Since 2000, the republics of Serbia and Croatia have had very different levels of achievement and success in transforming their national security orientations and doctrine, military structures, and patterns of civil-military relations to conform to the expectations of the Atlantic and European communities. Both nations’ armed services and their respective ministries have abandoned old national ...

• The United States Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) promulgated policies and requirements that required health professionals to participate in the mistreatment of counter-terrorism detainees through participation in such practices as abusive interrogation and force-feeding of detainees, in violation of ethical standards established by associations representing the he...

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited-iii-PREFACE As part of ongoing research to assist the Air Force in its outsourcing and privatization efforts, RAND's Project AIR FORCE was asked to examine the incentives for participants in the sourcing process (encompassing A-76 cost comparisons and direct conversions). The goal of this research is to suggest how process participants can bes...

This paper describes how the prototype system ForMAT (Force Management and Analysis Tool) combines CBR and knowledge acquisition/engineering techniques to acquire knowledge of how military forces are deployed; and to support the creation, development, management, reuse, and modification of force deployment plans. Modification challenges are identified.

A major financial expense for any military is the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of assets (e.g., vehicles, ships and aircraft), as well as training systems for those assets (e.g., combination of vehicles, vehicle simulators and other training systems). Even slight improvements in force structure efficiency can save governments large amounts of money or, using the same budget, can buy ...

This paper reports on a case study comparison of a directmanipulation-based graphical user interface (GUI) with the QuickSet pen/voice multimodal interface for supporting the task of military force “laydown.” In this task, a user places military units and “control measures,” such as various types of lines, obstacles, objectives, etc., on a map. A military expert designed his own scenario and en...

Computer simulations have many application areas ranging from physics and chemistry research, biomedical engineering and weather forecast to military training and the preparation for missions in hazardous environments. Distributed simulations that involve humans-in-the-loop are typically applied for training and preparation of large, often international, military operations. The need for standa...

This exploratory study examines the impact of ending the military draft on U.S. voter turnout from 1960 through 2006. After allowing for a number of variables, including the unemployment rate, unionization, the female labor force participation rate, per capita real GDP, and Presidential approval ratings, compelling evidence is found that ending the military draft in the U.S. may have acted in a...

IMPORTANCE This observational study characterizes a new clinical condition identified in 55 military trainees. OBJECTIVE To determine the incidence and underlying cause of bilateral lower extremity inflammatory lymphedema in Air Force basic trainees. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS An observational study was conducted at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. Participants included...