Michael L. Hansen

An Empirical Assessment of the U.S. Army's Enlistment Waiver Policies

An Examination in Light of Emerging Societal Trends in Behavioral Health and the Legalization of Marijuana

Army enlistment standards are intended to ensure that applicants are able to perform military duties successfully and to select those who are the most...

Supporting the Mental Health Needs of Veterans in the Metro Detroit Area

Over the past decade, the government has expanded funding and services to meet increasing demand for improved veteran access to high-quality mental he...

Balancing Quality of Life with Mission Requirements

An Analysis of Personnel Tempo on U. S. Coast Guard Major Cutters

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has a broad set of missions in the maritime domain, including 11 statutory missions across the categories of maritime safe...

Reshaping the Army's Active and Reserve Components

To analyze policy options that would improve utilization of reserve forces, the authors assess how Army active and reserve forces are used. Converting...

Strategies for Private-sector Development and Civil-service Reform in the Kurdistan Region - Iraq

This monograph provides strategies to increase private-sector employment, including ways to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector, in t...

Expectations about Civilian Labor Markets and Army Officer Retention

This monograph develops a comprehensive picture of the socioeconomic environment officers will encounter if they leave active-duty service and analyze...

Retention of Racial-Ethnic Minorities in the Regular Army

To help the Army accomplish its diversity goals, RAND Arroyo Center examined retention of racial-ethnic minorities in the Regular Army's enlisted and ...

Strategies for Private-sector Development and Civil-service Reform in the Kurdistan Region--Iraq

Kurdish-language Version

This monograph provides strategies to reemploy civil-service workers in the private sector and to increase private-sector employment in the Kurdistan ...

An Evaluation of the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety

The 2018 National Defense Authorization Act required an evaluation of the Corporation for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety and its ...

Building the Future

Summary of Four Studies to Develop the Private Sector, Education, Health Care, and Data for Decisionmaking for the Kurdistan Region - Iraq

This report summarizes the approaches, findings, and recommendations of four studies intended to help the Kurdistan Regional Government expand access ...

Measuring and Retaining the U. S. Army's Deployment Experience

The ARNGUS and USAR provide an additional option to retain deployment experience acquired in the Regular Army; however, the percentage of soldiers who...