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The Compensation, Accessions and Personnel Management (CAPM) system was designed to merge data and tools for analysis and to assist co-ordination of policy efforts. The report describes the CAPM user interface and discusses the various notebooks u...

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Improving the Air Force's training management and decision processes; An examination of Air Force training management and decision processes and the data needed for informed decisionmaking. A model of management is developed to evaluate the data f...

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One-liner: Addresses the impact of changing skills required of fighter, mobility, bomber, and Special Operations Forces pilots on decisions about replacing or extending service lives of trainer aircraft. 450-character abstract: This monograph exam...

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This report serves as a front-end user's guide to the RAND schoolhouse model, developed to inform policy decisions regarding technical training pipeline issues within the Air Education and Training Command (AETC). It provides front-end users with ...

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The Air Force typically trains 30,000 to 40,000 new airmen a year. It utilizes two methods for training enlistees: centralized initial skills training ("schoolhouse" training) and decentralized on-the-job training. The authors develop a ...

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Air Force members who do not routinely cross a defended perimeter when deployed may not have received sufficient training for doing so when they need to. The authors conducted surveys and interviews to determine the kinds of experiences airmen hav...

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Because test scores that are part of its enlisted promotion system are not standardized, the U.S. Air Force emphasizes longevity and test-taking ability differently and randomly across and within specialties. Random emphasis implies that the Air F...

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Air liaison officers (ALOs) play an important interservice role as U.S. Air Force officers collocated with U.S. Army units. This investigation of the feasibility of an ALO career field explores an array of research on the subject, turning to histo...

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To reduce costs and increase interoperability of the military services, a joint medical education and training campus is being established at Fort Sam Houston, Texas with a view to consolidating training across the services. A methodology is outli...

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The U.S. military services and the combatant commands have reported vacancies in funded officer billets, a situation that can have adverse effects on organizational performance and mission readiness. By examining options for using alternative mixe...

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Examines educational approaches that would customize U.S. Air Force training to the individual, with the intent of minimizing time in training, focusing on the trainee's needs, and getting the trainee productive sooner, all leading to reduced cost...

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The Air Force has a continuing interest in reducing high attrition and training-block failure (washback) rates, as both increase training and recruiting costs. This report describes research into these issues for nine career fields.

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The Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) trains foreign nationals in English prior to their attending U.S. military education and training courses and plays a critical role in building partnerships. RAND evaluated options to...

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USAF par rescue and combat controllers routinely recover downed or injured military personnel and direct military aircraft in hostile or denied regions. Consequently, to be effective in these careers requires the ability to cope with severe stress...

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Describes a methodology for establishing physical fitness standards for four Air Force occupational specialties, as part of a broader Air Force effort to measure the physical readiness of airmen to perform their jobs.

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