Shirley M. Ross

A Separate Space

Creating a Military Service for Space

As the United States creates the Space Force as a service within the Department of the Air Force, RAND assessed which units to bring into the Space Fo...

An Evaluation of Task Force True North Initiatives for the Promotion of Resilience and Well-Being Within the Air Force

Researchers conducted a thematic analysis of data collected on the U.S. Air Force's Task Force True North (TFTN) initiatives and identified key findin...

Championing the Agile Air Force Officer Career

Examining the Potential Use of New Career Management Flexibilities

The 2019 National Defense Authorization Act introduced new options for officer career management for the military services. Researchers examine the po...

General Officers, Career Field Sustainability, Training Pipelines, and the Civilian Workforce of the U.S. Space Force

Considered Options to Enhance Structure and Configuration

With the U.S. Space Force rapidly standing up as a separate military service within the Department of the Air Force, as established by the National De...

Optimizing the Contributions of Air Force Civilian STEM Workforce

The U.S. Air Force's ability to accomplish national security goals relies heavily on research advances in the science, technology, engineering, and ma...

Attracting and Employing Top-Tier Civilian Technical Talent in the Department of the Air Force

A Comparison of Six Occupations with Other Federal Agencies and the Private Sector

This report identifies barriers related to the Department of the Air Force's (DAF's) ability to attract and employ top civilian talent in six occupati...