he Department of Defense should process formal discrimination complaints within 180 days of filing. However, many of these complaints are not processed within this time frame. This report provides information to help address this lag.

Improving the Timeliness of Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Processing in Department of Defense

Business & Money

Matthews, Miriam

Lim Executive Director Fels, Nelson

Management & Leadership

RAND Corporation

Integrating women into special operations forces poses potential challenges for unit cohesion. The integration of women raises issues of effectiveness, in terms of physical standards and ensuring the readiness, cohesion, and morale essential to high-performing teams. This report assesses those challenges and provides analytical support for validating occupational standards for positions controlled by U.S. Special Operations Command.

Considerations for Integrating Women into Closed Occupations in U.S. Special Operations Forces

Marcellino, William

Robson, Sean

Szayna, Thomas S.

Miyashiro, Lisa

Larson, Eric V.

Eaton, Derek

Syme, James

Schaefer, Agnes Gereben

Welser IV, William

O'Mahony, Angela

Polich, J. Michael

Ayer, Lynsay

Posard, Marek

Winkelman, Zev

Wright, Cameron

Zander-Cotugno, Megan

The RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism uses checklists, worksheets, and templates to help program staff design an evaluation that is appropriate for their program type, resources, and expertise and offers guidance on analyzing the resulting data to inform improvements. This report is a companion to the toolkit and provides background on its development and testing.

Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Program Evaluation Toolkit for Countering Violent Extremism

Politics & Social Sciences

Helmus, Todd C.

Ramchand, Rajeev

Stebbins, David

Brown, Michael A.

Beaghley, Sina

Kadlec, Amanda

Social Sciences

This report documents the results of a qualitative study designed to better understand the factors that female Air Force officers consider when deciding whether to remain in the active duty Air Force. It describes the key retention factors identified through focus groups and provides recommendations for improving Air Force policies and programs to help address potential barriers and improve female officer retention.

Addressing Barriers to Female Officer Retention in the Air Force

Lim, Nelson

Schulker, David

Yeung, Douglas

Payne, Leslie Adrienne

Keller, Kirsten M.

Hall, Kimberly Curry

Saum-Manning, Lisa

Zavislan, Stefan

Job Hunting & Careers

EX NAVY SEAL, and a decorated hero, Dan drifted through life until he found an anchor named Della and a reason to live.  He loved her from the moment they met but two things stood in the way of happily ever after - a dangerous bet and a drug lord willing to win at any cost. Would he lose the bet and everything he cared about…or could he pull off the crime of the century to guarantee his family’s future and their ultimate safety? DELLA was never prepared for the hand life dealt her. A young widow with a daughter to raise, her world spun completely out of control when Dan Cooper gambled his way into her heart. All of a sudden a hit man was babysitting and she was planning her wedding! However, the question remained, could she trust Dan and his secrets? She’d fallen for an officer and a gentleman but would she choose to live with a criminal? Days before he became the infamous DB Cooper, Della became his wife.  Would their love survive? Would they survive?

The Good, The Bad and The Bet

Romance

Romantic Suspense

Miriam Matthews

On the Side of Angels

Paranormal

The Wild Rose Press

This report reviews previous research on sexual assault against men and describes results from RAND researchers' interviews with military service providers and civilian experts. These interviews addressed victim needs, reporting, resources, public perceptions, outreach, and service provider training. The report concludes with recommendations for improving support to male sexual assault victims in the U.S. military.

Needs of Male Sexual Assault Victims in the U.S. Armed Forces

Farris, Coreen

Tankard, Margaret

Dunbar, Michael Stephen

Sociology

This report provides recommendations for how the Air Force's survey system for monitoring abuse and misconduct in Basic Military Training can best be adapted for use in technical training and flying training environments. The report also provides background on the training environments, revisions to tailor the survey content for these environments, survey pretest results, strategies to promote participation, and recommendations for future use.

A Survey System to Assess Abuse and Misconduct Toward Air Force Students in Occupational Specialty Training

Wagner, Lisa

Burns, Rachel M.

Posard, Marek N.

Miller, Laura L.

Holliday, Stephanie Brooks

Bicksler, Barbara

Matsuda, Mauri

This report describes analyses designed to identify service member and environmental characteristics that are associated with service members' risk of sexual assault or sexual harassment. These analyses draw on data from one of the largest surveys ever conducted on sexual assault and harassment experiences, the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

Risk Factors for Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military

Morral, Andrew R.

Schell, Terry L.

Cefalu, Matthew

Business

The authors examine scalable analytics to detect malign or subversive information efforts, using the 2018 World Cup as a case study. The report has operational relevance to the U.S. government. It may benefit both researchers interested in going beyond post hoc recognition of malign or subversive information campaigns to in-time detection and social media companies interested in preventing their platforms from being co-opted by malign actors.

Detecting Malign or Subversive Information Efforts over Social Media: Scalable Analytics for Early Warning

Computers & Technology

Pezard, Stephanie

Marcinek, Krystyna

Networking & Cloud Computing

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