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RAND Arroyo Center Publications - Annual Reports
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2008 – 2009
In a phrase, “helping the Army” is the mission of RAND Arroyo Center, through mid- to long-term research on the Army’s enduring analytical challenges; in-depth analyses of major policy issues affecting the Army on the near-term horizon; and special, quick-response support on today’s most urgent problems. Now in its 26th year of operation, Arroyo delivers products that reflect RAND's broader institutional principles – especially a dedication to high-quality, objective, and nonpartisan research and analysis. The work also reflects a close, collaborative engagement with the Army’s senior leadership.
This annual report describes the breadth and depth of RAND Arroyo Center projects undertaken in fiscal year 2008. It also provides a comprehensive overview of the full range of Arroyo’s research products and services, featuring short summaries of noteworthy studies and highlighting the contributions and achievements of selected researchers. As the Army strives to rebalance current wartime demands and long-term institutional requirements, RAND Arroyo Center stands ready to provide the objective insights necessary to make rational choices among imperfect, uncertain, and often competing options.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2007 - Serving the Army for 25 Years — 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. While particular research streams have evolved over time, generic areas of substantive focus have remained largely intact and are reflected in Arroyo's four programs of research: Strategy, Doctrine, and Resources; Force Development and Technology; Military Logistics; and Manpower and Training. These programs, along with the specific research streams they maintain, support the four “imperatives” essential to restoring the Army's balance: sustain the Army's soldiers, families and civilians; prepare forces to succeed in the current conflict; reset units and rebuild readiness; and transform the Army to meet the demands of the 21st century.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2006 - Meeting Today's Demands, Shaping Tomorrow's Choices — 2007
Over the past five years, the U.S. Army has been racing faster and faster in service to the nation. The campaign in Iraq lies at the core of the major challenges the Army confronts today, although force levels are reaching an all-time high in Afghanistan as well. The Army is not “broken” by a long shot; remarkably high retention rates, continuing high morale in tactical units, and sustained tactical effectiveness all testify to that. But it is certainly “stretched thin,” as senior Army leaders have stated repeatedly in recent months, and the current surge of forces to Iraq will stretch it thinner still. There is little slack here to take on other challenges should they arise, and high retention rates cannot fully mask growing strain on soldiers and their families. Whatever the press of current demands, however, Army leaders cannot ignore the future, nor have they. They have worked hard and successfully, so far, to defend major acquisition programs while reshaping tactical formations into “modular” brigade combat teams in a significant transformation of Army forces. But challenges remain: What is the best structure and training regime for an Army that faces so many different challenges? How can it best develop leaders able to handle these challenges, often simultaneously? What kind of communications network does it need to tackle the full array of future operational challenges? How can it recruit to the newly announced higher end-strength? This annual report summarizes some of the work that RAND Arroyo Center’s analysts have done in fiscal year 2006 to help the Army meet today’s demands while making tomorrow’s choices.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2005 - A Campaign-Quality Army — 2006
It is hard to remember a time when the U.S. Army faced a wider and more formidable array of threats. Since shortly after 9/11, it has been fighting a determined and adaptive enemy who has proven to be adept at using asymmetric techniques to counter or avoid U.S. military strengths. We expect conflicts of this kind to continue, in various forms, for many years to come, and to be a primary focus of U.S. defense efforts. Clearly, today’s challenges call for an Army that truly embodies “full-spectrum” capabilities and is capable of responding quickly to a range of threats as they emerge around the globe-including in the United States. This is the force the Army seeks when it talks of pursuing “a campaign-quality Army with a joint and expeditionary mindset.” The effort could not be more timely or important: hence we have chosen to focus this year’s annual report on RAND Arroyo Center’s support to the pursuit of a campaign-quality Army. The report describes the results of several research efforts that deal with the issues facing the Army as it makes what arguably might be the most difficult transformation in its 200-year history.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2004 - An Army Transformed While at War — 2005
What a difference a few years make – in this case to Army priorities. Three years ago, and notwithstanding the demands of the new and uncertain global war on terrorism, the Army was investing sizable amounts of money in long-term programs aimed at transforming the organization into a lighter, nimbler force. Today, those investments are being squeezed by the growing costs of current operations, most notably the war in Iraq. Clearly, however, those investments must be screened and calibrated very carefully in the present fiscal environment. Presumably one major theme of the upcoming Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) will be to find a new and sustainable balance of investment between current operations and future choices. RAND Arroyo Center is committed to helping the Army transform while at war, and the essays in this Annual Report summarize streams of research that support that goal.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2003 - Toward an Expeditionary Army — 2004
In this annual report, we highlight RAND Arroyo Center’s efforts to help the Army become an expeditionary force. With the traditional strength of federally funded research and development centers like Arroyo, we have drawn on our long-term, stable lines of research to move quickly to understand change – even changes as dramatic as those the Army has recently experienced.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2002 - Serving the Army for Two Decades — 2003
This annual report celebrates the Arroyo Center’s twentieth anniversary. It includes testimonials from senior Army leaders, a brief history of the Center, and summaries of some of the long-term research “streams” we have developed over two decades of service to the Army.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2001 — 2002
This year's Arroyo Center annual report could not go to press without acknowledging the tragic events of September 11, 2001. This report also contains research on other, enduring missions the Army must carry out.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 2000 - Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenges — 2001
The 2000 Arroyo Center annual report focuses on five prominent challenges: recruiting and retention, the rise of potential adversaries, installation structure, improving readiness, and retaining scientific and technical expertise.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 1999 - Avenues of Agility — 2000
This year’s RAND Arroyo Center annual report takes as its theme “Avenues of Agility.” The main section of the report contains four articles that draw on recent analyses for the Army and point to things the Army can do or could think about doing to become more responsive.
RAND Arroyo Center Annual Report 1998 - Contributions and Capabilities — 1999
The Arroyo Center serves the Army’s leadership and its key organizations by analyzing significant policy issues of especial concern. Its strength lies in providing the in-depth research needed to formulate sound options, consistent with its charter as a federally funded research and development center.
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