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Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: An Evaluation of the UNITE Initiative

The UNITE Initiative aims to promote readiness and resilience in the Air Force through events that focus on unit cohesion. The authors describe the results of their evaluation of UNITE and the program's association with unit cohesion.

May 20, 2022

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Sarah O. Meadows, Stephani L. Wrabel, Laura Werber, Christopher Joseph Doss, Wing Yi Chan, Lu Dong, Brandon Crosby
Report

Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: Executive Summary

This executive summary encapsulates the findings in Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: An Evaluation of the UNITE Initiative (RR-A554-1) 2022.

May 20, 2022

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Sarah O. Meadows, Stephani L. Wrabel, Laura Werber, Christopher Joseph Doss, Wing Yi Chan, Lu Dong, Brandon Crosby
Report

Contractor Risk and Performance Indicators: Prototype Functional Specification and Developer Document

This report presents the technical design and architecture of a RAND-developed software prototype that assesses relative contractor risks in Department of the Air Force acquisition contracts and programs as described in two companion reports.

May 16, 2022

James Ryseff, David Zhang, Philip S. Anton, William Shelton, Samantha Cohen
Report

Early Predictive Indicators of Contractor Performance: A Data-Analytic Approach

This report presents initial insights and approaches in exploring and prototyping methods to identify potential contractor performance risks for the Department of the Air Force earlier than would be typically reported via traditional methods.

May 12, 2022

Philip S. Anton, William Shelton, James Ryseff, Samantha Cohen, Grant Johnson, Stephen B. Joplin, David Kravitz, Megan McKernan, Alejandro Vigo Camargo
Report

Road to Damascus: The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, 2015 to 2018

The authors review the chronology of Russian air operations in Syria, and assess the strategic and operational blueprint, basing strategy and force disposition, effectiveness of the Russian air campaign, and its applicability to future campaigns.

May 11, 2022

Michael Simpson, Adam R. Grissom, Christopher A. Mouton, John P. Godges, Russell Hanson
Brochure

Improving Workforce Diversity and Inclusion

This brochure collects RAND Corporation research on improving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within large organizations, focusing on findings useful to U.S. Department of the Air Force DEI efforts.

May 11, 2022
Brochure

Research on Air Force Health and Health Care

This brochure collects RAND Corporation research on health and health care with a focus on topics that are of interest to the U.S. Department of the Air Force.

May 11, 2022
Report

A Snapshot of the Department of the Air Force Total Force Recruiting Integration: Survey Results and Implications

In this report, the authors discuss the results of the first Total Force Recruiting Panel-Technology and Integration Survey, which was designed to provide baseline data about the state of Total Force Recruiting in the Department of the Air Force.

May 5, 2022

Tracy C. Krueger, Sandra Kay Evans, Sara E. Barth, Angela Clague, Diana Gehlhaus, Norah Griffin, Ryan Haberman, Jennifer J. Li, Julia L. Melin, Claude Messan Setodji, Nelson Lim
Report

Is Today's U.S. Air Force Fit? It Depends on How Fitness Is Measured

In this report, the authors examine metrics used to monitor the fitness of airmen, and through their analyses of fitness data, they make a case for using multiple measures to gain a more accurate assessment of the health and fitness of the force.

May 2, 2022

Sean Robson, Matthew Walsh, Miriam Matthews, Carra S. Sims, Joshua Snoke
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Physical Fitness Standards to Support Readiness and Deployability: An Examination of Department of the Air Force Policies and Culture

Through analyses involving the Air Force's Tier 1 fitness assessment (FA), the authors examine whether FA components meet their intended purpose to minimize health risks and maximize readiness of airmen.

May 2, 2022

Miriam Matthews, Carra S. Sims, Sean Robson, Matthew Walsh, Stephanie Rennane, Joshua Snoke
Report

Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles in the Indo-Pacific: Assessing the Positions of U.S. Allies

The author of this report analyzes the likelihood of U.S. treaty allies in the Indo-Pacific region -- Australia, Japan, the Philippines, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand -- hosting U.S. conventionally armed ground-based intermediate-range missiles.

Apr 28, 2022

Jeffrey W. Hornung
Report

Harmful Interpersonal Behaviors in the Department of the Air Force: Informing Prevention and Response

This Perspective describes and applies a conceptual model of prevention to such harmful behaviors as sexual harassment, sexual assault, racial/ethnic harassment and discrimination, hazing, and domestic abuse in the Department of the Air Force.

Apr 20, 2022

Miriam Matthews, Coreen Farris
Report

Disrupting Deterrence: Examining the Effects of Technologies on Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century

The authors examined potential implications of emerging technologies for deterrence in the context of U.S. national security policy. They identified long-term effects on two major aspects of the deterrence dynamic -- effectiveness and stability.

Apr 14, 2022

Michael J. Mazarr, Ashley L. Rhoades, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Alexis A. Blanc, Derek Eaton, Katie Feistel, Edward Geist, Timothy R. Heath, Christian Johnson, Krista Langeland, Jasmin Léveillé, Dara Massicot, Samantha McBirney, Stephanie Pezard, Clint Reach, Padmaja Vedula, Emily Yoder
Report

Commercial Space Capabilities and Market Overview: The Relationship Between Commercial Space Developments and the U.S. Department of Defense

In this broad review of commercial space capabilities that could support the U.S. Space Force's future space architecture and innovation ecosystem, the authors characterize capabilities and trends through mid-2020 in seven commercial space sectors.

