The purpose of this MBA project is to determine when active duty officers should be allowed to enter into the Army Acquisition Corps Contracting Career Field. Contracting is a highly specialized career field that requires a technically proficient workforce with extensive contracting experience. Given the existing career timeline format, contracting military occupational specialty officers may only have approximately six years of experience working in contracting-related assignments, including...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Crespo,Jose A, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, military...
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Over the last several years the Task Force Excel Performance Vector Research Team (PVRT) has been working on developing scientifically-based tools to support Navy efforts to re-engineer performance management, performance appraisal, and advancement programs. During Fiscal Year 2002, the PVRT successfully developed a new performance management and appraisal system for all supervisory and non-supervisory personnel in the U. S. Navy (Hedge, Borman, Bruskiewicz, & Bourne, 2002). That effort was...
Topics: DTIC Archive, PERSONNEL DECISIONS RESEARCH INST (PDRI) INC TAMPA FL, *PERSONNEL DEVELOPMENT,...
Fourteen working papers dealing with delayed entry, attrition, the Army Communications Objectives Measurement System, enlistment, retention, and recruitment.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Verdugo, N, ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ALEXANDRIA VA...
In summary, we found that more than 14 percent of new recruits leave the services during the first 6 months, and more than 30 percent leave before the end of their first term. Because of this attrition, the services lose a substantial investment in training, time, equipment, and related expenses and must increase accessions to replace these losses. The main reasons for the high attrition rate during the first 6 months are that (1) the services' screening of applicants for disqualifying medical...
Topics: DTIC Archive, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL A FFAIRS...
This is the first of two reports on a research project intended to determine the cognitive skills required throughout the career of an Air Defense Artillery (ADA) Warrant Officer (WO) and whether the training they receive supports those requirements. The researchers assessed ADA WOs needs based on requirements for successful duty performance and compared these findings to the training WOs receive in formal courses during their career progression. Findings indicated differing requirements for...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Stallings, Gary M, NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP COLUMBUS GA COLUMBUS United States,...
The Army Operating Concept indicates that the Army must be prepared to face diverse threats in the future in which leaders and Soldiers will employ traditional and unconventional strategies in a variety of operational environments. Improving Soldier performance is critical for success in complex environments. Within this larger context, the mission of the U.S. Armys Officer Candidate School (OCS) is to develop junior Officers who are technically and tactically proficient and capable of leading...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Toumbeva, Tatiana H, APTIMA INC WOBURN MA WOBURN United States, leadership, officer...
This report describes follow-on research to Ratwani, Dean, Knott, Diedrich, Flanagan, Walker, and Tucker (2016) which developed an assessment toolkit for the Army Reconnaissance Course. The ARC-Field Tool (ARC-FT) includes measures of leader skills/attributes on a tablet allowing instructors to observe and assess classroom and field events in real time. The ARC-FT supports standardized training assessments and provides consistent, accurate ratings of attributes across students and instructors....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dean, Courtney R, APTIMA INC WOBURN MA WOBURN United States, skills, army personnel,...
In this study, we evaluate the feasibility of increasing the number of graduates from the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program (ChalleNGe) who could be employable in one of the four military services. Because of the Department of Defenses (DODs) and the services quality goals, this requires that a significant portion of ChalleNGe graduates have high school diplomas and score in the upper 50th percentiles on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT). Our methodology is three pronged: (1) we...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Malone,Lauren, Center for Naval Analyses Arlington United States, education,...
This paper focuses on the test development and validation efforts for the Army's cyber selection/classification research for new accessions. Four research efforts will be discussed two validation efforts and the development of two new measures of cyber aptitude. The Army validated the use of the Cyber Test (a joint service, knowledge-based cyber assessment) for two cyber occupations using a variety of outcomes (e.g., peer ratings, attitude measures, job knowledge test, and training grades) and...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Canali, Kristophor G, ARMY RESEARCH INST FOR THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES FORT...
The demand for intelligence produced from airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance platforms has greatly increased in recent years and will likely continue to growin the future. This places significant pressure upon Air Force imagery analysts to exhibit expertise in multiple disciplines including full-motion video, electro-optical still imagery, synthetic aperture still imagery, multi-spectral imagery, and hyper-spectral imagery. The training and skill sets required for each of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hollock,Jennifer A, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE DISTANCE LEARNING AIR UNIVERSITY...
