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The U.S. Navy Role in Continental Defense: Overview
June 1, 1998

As part of CNA's self-initiated project to examine potential issues associated with the upcoming defense review, the Director, Plans, Policy and Operations suggested we examine direct threats to the continental United States and what the contribution of naval forces would be in the defense. The report concentrates on three possible missions or threats: sea control, national missile defense, and non-traditional missions such as cross-border flows. The effects, likelihood, source, difficulty and Navy response are discussed for each mission.

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Looking Out to 2020: Trends Relevant to the Coast Guard
May 1, 1997
In December 1995, the Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard asked CNA to help support the development of a capstone document that describes today's Coast Guard and includes a framework within which to portray its continued relevance to the United States. CNA responded with its Future Directions Study for the United States Coast Guard. The study focused on three issues: traditions, trends, and implications for the service as a whole. In November 1996, the Future Directions study team briefed the senior Coast Guard leadership on our initial findings. The product of the this briefing includes a discussion of Coast Guard core values and characteristics, relevant trends, and four notional end states representing the potential impact of these trends. This document supports that initial, summary presentation of trends with more detailed description of our research.
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MOEs for Drug Interdiction: Simple Tests Expose Critical Flaws
September 1, 1991
This research memorandum seeks criteria for evaluating interdiction operations against illegal drugs flowing into the U.S. Six candidate Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) are subjected to a structured assessment process that tests them for key attributes. All six evaluate real-world operations. Some of the MOEs are shown to have potential for evaluating hypothetical operations explored through war games, exercises, and simulations. The assessment process, itself, offers a ready-made standard for testing additional candidate MOEs.
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