Researchers identified approaches the U.S. Coast Guard could take to improve crew satisfaction with precommissioning assignments on offshore patrol cutters and overall fleet readiness, then evaluated the options using five criteria....Daugiau...
Joseph C Chang, Kristin J Leuschner, James V Marrone, David Metz, Sean Colbert-Kelly, Matthew A DeNardo, Keith Gierlack, Chelsea Kolb, Ryan Bauer, Devon Hill...
A 2016 U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) regulation, Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC)-Reader Requirements, requires certain maritime facilities determined to be of high risk to use electronic and biometric access control programs in the...Daugiau...
Racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE) and extremists (REMVEs) present some of the most pressing threats to the United States. REMVE also has been identified as the White identity terrorist movement (WITM). REMVEs are among the mo...Daugiau...
In this report, the authors consider the feasibility and advisability of paying eligible part-time members of the reserve component the same full monthly rate of special and incentive pays that full-time active component members receive....Daugiau...
The U.S. Army invests significant resources in new soldiers. When a soldier does not complete a full contract term, the Army views this as a net loss. This report assesses the organizational mechanisms that could be driving attrition....Daugiau...
Heather J Williams, Joseph C Chang, Kristin Van Abel, David Metz, James V Marrone, Edward W Chan, Katherine Costello, Ryan Michael Bauer, Devon Hill, Simon Véronneau...
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is designed to enhance security at U.S. ports. This report provides the findings from an assessment of the TWIC program, along with the assessors’ recommendations....Daugiau...
This report, the third in a series, describes a study designed to assess how people react to and engage with Russia’s online propaganda. Media literacy advisories and labeling the source of the propaganda were found to have a count...Daugiau...
Many of Puerto Rico’s cultural resources were devastated in Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The authors discuss their importance, the damage they endured immediately after the storms, and detail recovery actions in Puerto Rico&rsquo...Daugiau...
This report contains an evaluation of and recommendations from a countering violent extremism (CVE)–themed set of tech camps and fellowships in the Philippines. This report also contains research from a study of CVE radio programmi...Daugiau...
This report presents the results of an evaluation designed to assess the effects of countering violent extremism–themed social media content used in a campaign to promote tolerance, freedom of speech, and rejection of violence in I...Daugiau...
The sale of illicit goods provides an important funding source for terrorist organizations, organized crime, and rogue states. The authors of this report use open-source data to examine these networks and guide future policy to disrupt the trad...Daugiau...
In this report, RAND researchers examine the Defense Department’s methodology for awarding hostile fire pay and imminent danger pay and explore whether a different approach might be more effective....Daugiau...
