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Book Review: 'Command' by Lawrence Freedman
Lawrence Freedman's Command explores the political aspects of military operations since World War II, focusing on the inherent challenges of command. It highlights three key dichotomies in shaping military command: politicians versus generals, delegation versus control, and obedience versus initiative.
Sep 4, 2024

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The Value of Institutional Capacity Building Through Professional Military Education
Security cooperation rarely makes headlines. But it enhances the security of the United States and its allies and partners in an effective and cost-effective way, and may deserve more attention and support.
Apr 25, 2022
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To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders
To reinvigorate graduate-level professional military education, the military could carve out a unique educational niche by focusing on intense, quality staff officer education that is more relevant to understanding the demands placed on top defense leaders.
Jul 20, 2018
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Improving the Effectiveness of Air Force Squadron Commanders
U.S. Air Force commanders around the world understand their responsibilities. But they believe that many unrecognized duties interfere with mission performance. They are generally prepared by professional education and career progression to fulfill their responsibilities, but they could use more instruction on how to command.
May 23, 2018
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Investing in Military Human Capital
A new effort to review the military's personnel system will focus initially on policies to assign, evaluate, and promote service members. To truly address systematic challenges, however, the scope will need to widen to include how the various military services might size, structure, and support key missions.
Nov 5, 2015
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Political Scientists and the Military
For civilian academics interested in bridging the political science–military gap, five recommendations to acquire basic information about the military could encourage improved interaction, better policy-relevant scholarship, and an enhanced policy process.
Aug 10, 2015
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A Funny Thing Happened When These Military Officers and Academics Got Together
If senior military officers and academics find themselves divided, is there a way to build respect and trust earlier in their careers? A tabletop exercise suggested that the best way to bridge the civilian-military divide is not via large conferences or formal papers. Instead, it can be done by building trust, one person at a time, over time.
Apr 6, 2015
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Mending the Marriage Between Colleges and the Military
Without a concerted effort to change military executive education, military services will continue a misguided effort to buy academic credibility, and some elite universities will continue selling their names. Most importantly, the Untied States will miss an opportunity to hone the critical thinking of its next generation of military leaders.
Aug 18, 2014

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Mandatory evacuation orders are issued when disasters have potentially life-threatening impacts. Disaster after disaster, orders resulted in evacuations that have saved untold lives. Milton is rapidly intensifying and expected to be one of the largest hurricanes on record when it hits the United States. Staying in place could have severe, life-threatening, consequences.

Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

Behavioral/Social Scientist

Source: rand.org

The veteran unemployment rate is actually lower than the nonveteran unemployment rate. But this does not mean we are doing all we can to find good, meaningful jobs for veterans, whether that be jobs more resilient to a recession or those that are physically and mentally safe.

Rajeev Ramchand

Codirector, RAND Epstein Family Veterans Policy Research Institute

Source: rand.org

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Military Officers

Book Review: 'Command' by Lawrence Freedman

The Value of Institutional Capacity Building Through Professional Military Education

To Produce Strategists, Focus on Staffing Senior Leaders

Improving the Effectiveness of Air Force Squadron Commanders

Investing in Military Human Capital

Political Scientists and the Military

A Funny Thing Happened When These Military Officers and Academics Got Together

Mending the Marriage Between Colleges and the Military

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