Research for PP

The purpose of this paper is to present a rationale for evaluating minimum qualifiying standards that incorporate policy guidance and directives together with data from the Job Performance Measurement (JPM) project. First, policy guidance and directives are discussed and defined more precisely for use in quantitative analyses. The policy statements are then applied to results from the JPM project to compute a minimum qualifying aptitude score for the infantry occupational field.

In linear programming, the goal is to solve for an M-dimensional vector, x, that minimizes (or maximizes) a linear 'cost' function, and which satisfies certain linear constraints. This paper concentrates specifically on these linear constraints, provides techniques for simplifying the linear programming problem by eliminating unneeded constraints, and presents a technique for identifying and eliminating redundant constraints.

This paper examines three aspects of the Marine Corps validation research effort that may have implications for Marine Corps manpower issues. They are: validity of the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) in the prediction of job performance, differential validity of ASVAB aptitude composites in the prediction of job performance across infantry occupational specialties, and, interaction of aptitude and experience in the prediction of job performance.

The Soviet Union might choose to operate a small number of nuclear-powered attack submarines in U.S. coastal waters during a war with the United States. The effects of such operations on U.S. public opinion could require the U.S. Navy to redeploy Navy assets away from forward operations to augment coastal defenses. During past conflicts, American military forces have, in fact, been diverted from other missions precisely to counter perceived threats to the Continental United States (CONUS). In some instances, the diversion was driven less by a public outcry for reassuring defensive measures. This paper examines the U.S. experience with threats to CONUS or coastal waters during four wars (the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II). It attempts to place real, present concerns about the public's possible future reaction to Soviet nuclear-powered attack submarine operations off the U.S. coasts within a broader historical context.