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Answering the 9-1-1 Call: U.S. Military and Naval Crisis Response Activity, 1977-1991
August 1, 1992
In the 15-year period of 1977 through 1991, U.S. military forces responded to international crises or incidents in 83 cases. This information memorandum presents key findings from historical data in three studies on U.S. military activity since World War II. It examines the questions of whether there is a baseline global demand for U.S. crisis response activity and what impact the Soviet collapse had on the level of U.S. activity. More specifically, the memorandum discusses the role of naval forces in U.S. crisis response activity, focusing on the steady frequency of naval responses over time, the important role played by carriers and the Marine Corps in those responses, the participation of naval forces in all cases involving terrorism, and the increasing concentration of naval crisis response activity in the Middle East during the 1980s.
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Naval Digest Indices (1980-1985) - Volume I
August 1, 1987
Soviet military writings are a valuable source of insight into true Soviet beliefs regarding military capabilities and intentions--their own and those of their adversaries. This research contribution lists all the articles published in the Soviet journal, Morskoy sbornik (Naval Digest) from 1980 to 1985. Volume I lists the articles in chronological order, and alphabetical order by author. See Also CRC 568.
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Naval Digest Indices (1980-1985) - Volume II
August 1, 1987
Volume II lists the articles alphabetically by key words in the title. See also CRC 568.
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The ASVAB Score Scales: 1980 and World War II
July 1, 1986
This report describes the construction of a new score scale for the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB). The ASVAB was administered to a nationally representative sample of young adults in the fall of 1980. The test scores for this sample were used to construct the new score scale, called the 1980 ASVAB score scale. On 1 October 1984, the 1980 score scale replaced the World War II scale, used by the Department of Defense (DoD) since 1950. The new score scale provides nationally representative test norms that enable DoD personnel and manpower managers to compare the aptitudes of military recruits with those of the potential supply of recruits in the civilian youth population.
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Effects of Truncating a Reference Population on Correction of Validity Coefficients for Range Restriction
June 1, 1985
Correlation coefficients based on samples from occupational specialties that differ in qualification standards cannot be compared. The sample coefficients need to be put on the same metric by correcting them to a common reference population. The purpose of this analysis is to evaluate the effects of truncating the reference population on the correlation coefficients and on the inter-correlation of performance measures. Population wide estimates were computed in the full population and in the truncated population with the bottom 10 percent deleted.
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Western European and NATO Navies, 1980
September 1, 1981
This paper surveys fourteen navies and their missions. Conclusions drawn are that they can make a major contribution in the event of a NATO war and in supporting their own national objectives.
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NAVY MANPOWER CONSIDERATIONS, 1970-1980 - SUMMARY VOLUME
August 1, 1974
In accordance with a Vice Chief of Naval Operations directive, studies were carried out to meet the needs of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower and Naval Reserve) in describing study programs needed to support manpower management functions, clarify the effects of factors related to the retention of officers and enlisted men, estimate the cost and effectiveness of proposed programs for alleviating critical shortages, predict retention rates, and develop screening criteria for selection and training of men who are likely to choose a Navy career. The findings are summarized in this paper in terms of their applicability to manpower management functions of planning, recruiting and selection, classification and training, utilization, and retention. See also 80 001301, 80 001302, 80 001303, 80 001304, 80 001305, 80 001306, 80 001307, 80 001308, and 80 001309.
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GENERAL AVIATION, NAVAL AVIATION AND CONGESTION WITH AN EXAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
June 1, 1974
Federal Aviation Authority projections of general aviation activity for 1980 show a 75 percent increase over 1969 levels. Such growth will cause a substantial increase in general aviation traffic in airspace over metropolitan areas, creating difficulties for present users of airspace including the Navy. This paper describes a simple computational model used to translate projected general aviation growth into implied densities and aircraft interaction frequencies. The model is applied to Southern California and a case study is made of Miramar NAS at San Diego. The study shows that Navy operations there will be seriously hampered by general aviation traffic within the decade unless stricter air traffic controls are imposed. Such controls are probably justifiable considering the costs of moving Navy operations out of Miramar in comparison to the costs to general aviation of staying clear of prescribed Navy airspace.
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A FORECAST OF AIR TRAVEL DEMAND AND AIRPORT AND AIRWAY USE IN 1980
June 1, 1974
The demand for air travel between 581 pairs of domestic cities, which comprise 60 percent of total U.S. domestic air travel, is analyzed and forecast to the year 1980. An asessment of operating economies of new wide-body-aircraft and alternative trip times likely to be experienced by future air travelers is made to generate assumptions regarding the structure of future fares and trip times by distance. These assumptions are combined with income and population projections for each city and an estimated demand function to forecast levels of passenger travel between each pair of cities. Airline flights between these pairs of cities are projected under two patterns of service that may evolve with the further introduction of wide-body jets into commercial service. This research contribution is one of several documents produced in support of Project Blue Air: An Analysis of Navy Airspace Usage.
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