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US Navy Crisis Response Activity, 1946-1989: Preliminary Report
November 1, 1989
Since the end of World War II, the U.S. Navy has played a major role in at least 187 U.S. responses to international incidents and crises. This research memorandum provides a summary of these Navy crisis management operations.
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A Potential Soviet Compromise on Ballistic Missile Defense
November 1, 1989
The body of this research memorandum was written before the Baker-Shevardnadze meeting in Wyoming. It presented evidence suggesting that the Soviet Union might agree to a compromise at the Wyoming meeting that defers the issue of Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) negotiations to a later stage in arms reductions, thus facilitating a first-stage cut in offensive arms without an explicit Soviet endorsement of the Strategic Defense Initiative. In this approach, Wyoming, then, was expected to be only a first move in the Soviet negotiating strategy for a grand compromise on strategic defense. As explained in the afterword added to this paper, the actual events at Wyoming seem consistent with this interpretation.
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Navy Medical Service Corps Accessions and Retention for FY 1983 Through FY 1988
October 1, 1989
The Medical Service Corps provides professional administrative and clinical services for the Navy Medical Department. In recent years, Navy medicine has experienced a decrease in accession and retention of the Nurse Corps and Medical Corps. This research memorandum examines the accession and retention of Navy Medical Service Corps officers to determine if a similar pattern has developed in this community.
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The Use of Requirements Data in Models of the Enlisted Force
September 1, 1989
One of the goals of the Enlisted Force Management Integration project is to study the effect on the force structure of changes in Navy policies. Requirements data are necessary both for creating a model of force structure and for modeling changes in force policy. The Enlisted Billet File is the major source of data on requirements for Navy enlisted personnel. This paper describes a number of the data elements on the file. Its purpose is to identify those data elements that are potentially useful for the project.
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Navy Nurse Corps Compensation
September 1, 1989
This research memorandum summarizes CNA's recent research on the relative compensation of Navy nurses. Nurse Corps compensation is regular military compensation and does not include special pays. Comparisons with compensation of civilian nurses are made for several levels of experience and for the nurse anesthetist specialty. The effect of changing relative military compensation on retention at the end of initial obligation is estimated with data from FY 1983 through 1987.
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Some Design Requirements for a Steady-State Force Model
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum describes the approach being used to develop an executable and cost-effective steady-state force. The issues that need to be incorporated into the derivation of a steady-state force model are addressed. The memorandum highlights, by way of examples, numerous ways in which personnel policies and billet structure may be inconsistent, thus making it impossible to execute all policies simultaneously and obtain the required force structure.
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A User's Guide to the MOFO Model
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum is a user's guide for the six-degree-of-freedom flight path generator, Model of Flying Objects (MOFO). Described in detail are the procedures for setting up, running, and modifying the model's underlying software, as well as input data requirements and the output that the model provides. A functional description of each program module is included, and listings of the FORTRAN source code and an automated modification routine appear as appendixes.
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Personnel Projections for the Electronic Warfare Technician Rating
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum provides personnel projections for the Electronic Warfare Technician rating. The projections are obtained from a simulation model and show how the future of the rating will vary with the mix of four- and six-year obligors. The analysis focuses on projected sea and shore manning, accessions, promotion opportunity, longevity, and individuals account.
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Tradeoffs in Using Alternative Height-Weight Standards
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum examines the feasibility of realigning the weight standards of the Marine Corps to make them more equitable between genders without reducing quality standards. The tradeoffs between equity and recruit quality are summarized to assist policymakers in selecting the appropriate weight standards.
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Hospital Corpsman A- and C-School Success: The Effect of Entry Standards
August 1, 1989
This research memorandum compares the entrance standards for A-school and C-school training in the Hospital Corpsman rating, estimates the number of recruits who do not meet the higher C-school standards, and assesses the potential for shortages in C-school training. The factors that influence A- and C-school performance were analyzed to assess the effect of changes in the entrance standards on average training performance. Finally, policy options to increase the pool of eligible personnel for C-school training were evaluated. These options either raised A-school standards so that a higher proportion of graduates were from the upper aptitude categories or changed C-school standards to allow a higher proportion of graduates to attend.
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