Since 9/11, the fire service has experienced a shift and an expansion in the nature of threats and hazards that it faces. Despite advances in the field, firefighters are still losing their lives inside of burning buildings, and they must find new ways of identifying training gaps and improving current training practices. This thesis explores whether emergency incidents connected to low frequency and high risk events contain sufficient warning signs or indicators of imminent catastrophic events,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, McDeavitt,Deanna M, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, FIRE FIGHTING,...
The Department of Defense faces many challenges related to deploying new systems to meet the needs of the warfighter. Among these are compressed development times and increased required capabilities. There is a real need for systems engineering expertise in the acquisition enterprise to guide the technical design, development, integration and testing of such systems. At the same time, there is a potential skills gap due to an aging workforce, many of whom are near retirement, and the experience...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Wade, Jon, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER HOBOKEN NJ HOBOKEN United States,...
Context: There is growing recognition that more physician leaders are needed to navigate the next era of medicine. Objective: To determine current opinions about leadership training in endocrinology fellowship programs.
Topics: DTIC Archive, True, Mark W,, 59th Medical Wing San Antonio United States, endocrinology,...
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the subject of mentorship and how it relates to career success in the United States Army. The term mentorship is loosely understood and is often mislabeled. This study seeks to explain underlying reasons why there is a lack of African American United States Army officers in the combat arms branches. It attempts to understand the strategic nature of mentorship and its effect on officers. Clear identification and implementation of mentorship at critical...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Nelson,Linwood R, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Since the closure of the United States Army Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC) at Fort Sherman, Panama in 1999 the United States Army has not possessed an organic jungle warfare capacity. In addition, FM 90-5, Jungle Operations, the Army's jungle doctrine, is over 35 years old and is not reflective of changes in military technology, enemy capabilities, or the operational environment. Increased global instability and forward presence initiatives such as regionally aligned forces (RAF)...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Leiter,Jonathan C, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Since 1995 the Swiss Armed Forces have implemented two major reforms which caused several negative aftermaths in the leader training and education. The next reform WEA Weiterentwicklung der Armee (continued development of the Armed Forces) will try to fill the current gaps in the application of mission command philosophy. The purpose of this study is to research how does the planned changes under WEA prepare Swiss Armed Forces organizational level leaders to operate under mission command...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mudry,Marco, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Current United States Navy command and control doctrine suppresses the development of the mission command approach to command and control advocated by the Joint force. By suppressing the development and implementation of mission command, Navy doctrine institutionalizes unnecessary decision-making costs that negatively impact an operational commanders ability to successfully employ forces to attack effectively first. The full implementation of mission command requires a revision of Navy command...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Schaub,Drew A, JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT NAVAL WAR COLLEGE NEWPORT United...
The Armys doctrine, history and culture consistently highlights and venerates the physical attributes of warrior athletes, especially those who lead the men and women of the greatest land force in history. As the Information Age over-takes the legacy of influences of the Industrial Age, technological advancements are influencing perceptions of a need to focus training and improvement efforts on cognitive capabilities while subordinating the roles of the physical and social attributes of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Comfort,Kevin A, AIR WAR COLLEGE, AIR UNIVERSITY MAXWELL AFB United States, Personnel...
The Air Force is not drawing upon its full talent pool for leadership in its most senior positions. This also has another negative affect of creating a general officer cohort that severely lacks diversity. Active duty general officer statistics bear out that the group is 94% white and only 7% female as opposed to the overall Air Force population that is 72% white and 20% female. While more diverse than in the past in terms of Air Force Specialty Code, the general officer cohort is 58% pilot...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Sebren,G Jr H, Air War College, Air University Maxwell AFB United States, active...
In an effort to enhance Soldier and team performance, the FY16 Army Study Program awarded the Armys Maneuver Center of Excellence and The MITRE Corporation funds to conduct a study to develop Soldier/team performance-focused training support packages for operational and institutional training. This report summarizes the study teams process, products, and recommendations for augmenting an existing operational training program and institutional program of instruction with Soldier/team performance...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Butler,Paul, MITRE Corporation Orlando United States, performance(human),...