Apr 14, 2022

Emmi Yonekura, Brian Dolan, Moon Kim, Krista Romita Grocholski, Raza Khan, Yool Kim
Report

Funding Technology-Related Business Initiatives in the Department of the Air Force

This report—one in a series focused on transforming human resource management via information technology and business systems—explores challenges in the budgeting process and offers recommendations for better program advocacy.

Apr 7, 2022

Don Snyder
Report

Security Cooperation in a Strategic Competition

In this study, RAND researchers examined the current role of security cooperation efforts as a tool in the emerging strategic competition among the United States, Russia, and China.

Apr 6, 2022

Michael J. Mazarr, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jonah Blank, Samuel Charap, Michael S. Chase, Beth Grill, Derek Grossman, Dara Massicot, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Lyle J. Morris, Alexander Noyes, Stephanie Pezard, Ashley L. Rhoades, Alice Shih, Mark Stalczynski, Melissa Shostak, David E. Thaler, Dori Walker
Report

Understanding the Emerging Era of International Competition Through the Eyes of Others: Country Perspectives

The authors examine the nature of the emerging era of international competition, assess the perspectives of the major powers—beginning with the primary challengers to the U.S.-led international order—and evaluate various characteristics for each country.

Mar 31, 2022

Michael J. Mazarr, Jonah Blank, Samuel Charap, Benjamin N. Harris, Timothy R. Heath, Niklas Helwig, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Lyle J. Morris, Ashley L. Rhoades, Ariane M. Tabatabai, Sean M. Zeigler
Report

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China's Coercion Against U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

This report examines how and why China uses gray zone tactics—coercive activities beyond normal diplomacy and trade but below the use of kinetic military force—against U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Mar 30, 2022

Bonny Lin, Cristina L. Garafola, Bruce McClintock, Jonah Blank, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Karen Schwindt, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Paul Orner, Dennis Borrman, Sarah W. Denton, Jason Chambers
Research Brief

A New Framework for Understanding and Countering China's Gray Zone Tactics

This brief presents a framework for understanding how and why China uses gray zone tactics—coercive activities beyond normal diplomacy and trade but below the use of kinetic military force—against U.S. allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Mar 30, 2022

Bonny Lin, Cristina L. Garafola, Bruce McClintock, Jonah Blank, Jeffrey W. Hornung, Karen Schwindt, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Paul Orner, Dennis Borrman, Sarah W. Denton, Jason Chambers
Report

Personnel Needs for Department of the Air Force Digital Talent: A Case Study of Software Factories

The authors conducted a case study to identify digital talent needs for the U.S. Department of the Air Force (DAF) in the area of software development by exploring DAF software factories that use modern and agile software development practices.

Mar 30, 2022

Kirsten M. Keller, Maria C. Lytell, Shreyas Bharadwaj

U.S. Policy Toward the Taliban: Engage, Isolate, or Oppose?

Engaging Youth with Public Policy: Middle School Lessons to Counter Truth Decay

The Gun Laws That Work, and the Gun Laws That Don't

Is a Recession Coming? A Key Indicator Is Also the King of Mixed Messages

Expert Insights: Truth Decay in Europe

The Policy Currents Podcast

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Planning for the Rising Costs of Dementia

Publications

Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: An Evaluation of the UNITE Initiative

Assessing the Association Between Airmen Participation in Force Support Squadron Programs and Unit Cohesion: Executive Summary

Contractor Risk and Performance Indicators: Prototype Functional Specification and Developer Document

Early Predictive Indicators of Contractor Performance: A Data-Analytic Approach

Road to Damascus: The Russian Air Campaign in Syria, 2015 to 2018

Improving Workforce Diversity and Inclusion

Research on Air Force Health and Health Care

A Snapshot of the Department of the Air Force Total Force Recruiting Integration: Survey Results and Implications

Is Today's U.S. Air Force Fit? It Depends on How Fitness Is Measured

Physical Fitness Standards to Support Readiness and Deployability: An Examination of Department of the Air Force Policies and Culture

Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles in the Indo-Pacific: Assessing the Positions of U.S. Allies

Harmful Interpersonal Behaviors in the Department of the Air Force: Informing Prevention and Response

Disrupting Deterrence: Examining the Effects of Technologies on Strategic Deterrence in the 21st Century

Commercial Space Capabilities and Market Overview: The Relationship Between Commercial Space Developments and the U.S. Department of Defense

Funding Technology-Related Business Initiatives in the Department of the Air Force

Security Cooperation in a Strategic Competition

Understanding the Emerging Era of International Competition Through the Eyes of Others: Country Perspectives

Competition in the Gray Zone: Countering China's Coercion Against U.S. Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific

A New Framework for Understanding and Countering China's Gray Zone Tactics

Personnel Needs for Department of the Air Force Digital Talent: A Case Study of Software Factories

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