The Effects of Military Change of Station Moves on Spousal Earnings 2016
Studies how changes in job location for active duty members of the United States military affect the earnings of their civilian spouses.
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Reserve Component General and Flag Officer Requirements 2016
RAND researchers assessed whether the system, management, and number of reserve component general and flag officers were appropriate.
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Workforce Downsizing and Restructuring in the Department of Defense: The Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment Program Versus Involuntary Separation 2016
This report assesses the cost-effectiveness of using the Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment (VSIP) program — a downsizing tool available to U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) personnel managers — to reduce the size of the DoD civilian workforce, in conjunction with or instead of imposing involuntary separations. It also considers how the amount and structure of VSIP could be improved.
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Investing in the Fight: Assessing the Use of the Commander's Emergency Response Program in Afghanistan 2016
This report examines the use of the Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) in Afghanistan. It explores the effectiveness of CERP in supporting tactical operations in Afghanistan during the counterinsurgency-focused 2010–2013 time frame using both qualitative and quantitative methods and describes CERP's origins, history, and existing research on the effectiveness of CERP in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Policies for Managing Reductions in Military End Strength: Using Incentive Pays to Draw Down the Force 2016
The Army can design voluntary separation pay (VSP) to meet drawdown goals within a certain time frame without over- or undershooting the goals. A dynamic retention model determines the appropriate VSP levels by year of service to achieve drawdowns of alternative sizes for the active component Army, and the approach could be applied to other services, for enlisted personnel and officers, and for the steady state and the transition to it.
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Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 2016
Chronic pain patients increasingly seek treatment through mindfulness meditation. This study aims to synthesize evidence on efficacy and safety of mindfulness meditation interventions for the treatment of chronic pain in adults.
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Understanding and Assessing the Costs of the Federal Retail Excise Tax on the Department of Defense 2016
This report examines the direct and indirect costs of the 12-percent Federal Retail Excise Tax (FRET) on certain types of vehicles purchased or refurbished by the U.S. Department of Defense. It outlines three prospective reform options that could reduce the indirect or social costs of FRET through legislative and non-legislative efforts.
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Developing an Assessment, Monitoring, and Evaluation Framework for U.S. Department of Defense Security Cooperation 2016
This report addresses the challenge of creating a U.S. Department of Defense–wide (DoD-wide) system for security cooperation assessment, monitoring, and evaluation (AME) by (1) analyzing existing planning and AME principles, processes, and practices inside and outside DoD and (2) presenting a conceptual framework that explains how AME methods might be applied, integrated, and implemented by major security cooperation organizations.
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Geo-targeting Performance of Wireless Emergency Alerts in Imminent Threat Scenarios: Volume 2: Earthquake, Tsunami and Radiation Warnings 2016
This study examines how WEA can be used to warn the public in three potentially deadly scenarios: A large destructive earthquake; A Tsunami ; and A terrorist detonation of nuclear weapon in an urban area.
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Geo-targeting Performance of Wireless Emergency Alerts in Imminent Threat Scenarios: Volume 1: Tornado Warnings 2016
This study examines how Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) can be used to warn the public in three potentially deadly scenarios: --A large destructive earthquake; --A Tsunami ; and --A terrorist detonation of nuclear weapon in an urban area.
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Security Sector Reform in Ukraine 2016
The Maidan Revolution in Ukraine created an opportunity for change and reforms in a system that had resisted them for 25 years. This report examines Ukraine's security sector — assessing what different institutions need to do and where gaps exist — and offers recommendations for the reform of Ukraine's security and defense institutions that meet Ukraine's security needs and align with Euro-Atlantic standards and approaches.
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Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review 2016
RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from randomized controlled trials of mindfulness meditation interventions — used adjunctively or as monotherapy — to provide estimates of their efficacy and safety in alleviating chronic pain in adults.
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Fifteen Years After 9/11: A Preliminary Balance Sheet 2016
Testimony presented before the House Armed Services Committee on September 21, 2016.
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Organising for Peace Operations: Lessons Learned from Bougainville, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands 2016
This report examines the governmental organizational structures used in three Australian-led interventions in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Bougainville, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands. Whole-of-government efforts requiring coordination across many parts of the Australian Government characterized each of these unique operations, in which different organisational approaches were used to manage the participation of various agencies.
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Applying Best Practices to Military Commercial-Derivative Aircraft Engine Sustainment: Assessment of Using Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) Parts and Designated Engineering Representative (DER) Repairs 2016
This report assesses the feasibility and extent to which the Department of Defense might decrease the operating and support costs of its military commercial-derivative engines without a loss of safety or reliability through greater use of Federal Aviation Administration–approved parts and repairs provided by companies other than the original equipment manufacturer.