This report describes the main activities and involvements of the project. It features two principle chapters, one dealing with the big questions about the future of CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) and one that describes more-technical details and modeling of arms control pacts.

CFE and Military Stability in Europe

History

Peters, John E.

World

RAND Corporation

Presents a three phase analytic approach for the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for making business-planning decisions involving its activities, products, markets, technologies, people, and facilities with a view toward organizational realignment within the strategic context of the Navy in 2007

Transitioning NAVSEA to the Future: Strategy, Business, Organization (2002)

Thie, Harry J.

Harris, Elwyn D.

Emmerichs, Robert M.

Hynes, Michael V.

Americas

This monograph proposes adaptation of a RAND tool called Assumption-Based Planning to help Army personnel maintain proper alignment between strategic guidance and the Army acquisition program and budget. It uses this tool to create a model that recommends acquisition investments across a broad range of capabilities. The model works toward the goal of satisfying the complex and evolving requirements specified in the national security guidance.

A Methodology for Developing Army Acquisition Strategies for an Uncertain Future

Nichiporuk, Brian

Hanks, Christopher

Held, Bruce

Military

The Army expects that the performance of ground forces can be enhanced by improving the networks that tie them together and taking advantage of their special properties. Army networks are used for commandand control, intelligence, maneuver, fires, and logistics; they process, store, and transport the information used by the Army. Ultimately these networks extend into the minds of soldiers and leaders and into theirinteractions with each other.

Army Network-Enabled Operations: Expectations, Performance, and Opportunities for Future Improvements

Min, Endy Y.

Bonds, Timothy M.

Galway, Lionel A.

Fischbach, Jordan R.

Gons, Eric Stephen

Heath, Garrett D.

Jones, Jean M.

Working with allies to build their defense capacity, acquire access to their territories for potential operations, and strengthen relationships with their air forces, is an important U.S. Air Force activity. To determine the value of this activity, the authors outline an assessment framework that planners, strategists, and policymakers can use to see whether Air Force security cooperation activities are achieving the desired effects.

Developing an Assessment Framework for U.S. Air Force Building Partnerships Programs (Rand Project Air Force)

Engineering & Transportation

Moroney, Jennifer D.P.

Hogler, Joe

Marquis, Jefferson P.

Paul, Christoher

Engineering

RAND Arroyo Center estimated the feasibility and likely benefits of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to support logistics operations. Future theaters rich in bandwidth will have robust networks that can satisfy many logistics needs, and the Army should invest in connectivity to that network. In bandwidth-poor theaters, small UAS with direct, point-to-point connectivity may be an attractive option for providing critical situational awareness.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Logistics Applications

Pernin, Christopher G.

Seong, Somi

Bower, Aimee

Dogo, Harun

Martin, Aaron L.

In 2003, the U.S. Army began a process to transform from a division-based to a modular force structure. Congress requested a study of the process and outcomes of the initiative to assess the impact on the Army¹s capabilities in a range of operations.

A Review of the Army's Modular Force Structure

Martin, Aaron

Johnson, Stuart E.

Kitchens, Karin E.

During the Vietnam War, a "secret war" was fought across the fence in Laos, Cambodia and North Vietnam, unknown to the media or the public, under the aegis of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam's top secret Studies and Observation Group. SOG's chain of command for missions and after-action reports extended to the White House and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Small Green Beret-lead teams ran missions into Laos, Cambodia, and North Vietnam without assistance from conventional artillery, tank or infantry units. Once on the ground, their sole support was provided by Air Force Tactical Air and helicopter units, U.S. Army and Marine helicopter aviation personnel and aircrews, and from the South Vietnam Air Force's 219th Special Operations Squadron, code named Kingbees. In Laos, the communists dedicated 50,000 troops to the Ho Chi Minh Trail, including highly trained sappers from the 305th Sapper Battalion, its sole mission: attack SOG teams.

On The Ground: The Secret War in Vietnam

Biographies & Memoirs

Meyer, John Stryker

Leaders & Notable People

SOG Publishing

The U.S. military spends more than 14 countries combined and possesses state-of-the art weapons and equipment, yet after 13 years of effort, $1.4 trillion, and some 6,000 casualties, it still has been unable to defeat its enemies in Afghanistan and Iraq. The book explains why and how it can be remedied. It first demonstrates the negative effects of four factors that are prerequisites for military success and that have undermined U.S. military performance since the end of the Cold War. These include uneven civil-military relations; an inability to formulate and execute sound campaign plans; a mistaken approach to counter-insurgency, irregular warfare, and stability operations; and inattention to military options other than regime change. It also acknowledges that other factors often also intervene, and that the enemy plays a decisive role in military outcomes. Still, if the United States is to preserve the use of military force as a reasonable (albeit last resort) policy option, it must develop the means to maintain healthy, reliable civil-military relations, design and execute sound campaign plans appropriate to the adversary in question and the threat it poses to U.S. interests, conduct effective counter-insurgency and irregular warfare campaigns suitable given the size and capabilities of today’s all volunteer armed forces, and develop a menu of military options beyond regime change. The intent is to bring attention to the under-performance of the U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere and prescribe remedies. These solutions cannot be left solely in the hands of the Department of Defense and congressional action and oversight will be essential to favorable outcomes. This is a timely survey as the military is facing downsizing in response to budget pressure that will constrain defense and counter-terrorism spending.

Restoring America's Military Prowess: Creating Reliable Civil-Military Relations, Sound Campaign Planning and Stability-Counter-insurgency Operations

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Quality of Life at Contingency Bases: Managing Sustainment Community Support Requirements

Business & Money

Chenoweth, Mary E.

Loredo, Elvira N.

Broughton, Jeff

Golay, Andrea A.

Management & Leadership

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