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Military Career Field Management

Effective military leaders help nations meet their strategic goals, and the retention of these leaders is essential to preserving morale and unit readiness. RAND has conducted extensive research on training and career development programs that are designed to attract and retain personnel with the most promising mix of knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience.

Report

How the Army Can Retain Its Cyber Expertise

Projected earnings for information security analysts with characteristics similar to those of enlisted soldiers are comparable with military pay. But retention efforts may be hampered by soldiers' perceptions of civilian opportunities.

Sep 18, 2017
Report

Report

Assessing Competencies and Proficiency of Army Intelligence Analysts Across the Career Life Cycle

This report describes the development and implementation of a process to assess key analytic competencies and proficiency of the U.S. Army's analysts in the 35F military occupational specialty and the design of a protocol for ongoing evaluation.

Jul 27, 2017
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Report

Air Force Institutional Requirements: Opportunities for Improving the Efficiency of Sourcing, Managing, and Manning Corporate Requirements

This report documents how the Air Force could reduce the impact of institutional requirements on manpower in traditional career fields while ensuring that the organizations that depend on them are staffed with the qualified personnel they need.

Jul 10, 2017
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Using RAND's Military Career Model to Evaluate the Impact of Institutional Requirements on the Air Force Space Officer Career Field

This report models the impact of changes to Air Force institutional requirements (IRs) on the space officer career field. It examines how IRs affect the ability to fill core requirements, operational development, career experience, and career paths.

Jul 10, 2017
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Report

Cyber Power Potential of the Army's Reserve Component

Describes the availability of personnel with cyber skills in the private sector and the number of Army reserve component soldiers available to support the Army's cyber mission needs.

Jun 15, 2017
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Report

Fit for Duty? Evaluating the Physical Fitness Requirements of Battlefield Airmen

Describes a methodology for establishing physical fitness standards for four Air Force occupational specialties, as part of a broader Air Force effort to measure the physical readiness of airmen to perform their jobs.

May 9, 2017
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Stress and Dissatisfaction in the Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Community

The demand for the Air Force's remotely piloted aircraft has spiked in the past few years. Crews feel stressed due to heavy workloads, understaffing, and other factors. What can the Air Force do to mitigate these stressors?

Apr 27, 2017
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Tool

User's Guide for the Total Force Blue-Line (TFBL) Model

This user's guide contains detailed instructions for running the Total Force Blue-Line model, including steps to follow, the inputs to use, how the inputs can be generated, and a list of steps for generating red-line/blue-line charts.

Apr 21, 2017
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Enhancing Professionalism in the U.S. Air Force

This report considers the U.S. Air Force definition of professionalism as a starting point to address the question: What can the Air Force do to increase the professionalism of its personnel?

Apr 14, 2017
Research Brief

Research Brief

Reserve Component General and Flag Officer Requirements

RAND researchers assessed whether the system, management, and number of reserve component general and flag officers were appropriate.

Oct 14, 2016
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Report

Promotion Benchmarks for Senior Officers with Joint and Acquisition Service

This report examines ways to improve reporting on promotion objectives for officers who have served on the Joint Staff or in the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff or are joint-qualified officers or Acquisition Corps members.

Sep 14, 2016
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Report

Can We Explain Gender Differences in Officer Career Progression?

The report provides a quantitative analysis of the differences in the career progression of officers based on gender, as well as the factors that explain these differences.

Aug 17, 2016
Tool

Tool

Officer Accession Planning: A Manual for Estimating Air Force Officer Degree Requirements

This tool describes and provides implementation guidance for the process RAND Project AIR FORCE created to develop evidence-based degree requirements for officer accessions.

Aug 1, 2016
Research Brief

How Effective Are Military Academy Admission Standards?

This brief summarizes the results of analysis of the applicant scoring systems that the U.S. Military Academy and U.S. Air Force Academy use for admission.

Jul 22, 2016
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Report

Air Force Officer Accession Planning: Addressing Key Gaps in Meeting Career Field Academic Degree Requirements for Nonrated Officers

This report summarizes an analysis of the Air Force's programs and processes for matching new officers with career field assignments and offers suggestions for improvement.

Jun 9, 2016
Testimony

Testimony

Reforming the American Military Officer Personnel System: Addendum: Thoughts on Contractors

Document submitted on May 24, 2016 as an addendum to testimony presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee on December 2, 2015.

May 27, 2016
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Reserve Component General and Flag Officers: A Review of Requirements and Authorized Strength

Increased use of the reserve component has renewed interest in the question of the appropriate number of reserve component general and flag officers. RAND researchers conducted a review of requirements for reserve component general and flag officers.

Feb 8, 2016
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Report

The U.S. Department of Defense's Earned Value Management–Analyst Workforce

To support development and integration of earned value management (EVM) competencies across the defense acquisition workforce, RAND researchers surveyed the U.S. Department of Defense EVM-analyst workforce and described it across several dimensions.

Jan 14, 2016
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Report

Identifying Key Workplace Stressors Affecting Twentieth Air Force: Analyses Conducted from December 2012 Through February 2013

A series of focus groups with 20th Air Force personnel and their spouses helped assess such issues as job stress and satisfaction and problem behaviors and solicit suggestions for addressing them.

Dec 23, 2015
Testimony

Reforming the American Military Officer Personnel System

Today's U.S. military personnel system is fundamentally the same one put into place after World War II, with minor changes for officers. Reform efforts should include changes in how personnel are assigned and lengthening military careers.

Dec 2, 2015

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