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Implications for U.S. Policy Options
The backdrop of a deteriorating security situation in Mexico and change in administration in the United States demands a closer examination of potenti...
This report assesses challenges for unit cohesion from integrating women into special operations forces and provides analytical support for validating...
Considerations for Army Leaders
This report examines how Joint Task Force-Haiti (JTF-Haiti) supported the humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts in Haiti. It focuses on ...
This study for the U.S. Marine Corps presents a historical overview of the integration of women into the U.S. military and explores the importance of ...
A Multidisciplinary Look at the Creation of a U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism Intelligence Agency
Whether U.S. terrorism-prevention efforts match the threat continues to be central in policy debate. Part of this debate is whether the United States ...
To inform a potential change in policy, a RAND study examined the health care needs of transgender military personnel, costs of gender transition-rela...
A New Joint Operational Capability
This report was written as part of a project entitled "Joint Operational Concepts for an Uncertain Future." The focus of the research became an effort...
The Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act established an alternative framework for promotion policies for military officers. The authors...
"As required by the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act, this report examines the efforts of the Department of Defense (DoD) to directly provide j...
Additional Steps Toward Modernization
The authors identify useful steps toward modernization of officer career management in the military, examine constraints on reforms, and propose mitig...
Lessons Learned - And Still to Be Learned
To help the U.S. Army and U.S. Department of Defense retain institutional knowledge and fully prepare future leaders, RAND researchers recount the Arm...
Improving the Chances of Success
Integrating active and reserve component military staff organizations-for the purpose of achieving greater efficiency, making standards and practices ...
While all U.S. military services have strived to achieve greater total force integration and a stronger total force culture across their active and re...
An Overview for Army Installation Managers
"This report assesses existing water market mechanisms (such as water banking and auctions) and partnership opportunities that Army installations can ...
An Assessment of Mexican Security Based on Existing RAND Research on Urban Unrest, Insurgency, and Defense-sector Reform
A RAND team conducted a Delphi expert elicitation exercise, the results of which offer an assessment of the contemporary security situation in Mexico ...
A Comparative Analysis of the 2001-2014 Quadrennial Defense Reviews, and Implications for the Army
This report presents a comparative historical analysis of the four Quadrennial Defense Reviews (QDRs) conducted after 1997 and identifies trends, impl...
Updating the DD Form 214
Electronic systems are becoming increasingly complicated and interconnected, and those of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) are no exception. Due t...
This report identifies emerging policy lessons regarding the use of, and reforms to, the U.S. Army's Reserve Components (RCs) as an operational reserv...
Since the mid-twentieth century, the U.S. military's reserve components have shifted from primarily a strategic force to today's operational force com...
Insights to Facilitate Successful Reintegration for Citizen Warriors and Their Families
This RAND study examined the challenges that reserve component service members and their families face after deployment and identified the factors and...
A Comparative Analysis of the 2001-2014 Quadrennial Defense Reviews, and Implications for the Army--Executive Summary
This summary highlights findings from a comparative analysis of the four Quadrennial Defense Reviews conducted after 1997, identifying trends, implica...
"Disaster preparedness and response is a national priority, in which the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) plays a supporting -- but potentially crucia...
RAND researchers conducted a formal review of 13 programs that received Beyond Yellow Ribbon appropriations in fiscal year 2013, helping to identify p...
"The USAF asked the RAND Corporation to assess ways to increase gender-integrated training (GIT) in Basic Military Training (BMT). RAND reviewed histo...
The authors identify unmet needs for transitioning reserve component members, assess the Transition Assistance Program (TAP), and recommend ways to im...
In response to the lack of a comprehensive tool to assess a country1s defense sector and its ability to counter a range of security threats, a RAND te...
This report identifies approaches to expanding the Air Force's Task Force True North program, which seeks to provide prevention and treatment programs...