Fostering Skills and Creating New Pipelines for Military Service: Provisions in the FY 2019 NDAA 2019
Testimony presented before the National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service on May 16, 2019.
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External Threat, Internal Rivalry, and Alliance Formation 2019
Coalitions of rivals, while formidable against common threats, may find it difficult or impossible to avoid struggles among themselves even if they share an enemy.
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Service Member Separation: Updating the DD Form 214 2019
This report offers suggestions for updating DD Form 214, which is used to characterize separating servicemembers' service, military history and the reasons for separation, for electronic delivery. While DD Form 214 is well-established and remains the definitive document to verify veteran status, transferring it to a fully electronic document will take substantial effort.
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Meeting the Language and Culture Training Needs of U.S. Department of Defense Personnel: An Evaluation of the Language Training Center Program 2019
The U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Language Training Center Program leverages the expertise and infrastructure of institutions of higher education to train DoD personnel in language, culture, and regional area studies. Evaluating the program in its eighth year, RAND researchers found that it is fulfilling its mandate and identified ways to strengthen it.
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Russia and China in the Middle East: Implications for the United States in an Era of Strategic Competition 2019
Testimony presented before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism on May 9, 2019.
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OCEANS 17 Tabletop Exercise: Findings and Recommendations 2019
In December 2017, the RAND Corporation conducted a tabletop exercise on air operations across the boundaries between geographic combatant commands. The objective was to maximize operational effectiveness when using personnel recovery; close air support; and airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets against transregional adversaries. This report describes the exercise's design, key insights, and recommendations.
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A Throughput-Based Analysis of Army Active Component/Reserve Component Mix for Major Contingency Surge Operations 2019
This report examines how well the processes and timeline for generating ready forces from the Army reserve component (RC) units align with a need for rapid deployment to a future major conflict overseas. The report focuses on how the dynamics of the mobilization process for Army RC units can, or should, affect decisionmaking about force mix, as well as how policy and resourcing decisions can either enhance or inhibit mobilization.
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America's Strategy-Resource Mismatch: Addressing the Gaps Between U.S. National Strategy and Military Capacity 2019
In order to defend itself and its national interests, and to maintain the trust of allies as a reliable security guarantor, the United States must match its national security policies with the resources available to support them. This report discusses the specific gaps between the stated strategic and defense policies of the United States and the resources and capabilities that would be required to implement those policies successfully.
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Aligning Incentives in the Transportation Working Capital Fund: Cost Recovery While Retaining Readiness in Military Transportation 2019
Many of U.S. Transportation Command's customer movements in peacetime are crucial for preparing it for future wartime requirements. However, some customers perceive the cost of movements as being too high and could choose a different service provider. This report analyzes adjustments to cost recovery that could better align customer peacetime decisions with the wartime mission.
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DPRK Sanctions: Countering DPRK Proliferation Activities 2019
The United Nations (UN) has raised concerns about the widespread presence of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) nationals in Africa and their involvement in prohibited activities. This tool provides an understanding of sanctions regimes currently in force against the DPRK.
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Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience and Resistance 2019
The authors of this report assess how the unconventional defense plans and capabilities being pursued by the governments of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) can deter and counteract Russian hybrid aggression and outright military attacks. It offers a framework for evaluating the effectiveness of such strategies and of associated technologies, and identifies ways in which other NATO and partner governments could provide support.
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The Consolidation of Political Power in China Under Xi Jinping: Implications for the PLA and Domestic Security Forces: Addendum 2019
Document submitted April 11, 2019, as an addendum to testimony before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on February 7, 2019.
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The Demise of the INF: Implications for Russia-China Relations 2019
Document submitted on April 9, 2019, to the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission as a statement for the record for the hearing on March 21, 2019.
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Do Differing Analyses Change the Decision? Using a Game to Assess Whether Differing Analytic Approaches Improve Decisionmaking 2019
The decision analysis community faces obstacles in moving new methods, tools, and paradigms from theory to practice, partly because of the difficulties in demonstrating value proposition. In this report, RAND researchers use a structured comparison game to examine the value proposition of different analytic inputs (scenario-based versus Robust Decision Making) on a sample U.S. Department of Defense decision about force structure.
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Development of a Knowledge Readiness Level Framework for Medical Research 2019
RAND Corporation researchers developed a framework for assessing the maturity of knowledge products — outputs from health science research. An assessment results in assignment to a knowledge readiness level: scientific foundation, applied knowledge, or application to specific, real-world contexts. Those assignments can help the U.S. Army make better research portfolio decisions.