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  Planning an Army for the 21st Century: Principles to Guide U.S. Army Force Size, Mix, and Component Distribution 2018

  Joshua Klimas, Gian Gentile

  In this Perspective, the authors seek to provide criteria for an effective and efficient Army for the 21st century. To do so, they review how the United States has adapted principles guiding Army force planning to meet strategic needs, examine the major missions that the Army must be able to perform to meet today's defense strategy, and lay out principles to help guide leaders in making contemporary force-planning decisions.

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  Quality of Life at Contingency Bases: Managing Sustainment Community Support Requirements 2018

  John E. Peters, Elvira N. Loredo, Mary E. Chenoweth, Jeff Broughton, Andrea A. Golay

  Quality-of-life goods and services for soldiers operating from contingency bases are key for morale and physical and emotional well-being but also a substantial logistics burden, especially in austere theaters, such as Afghanistan, where roads are few and the terrain is difficult. This report evaluates factors that contribute to and detract from soldier quality of life and recommends improvements in the face of a range of constraints.

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  What Deters and Why: Exploring Requirements for Effective Deterrence of Interstate Aggression 2018

  Michael J. Mazarr, Arthur Chan, Alyssa Demus, Bryan Frederick, Alireza Nader, Stephanie Pezard, Julia A. Thompson, Elina Treyger

  The challenge of deterring territorial aggression is taking on renewed importance, yet discussion of it has lagged in U.S. military and strategy circles. The authors aim to provide a fresh look, with two primary purposes: to review established concepts about deterrence, and to provide a framework for evaluating the strength of deterrent relationships. They focus on a specific type of deterrence: extended deterrence of interstate aggression.

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  Countering Russian Social Media Influence 2018

  Elizabeth Bodine-Baron, Todd C. Helmus, Andrew Radin, Elina Treyger

  With the rise of social media, it has become clear that the Russian government and its proxies have found new and useful outlets in which to sow disinformation and confusion among various populations, including within the United States. This report draws on expert recommendations from academia, think tanks, and the private sector to formulate specific and actionable approaches for countering Russian social media influence.

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  Career Paths in the Army Civilian Workforce: Identifying Common Patterns Based on Statistical Clustering 2018

  Shanthi Nataraj, Lawrence M. Hanser

  This report examines what the career of a "typical" Army civilian looks like. Using a statistical clustering technique to group career trajectories together by length of service, promotion frequency and timing, and transfers between the Army and other Department of Defense components, the researchers identified common career patterns among individuals who entered the Army civilian workforce between 1981 and 2000 as General Schedule employees.

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