Someone must go forward and make contact with the enemy. This complex task falls to the cavalry squadrons of the brigade combat team. They will do this task when enablers are not in position to support. They will do iton short notice. Invariably, they will do it in the dead of night on the most difficult terrain. At the cutting edge of these squadrons are the scout sections and platoons that do the work of gaining and maintaining contact with the enemy. The Cobra Team has provided this tactical...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dente,J F, National Training Center Fort Irwin United States, cavalry, army...
The K-16 Engineering Pipeline: Engineering Success in STEM (K-16) project is a one-year project funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to develop an engineering pathway of high school courses and requirements within the Hawai'i Department of Education (HIDOE) that leads directly to acceptance into the College of Engineering, University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UHM) or other STEM-related technical training in Hawai'i. This project addresses the need for a rigorous statewide Engineering Pathway...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kawaguchi ,Katherine T, Chaminade University of Honolulu Honolulu United States,...
No one should disagree that continuous improvement is critical to an organizations success, since conducting business using a status quo philosophy will not work. Advocates for successful change methodologies generally tout their particular improvement program as the silver bullet process to solve all problems. So how does one know which improvement program to implement? And, how does one avoid falling into the flavor of the month trap of changing their processes every time they discover a flaw...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Haraburda,Scott S, Crane Army Ammunition Activity Crane United States, ORGANIZATIONS,...
In Fiscal Year 15, the U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center (ATC) experienced an attrition rate of 10.4% of its civilian workforce. Without mitigation, the current employee turnover could result in a loss of organizational knowledge, reduction in the number of highly skilled test center employees, and a failure for ATC to meet mission objectives, namely the execution of rigorous testing to support Department of Defense acquisition programs. A Workforce Retention Study (WRS) was conducted to analyze...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fore,Richard, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, human resources,...
Leadership is an essential quality that all homeland security professionals should possess. Unfortunately, the nature, scope, importance, and complexity of protecting the United States has overshadowed the fact that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees are not receiving the proper leadership training. Furthermore, lack of adequate training tools within the department is making it increasingly difficult to deliver the limited amount of available leadership training education....
Topics: homeland security, Department of Defense, leadership, management, training, personnel development,...
The United States Air Force was unquestionably the worlds premier and most powerful air force in the industrial age. Our challenge and opportunity are to translate that effectiveness and capability to defend our nation into the information age. To accomplish this, we must be able to execute our five core missions of air and space superiority; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); rapid global mobility; global strike; and command and control in and through cyberspace. While our...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Bender,Willaim J, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force Washington United States,...
This report summarizes the major findings from a TRADOC-requested research project examining the implementation of the Army Learning Model (ALM) within the context of the Shot-in-the-Arm (SITA) project. As the ALM changes were viewed as innovations, the innovation literature was the conceptual foundation for the research. Ten Army courses were included: advanced individual training, noncommissioned officer professional development courses, and an officer basic course. Course managers, training...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Dyer, Jean L, CONSORTIUM OF UNIVERSITIES WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON DC United States,...
Professional military education in the Army University system should produce an undergraduate degree in a professional discipline of study, a Bachelors of Military Arts and Science. We must define the Army by the large bodies of knowledge that exist across the educational domains to train, certify and educate from within a profession. Degrees produced by the Army University system define the study of the profession, as we define ourselves, through more capable Leaders. The Army University...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Williams,Stuart P, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
This study examines how empathy influences the execution of the Army mission command philosophy. This timely discussion of empathy partly reveals how leaders can be better prepared to win in a future operating environment shaped by the complexity and speed of human interactions. Through the analysis of case-studies involving General Stanley McChrystal and Colonel Michael Steele, this thesis describes how each individual's empathetic mindset resulted in both favorable and unfavorable mission...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fontaine,Matthew J, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has embarked on an ambitious change program called Future 35, which aims to establish a fully integrated defense force based on an amphibious task force capability by 2035. As part of this program, the NZDF introduced the Total Defence Workforce initiative in 2011. Total Defence Workforce created a number of adverse impacts on NZDF personnel, which damaged the overall readiness and effectiveness of the force. This thesis first examines the impact of Total...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Brandon,Ian, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
The current global security environment is complex and at times unknowable. The Army's ability to respond rapidly and effectively to a range of military operations is vital to achieving national strategic objectives. As the Army prepares to meet the warfighting challenges of today and to ensure that the future force is prepared to defend the nation, leader development must be a priority. To ensure leaders have the attributes needed for success on future battlefields, leader development programs...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Boehringer, Robyn E, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth...
