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Shortcomings in Planning for Post-Combat Period in Iraq Outlined — Jun. 30, 2008
Efforts to adequately plan for the post-combat period in Iraq were thwarted by overly optimistic views held by top civilian leaders and a belief among military leaders that civilian authorities would be responsible for postwar operations, according to a report by RAND Corporation researchers.
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RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2007 — Serving the Army for 25 Years — Jun. 15, 2008
RAND Arroyo Center’s annual report describes the skills and abilities that have been carefully developed over its history with an eye on large, complex institutional problems that the Army is likely to face.
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The Counterinsurgency Fight: Think Globally, Lose Locally — April 27, 2007
Confronted with insurgents in several countries and a true global terror network operating in others, some people are tempted to incorrectly to view these opponents as a monolithic force, waging a global insurgency to destroy freedom. The reasons for this misconception and proposals for successful responses are the subject of this commentary by James T. Quinlivan and Bruce R. Nardulli for the Washington Post.
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Jeffrey A. Isaacson appointed Vice President and Director of RAND Arroyo Center — April 11, 2007
Former RAND Corporation Vice President Jeffrey A. Isaacson has returned to RAND as vice president and director of the RAND Arroyo Center. A physicist and expert on national security issues, Isaacson returns to RAND from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. Isaacson succeeds Thomas L. McNaugher, who has served as a RAND vice president and director of the RAND Arroyo Center for five years.
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Coordination Could Breed Control in Iraq
Teamwork and coordination are vital for success in all sorts of activities ó on the athletic field, in business, in government and in war. Yet too often, the different branches of the U.S. military and the U.S. government in Iraq have failed to effectively coordinate their activities with each other and with their Iraqi counterparts. Be assured that better coordination alone won´t solve America´s problems in Iraq and guarantee victory. But without it, achieving victory will be much harder regardless of the number of troops the U.S. maintains, because successes achieved by one arm of the U.S. effort is too often undone by another.
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Human Resource Management and Army Recruiting - Analyses of Policy Options
U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is faced with the challenge of ensuring that the flow of qualified volunteers is adequate to meet future active-duty accession requirements. This report documents research methods, findings, and policy conclusions from a project analyzing human resource management options for improving recruiting production. It details research designed to develop new insights to help guide future recruiter management policies. The research involves econometric analyses of three large and rich datasets. The first analysis compares the career paths of enlisted personnel, including recruiters. The second analyzes individual recruiter characteristics and links those characteristics with their productivity, controlling for a variety of independent factors. Finally, the research focuses on station-level recruiting outcomes, paying close attention to the management options that can affect recruiter production and effort. This work will interest those involved in the day-to-day management of recruiting resources as well as researchers and analysts engaged in analyses of military enlistment behavior.
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Assessing the Value of U.S. Army International Activities
A number of important steps have been taken in recent years to improve the planning and management of Army International Activities (AIA). Still, a need remains, and is widely recognized, for a high-level assessment mechanism to allocate AIA resources more efficiently, execute AIA programs more effectively, and highlight the contributions of AIA to the National Military Strategy, the DoD Security Cooperation Guidance, and The Army Plan. This report presents a framework for assessing the value of the Armyís non-combat interactions with other militaries.
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Human Resource Management and Army Recruiting
U.S. Army Recruiting Command (USAREC) is faced with the challenge of ensuring that the flow of qualified volunteers is adequate to meet future active-duty accession requirements. This report documents research methods, findings, and policy conclusions from a project analyzing human resource management options for improving recruiting production. It details research designed to develop new insights to help guide future recruiter management policies.
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