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Educational Benefits and Officer-Commissioning Opportunities Available to U.S. Military Servicemembers
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95This work provides background and contextual information for a comprehensive report that will explore ways to attractcollege-eligible youth into the military. It describes the various benefits, opportunities, and commissioning methods that the military services use. more...
A History of the Research into Methods for Selecting and Classifying U.S. Army Personnel 1917-2011
The Edwin Mellen Press 2012; US$ 189.95The authors attempt extensive quantitative research into the recruitment and classification practices used by the United States Army over the course of the last century. They analyze which techniques are successful in retaining qualified soldiers, and compare conscription to volunteer armies to see which is more cost effective. The study ranges from... more...
Is Military Advertising Effective? An Estimation Methodology and Applications to Recruiting in the 1980s and 90s
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95The Defense Department has been spending over $100 million annually on recruiting advertising. Previous econometric studies of military advertising?s effects have relied on data from time periods unlike today?s and have used models possibly inappropriate for supporting today?s decisionmakers. This report details improved methods developed to assess... more...
Expanding Enlisted Lateral Entry
RAND Corporation 2004; US$ 9.95Can the US military better meet its personnel needs by allowing more recruits to enter laterally into military service from civilian life? The authors analyzed occupations in the Army, Air Force, and Navy and concluded that pursuing a policy of large-scale lateral entry did not show promise more...
Recruiting Youth in the College Market
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95How can military service be made more compatible with college plans instead of being perceived as an alternative to college? The essays in this book examine several aspects of this question. more...
Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds
RAND Corporation 2003; US$ 9.95Describes RAND's evaluation of performance of a prototype military recruiting station located in an outlet mall in northern Virginia during its first year of operation. Evaluation includes statistical information on performance indicators, description of services' use of station, conclusions on MERS concept potential, and recommendations for experimental... more...
Stretched Thin
RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95Describes the effects of deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, to ensure that soldiers are trained, and to continue to recruit and retain soldiers. The authors found that Army plans for transformation and employing reserves fall short. Unless requirements recede, the nation faces an Army stretched thin. more...
Army Biometric Applications
RAND Corporation 2001; US$ 9.95Every human possesses virtually infallible forms of identification. Known as biometrics, examples include fingerprints. The US Army has undertaken an assessment of how it can use biometrics to improve security, efficiency and convenience. This report examines the sociocultural concerns that arise. more...
Serving Away from Home
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95How does deployment affect reenlistment in the US forces? The authors look at this particular issue in the wake of the high rate of military deployment throughout the 1990s and with the prospect that deployment will rise even more in the coming years. more...
Learning About Quality
RAND Corporation 2002; US$ 9.95This analysis extends the military services' customary definition of quality - high school diploma graduate and scoring in the upper half on the Armed Forces Qualification Test - to include performance as indicated by speed of promotion during the first term. more...