This thesis deals with Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Battalion Task Force (Bn TF) training cycle. It focuses on how the SAF is conducting the infantry and multifunctional Bn TF training. In particular, it deals with mission and mission essential task list (METL) selections, which guide the whole process. The author decided on this topic because SAF has not had a lot of experience in this field, and the experience that SAF has is very different from one training cycle to another. This topic is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Avsec, Ales, US Army Command and General Staff College Fort Leavenworth United...
Personal and professional development is paramount to the growth and success of individuals and the organizations they comprise. The United States militarys special operations forces (SOF) are elite small teams that work in austere situations globally. SOF operators are expected to be competent and capable at all times. They must rely on their team members for personal and professional development. This paper sought to assess the characteristics and outcomes of developmental relationships...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Stark,Kevin, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA MONTEREY United States, special...
This thesis describes the analysis used to determine personnel requirements for the Malaysian Armys S61A-4 utility helicopter fleet. We use discrete-event simulation (DES) to model maintenance activities in the Malaysian Army Aviation (MAA) fleet in order to evaluate the impact of maintenance crew resources on helicopter availability. Our model simulates the normal daily operating activities in the MAA environment and includes the size of the fleet, fleet flying operations, and maintenance...
Topics: DTIC Archive, bin Mohamad Rais,Hasnan, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States,...
Leadership development is crucial to an organizations continued success and growth. Creating a leadership pipeline filled with competent, trained, educated, and experienced civilian acquisition leaders from the entry level and mid-grade level positions is an important responsibility for senior leaders. Mentoring and coaching entry level and mid-grade level professionals could be the one of most important things senior leaders do to develop civilian leaders within their organizations. Creating a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Maurice, Craig J, Defense Acquisition University Huntsville United States, leadership...
Today's United States Air Force does not effectively manage its human capital to develop and retain a technically literate acquisitions workforce. A detailed look at the personnel development and career progression opportunities of the acquisitions workforce, especially the Flight Test Engineer community, illustrates this problem. Data presented illustrate the shift towards the Acquisition Management and away from Scientist and Engineer career fields as rank increases. Conversely, Flight Test...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Casey,John P, Air Command And Staff College Maxwell AFB United States, Case studies,...
I am pleased to transmit to you A 21st Century Science, Technology, and Innovation Strategy for Americas National Security (the Strategy). Led by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Homeland and National Security, in coordination with the Office of Science and Technology Policy, this Strategy reflects input from and deliberation among the science, technology, and innovation components of the Departments and Agencies responsible for carrying out the Nations national...
Topics: DTIC Archive, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Committee on Homeland and National...
How does the Acquisition Workforce train and create experience for the next generation? This research addressed how the Defense Acquisition University (DAU) develops its emerging leaders among its support faculty and staff. Through a retrospective view of the emerging leadership program in particular, the author investigated the value and impact of the program details and the resulting effect it had for the Emerging Leader Program (ELP)graduates. ELP graduates were invited to participate in a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Kinnear-Seligman,Donna, Defense Acquisition University West Region San Diego United...
The Department of Defense (DoD) acquisition workforce is growing rapidly, and the need to align tasks to job positions and competencies with individuals to ensure positions are filled with the best fitting candidate is extremely important. DASN RDT and E has funded NPS on a multi-year project to lead a multi-agency working group in the development of a Systems Engineering Career Competency Model (SECCM). The current phase of the SECCM development project is heavily focused on the verification...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Whitcomb,Clifford, Naval Postgraduate School Monterey United States, systems...
Professionalism problems are ubiquitous in GME training programs, and yet they are often among the most challenging issues to address. Unlike deficiencies in the other core competencies, often it is not clear if remediation of professionalism is possible or how to remediation plan should be developed and implemented. Since professional conduct encompasses a complex set of attitudes and values, medical educators are often faced with making difficult, value-based decisions regarding the action(s)...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hannah, William Jr N, 59th Medcial Wing San Antonio United States, medical personnel,...
The Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), Program Executive Office Ground Combat Support Systems (PEO GCSS) leadership asked the question Can Ethics Be Taught? To this over-simplified question, the answer is yes. The Department of Defense already has a compliance-based ethics program. In fact, there is extensive coverage on teaching ethics in terms of leadership development and decision-making throughout both public and private research and literature. Teaching ethical reasoning...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hodges,Ancel B, Defense Acquisition University Huntsville United States, ethics,...
In this document, we describe seven programmatic structures that can be leveraged to create game-based training materials. We describethe tradeoffs of the different development approaches, with the goal of helping agencies interested in serious games select an appropriatemodel for collaborating with partners. With an understanding of the possible collaboration models, we believe that agencies will be able to explore the use of game-based training with modest budgets and with a tolerable level...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Seater,R M, MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington United States, teaching methods, skills,...
The ability to defend the United States of America rests upon the shoulders of the men and women of the Armed Forces whose mission and objectives require the proper equipment and weapon systems. The concept of product support is the backbone of the process that ensures the existence of Aligned and synchronized operational, acquisition, and sustainment communities working together to deliver required and affordable Warfighter outcomes (Product Support Manager Guidebook, 2015). The purpose of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Schocke,John C, Defense Acquisition University Huntsville United States, weapon...
With the simultaneous challenges of an increasingly fiscally constrained environment and the continuing need for advancements in our Warfighting capabilities, the imperative to do more with less was manifested in the Department of Defenses (DoDs) Better Buying Power (BBP) initiatives. The BBP goals of restoring affordability, increasing efficiencies, delivering better value, and achieving technical excellence and innovation in DoD acquisitions all require the Armys acquisition workforce to...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Jones,Cheryl L, Defense Acquisition University Huntsville United States, acquisition,...
Center of Excellence (CoE) in STEM Education was established through a partnership between Jackson State University (JSU), Hinds Community College (HCC) and Jackson Public School District (JPSD). Its overarching goal was to develop a STEM pipeline program that will: 1) enhance the STEM academic infrastructure, and 2) mentor students to pursue careers and advanced degrees in STEM disciplines of relevance to the DoD mission. To achieve these goals, important strategic activities (after school...
Topics: DTIC Archive, JACKSON STATE UNIV MS, *EDUCATION, *ENGINEERING, *MATHEMATICS, CAREERS, COMMUNITIES,...
The optimal balance between force size and the number of general and flag officers has been a question of interest in military personnel planning for decades. Increased use of the reserve component, particularly since September 11, 2001, and an expectation that this role will continue and possibly increase in the future has renewed interest in the question of the appropriate number of reserve component general and flag officers (RC G/FOs). Congressional interest in this question prompted...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Harrington,Lisa M, RAND National Defense Research Institute Santa Monica United...
Meeting the Soldier-centered intent of the Army Learning Model (ALM) has many challenges, including conducting assessments. Without effective assessment methodologies, instructors will not be able to provide students with tailored learning experiences. This research describes the development of a prototype, proof-of-concept measurement and assessment system for the Army Reconnaissance Course (ARC) to meet assessment challenges. The ARC, with a focus on the development of leader attributes, is...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Ratwani, Krista L, Aptima Woburn United States, army personnel, instructors,...
The Earned Value Management (EVM) division in Performance Assessments and Root Cause Analyses (PARCA) of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition serves as the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) focal point for all policy, guidance, and competency relating to EVM. EVMs role as a tool for integrated program management across DoD has increased in prominence in recent years; yet, as a cross-functional community, EVM faces challenges in workforce management that communities in designated...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Young,Stephanie, RAND Corporation National Defense Research Institute Santa Monica...
AFRL must find a way to provide new technology to its customers faster and cheaper. The way to achieve this goal is to create a culture of innovation within AFRL. A review of existing programs in the government and private industry provides some headway, but does not address the main component of changing an organizations culture to one embracing or creating self-sustaining innovation. In addition to considering this review of other innovation programs and research on innovation literature,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Luker,Debra, Air War College, Air University Maxwell Air Force Base United States,...
