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Military mobilization involves the assembling and organizing of national military resources—that is, active or reserve forces—to support a nation's defense or strategic objectives. RAND provides civilian and military decisionmakers with critical recommendations on all aspects of defense expenditures to maximize the effectiveness, support, and readiness of a nation's military force.

Research Brief
Why Understanding 'Will to Fight' Is Crucial
Arguably, will to fight is the most important factor in war. The best technology in the world is useless without the force of will to use it and to keep using it even as casualties mount and unexpected calamities arise. Ignoring will to fight can contribute to tactical or even strategic defeat.
Sep 13, 2019
Commentary
The Definition of Mobilisation
In Australia, the prevailing view of mobilisation is that it is an activity associated with going to war. But it should also include preparing for, and where possible, preventing a range of potential hazards, as well as supporting subsequent recovery efforts.
Oct 21, 2021

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Report
Army Medical Support for Peace Operations and Humanitarian Assistance
The U.S. military is increasingly being called upon to provide medical support for U.S. forces, coalition forces, and civilian populations in
Jan 1, 1996
Report
Postmobilization Training Resource Requirements: Army National Guard Heavy Enhanced Brigades
This report analyzes the training resources needed for future postmobilization training of combat brigades in the Army National Guard.
Jan 1, 1996
Research Brief
An Air Force for Crises and Lesser Conflicts
Researchers sought to identify directions the Air Force might take in responding to growing CALC demands.
Jan 1, 1995
Report
Organizing, Training, and Equipping the Air Force for Crises and Lesser Conflicts
Explores where, why, and how operations short of war are stressing the forces, particularly the aerospace forces, and how those stresses upon USAF capabilities might be relieved by changes in Air Force organization, training, and equipment.
Jan 1, 1995
Report
Insuring Mobilized Reservists Against Economic Losses: An Overview
Summarizes results from an ongoing study of the economic losses of reservists upon mobilization and explores one option for addressing this problem, namely, the feasibility of offering insurance protection against such losses.
Jan 1, 1995
Report
Aggregation, Disaggregation, and the 3:1 Rules in Ground Combat
This report illustrates a number of basic principles about aggregation and disaggregation in combat modeling by working through the mathematics and phenomenology of a concrete example.
Jan 1, 1995
Report
Training Readiness in the Army Reserve Components
This report documents research on the training readiness of high-priority Army Reserve Component units participating in 1992 in the Army's training enhancement program, known as BOLD SHIFT.
Jan 1, 1994
Report
Planning Reserve Mobilization: Inferences from Operation Desert Shield
This report identifies problems and issues raised by Operation Desert Shield (ODS) that could affect the Army's use of reserves in future contingencies and summarizes issues that deserve further analysis.
Jan 1, 1993
Report
Mobilization and Train-up Times for Army Reserve Component Support Units
This report documents research into the time it takes Reserve Component (RC) support units (such as transportation, engineers, military police, or artillery) to mobilize and prepare for deployment.
Jan 1, 1992
Report
Post-Mobilization and Training of Army Reserve Component Combat Units
This report investigates how long it takes Reserve Component (RC) combat units to mobilize and prepare for deployment.
Jan 1, 1992
Report
Assessing the Structure and Mix of Future Active and Reserve Forces: Assessment of Policies and Practices for Implementing the Total Force Policy
This report examines the Department of Defense (DoD) Base Force decision process.
Jan 1, 1992
Report
Models of the Military Sector in the Soviet Economy
Examines econometric-trend and optimal-control models against the background of an aggregate model and the foreground of priority models. The author attempts to clarify the role of these models in analyzing the defense sector and the Soviet economy.
Jan 1, 1991
Report
Possible Postwar Force Requirements for the Persian Gulf: How Little Is Enough?
Describes a methodology for estimating the force levels that would be needed to defend Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the aftermath of the Persian Gulf crisis, and it describes the results of a preliminary analysis performed using the methodology.
Jan 1, 1991
Report
U.S. Grand Strategy for the 1990s and Beyond
Shows how the changed global environment could permit the evolution of different kinds of U.S. forces to support four alternative future U.S. strategies suitable for different situations: ...
Jan 1, 1990
Report
Individual Ready Reserve Skill Retention and Refresher Training Options
This Note explores the determinants of key attributes of a training program for Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) members.
Jan 1, 1986
Report
1979 DOD Survey of Personnel Entering Military Service: Wave 1 User's Manual and Codebook
Describes the 1979 survey administered to enlistees at all 67 Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Stations (AFEES) immediately after enlistees were sworn in.
Jan 1, 1980
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1979 DOD Survey of Personnel Entering Military Service: Wave 2 User’s Manual and Codebook
Describes the 1979 survey administered to enlistees at all 67 Armed Forces Entrance and Examination Stations (AFEES) immediately after enlistees were sworn in.
Jan 1, 1980
Report
RAND-Department of Defense Survey Research Program: Fiscal Years 1978-1979
This Note, in the form of annotated briefing slides, briefly describes completed and planned surveys in the RAND-DOD Survey Group, a component of RAND's Manpower, Mobilization and Readiness Program.
Jan 1, 1979
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