical Distribution Structure
Examines whether there is a less costly medical distribution structure for U.S. Central Command that would maintain or improve performance.
Mar 8, 2010
Research Brief
Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel in the U.S. Military: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists
Air Force, Army, and Navy training programs for enlisted medical personnel are being consolidated to increase interoperability. A RAND methodology defines standards of practice across services and evaluates options for obtaining qualified personnel.
May 21, 2009
Report
Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming: Framework, Metrics, and Methods
A method for capabilities-based programming is developed to assist the programming of a wide range of resources in light of an uncertain future, expressing capabilities and risks of resource allocations in terms of national planning objectives.
Apr 1, 2009
Report
Enhancing Interoperability Among Enlisted Medical Personnel: A Case Study of Military Surgical Technologists
A methodology is outlined for defining a common standard of practice that can be applied to the surgical technologist specialty -- or any other medical specialty -- with the goal of consolidating training for enlisted military personnel across services.
Feb 26, 2009
Report
How Should Air Force Expeditionary Medical Capabilities Be Expressed?
A new metric for measuring expeditionary medical support based on the medical STEP rate of each component of the system -- a more accurate measure of capability than the current measure, number of beds.
Feb 24, 2009
Report
Insights on Aircraft Programmed Depot Maintenance: An Analysis of F-15 PDM
This technical report describes the F-15 programmed depot maintenance (PDM) process as performed at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) in FYs 2004-2006, assessing PDM duration and the challenges the process faces.
Jul 21, 2008
Report
The Closed-Loop Planning System for Weapon System Readiness
The Closed-Loop Planning System addresses the U.S. Air Force shortcoming in effective allocation of limited funding for depot-level repair across weapon systems and calculation of the readiness implications of such allocations.
Nov 9, 2006
Research Brief
A New Planning System Can Help Balance Depot-Level Repair Budgets with Aircraft Readiness Goals
This research brief describes a methodology for making depot-level repair budgets with a clear understanding of the readiness consequences of the associated trade-offs.
Oct 11, 2006
Research Brief
Measuring Capabilities of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces to Meet Policy Goals and Control Deployments
This research brief summarizes a RAND Project AIR FORCE recommended method for quantifying Air and Space Expeditionary Force capabilities in terms of support and sustainment requirements of potential deployments.
Feb 24, 2006
Report
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Capabilities and Sustainability of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
Presents a method for assessing Air and Space Expeditionary Force manpower and materiel deployment capabilities and a detailed description of software tools developed by RAND for quantifying deployment capabilities.
Feb 17, 2006