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Marine Corps and Defense Workforce Program

CNA brings together analysts who employ the same range of sophisticated analytical approaches to human resources issues found in our Navy HR Program — but with experience and knowledge of the special needs of the Marine Corps, Army, Air Force, and DOD as a whole.

Report on the Calculation of the BAH, BAS, and COLA

CNA’s congressionally mandated analyses of the Basic Allowance for Housing and other allowances form part of the 14th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation.

Stop Using Relative Values: They Don't Work as Advertised

Fitness report relative values are a peculiar feature of the Marine Corps’ performance evaluation system. Few understand how they are calculated, but they play an important role in the way the Marine Corps selects Marines for promotion and special assignments.

Leveraging Existing Training and Educational Assessment through the MAC Process

CNA helped the Army develop a tool to leverage the assessments that soldiers take throughout their military careers for other purposes. The Mapping Assessments to Competencies, or MAC, process, critically evaluates whether an assessment created for one purpose can be used for another purpose.

Addressing Suicide and Harmful Behaviors Among Soldiers

The Army Resilience Directorate asked CNA to analyze risk factors and develop an integrated prevention approach for the Army to reduce harmful behaviors, including suicide and substance misuse.

Identifying Cross-Cutting Risk and Protective Factors and Prevention Principles for Multiple Harmful Behaviors

Designing an Integrated Approach to Prevent Multiple Harmful Behaviors

Developing an Army-Focused, Integrated Prevention Approach for Harmful Behaviors

Description of the Army’s Systems Thinking Pilot on Suicide Prevention

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Managing US Army Reserve Physician Recruiting and Retention

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Many of the work products from the Marine Corps and Defense Workforce Program are classified or have distribution limited to the Department of Defense. Visitors with appropriate credentials can find these reports on the CNA SIPR site.

Contact

Dr. Jennifer Griffin , Research Program Director

Griffinj@cna.org