Michael T. Childress

Effect of Personnel Quality on the Performance of Patriot Air Defense System Operators

This report examines the linkage between the quality of enlisted personnel (in terms of aptitude score) and their ability to operate the Patriot air d...

The Effectiveness of U.S. Training Efforts in Internal Defense and Development

The Cases of El Salvador and Honduras

Drawing on interviews with trainers, U.S. Embassy personnel, and an extensive review of peridicals and books, the author concludes that a causal relat...

A System Description of the Cocaine Trade

Gaps and inconsistencies in the picture of the cocaine trade increase the difficulty of making good choices about resource allocation and drug-fightin...

A System Description of the Marijuana Trade

This report describes and discusses applications for a computer spreadsheet-based, comprehensive systems description of the quantity and flow of marij...

The Implications for the U.S. Army of Demographic Patterns in the Less Developed World

A Documented Briefing

This report analyzes demographic patterns in the less developed world and discusses some preliminary implications for the U.S. Army. The three major d...

A System Description of the Heroin Trade

This report describes and discusses applications for a computer spreadsheet-based, comprehensive "systems description" of the quantity and flow of her...