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Thrift Savings Plan Distribution

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The Blended Retirement System aims to increase Servicemembers’ retirement savings by matching contributions to Thrift Savings Plans by up to five percent of basic pay. This new system applies to Servicemembers who entered uniformed service on January 1, 2018, or later, or to Servicemembers with early entry dates and fewer than 12 years of service who opted in to the new system during 2018. This report analyzes Thrift Savings Plan contributions by Active component Servicemembers, across Services, eligibility categories, and Servicemember characteristics. We find that age, regular military compensation, paygrade, race, and gender are all correlated to varying degrees with retirement savings rates. In particular, older and higher income Servicemembers save at higher rates. We also find substantial differences across Services in the savings patterns of auto-enrollees, suggesting differences in training or messaging. Furthermore, some Servicemembers may be saving inefficiently by reaching the annual limit on TSP contributions prior to December and thereby forgoing matching funds.

Services, eligibility categories, and Servicemember characteristics. We find that age, regular military compensation, paygrade, race, and gender are all correlated to varying degrees with retirement ... benefit if they left the military prior to 20 YOS. The BRS instead provides benefits that Servicemembers may access even if they do not reach 20 YOS, while encouraging them to actively participate in their retirement planning. The BRS reduces the payment associated with the cliff-vesting program, but it compensates for the reduction by incentivizing participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP

Redefining Human Control

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This report examines the issue of human control with regard to lethal autonomy, an issue of significant interest in United Nations discussions in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) forum. We analyze this issue in light of lessons and best practices from recent U.S. operations. Based on this analysis, we make the case for a wider framework for the application of human control over the use of force. This report recommends that CCW discussions currently focusing on process considerations, such as human control, should instead focus on outcome—namely, mitigation of inadvertent engagements. This allows consideration of a more complete set of benefits and risks of lethal autonomy and better management of risks. The report also describes best practices that can collectively serve as a safety net for the use of lethal autonomous weapons. It concludes with concrete recommendations for how the international community can more effectively address the risk of inadvertent engagements from lethal autonomy.

their own decisions. Nongovernmental organizations are particularly worried about civilian casualties, while military leaders harbor additional concerns about friendly fire. In four years of meetings ... in human control, particularly over the final engagement decision—the trigger pull. Drawing upon CNA’s long history of analyzing military operations, we employ empirical analysis of recent ... fallibility One clear lesson from recent military experience is that human judgment during the trigger-pull decision is not perfect. Misidentifications were the reason for about half of all U.S.-caused

An Analysis of Female Representation and Marines Performance in Aviation and Logistics Occupations

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CNA analyst examined trends in female representation and performance in aviation and logistics occfields and provided insights into what may occur when the Marine Corps opens PMOSs that have been closed to women.

closed to women. In 2013, the Secretary of Defense rescinded the 1994 Direct Ground Combat Definition and Assignment Rule, opening ground-combat-related military service opportunities to women [1 ... Corps personnel data. Our analysis focuses on Marines who held primary military occupational specialties (PMOSs) in any of the aviation occupational fields (occfields) (60XX through 75XX ... is not able to address these topics, but we recommend that they be part of the Marine Corps’ long-term integration analysis plan. When considering and planning for the opening of occupations to women

Drone Strikes in Pakistan Reasons to Assess Civilian Casualties

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CNA analyzed publically available data to determine the likelihood of civilian harm per strike in the drone campaign in Pakistan. From this data, we see that the U.S. has improved its ability to reduce civilian casualties during drone strikes in Pakistan over the past several years, as measured in the percentage of strikes causing civilian casualties and the number of civilian casualties occurring per incident.

occur. The characteristics of a weapon platform-in this case drones-are nottheonly factor in reducing civilian casualties; other factors like planning and training must be taken into consideration ... strikes by military forces in Afghanistan. Although there are key differences in the two campaigns, this observation warrants further examination (also reserved for a subsequent paper). Overall ... amends­ when they occur from such strikes. This practice could adapt success­ ful U.S. measures taken in Afghanistan, and would be consistent with recent legislation governing military operations

JTF Operations Since 1983

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This research memorandum summarizes recent Joint Task Force (JTF) operations. We reviewed the operations at the request of CINCI.ANTFLT to help the fleet determine its requirements for training Navy officers and staffs in JTF operations. The goal is to extract lessons learned that define high-leverage training topics.

or liaison officers to a wide variety of organizations, such as country teams, foreign military components, and non-governmental organizations (such as the Red Cross). Based on the last ten years ... issues, and legal issues. Joint Crisis Action Planning procedures capable of being exe­ cuted on extremely short notice (time scale of a few days). Doctrine for assuming responsibility of ongoing operations from another command structure or turning over operations to other military and non-military organizations. George Stewart Scott M. Fabbri /reports/1994/2794004200.pdf

Peacetime Influence

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This paper discusses the importance of peacetime operations. Without a more systematic understanding of such operations and the influence they bring, Americans cannot make intelligent decisions about the use of the Navy in specific situations, about strategy, or even about force structure. We need to understand the environment in which the United States is attempting to exert influence and the broad peacetime roles of the military in that environment. We need to understand whom we are trying to influence and to do what. Only then can we consider the implications for the Navy.

in which the United States is attempting to exert influence and the broad peacetime roles of the military in that environment. We need to understand whom we are trying to influence and to do what ... important vehicles of peacetime influence, this knowledge has played only a secondary role in recent naval thinking and planning. For example, until recently, the formal structure of the Navy's new Joint ... ­ time presence, the profession as a whole does not value presence as an important military task, demanding the same expertise and careful study as strike warfare or antiair warfare. The Navy's failure

The Mayaguez Operation

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This 180-page, independent analysis of the Mayaguez Incident finds Marine units were responsive, but suffered failures in tactics, intelligence, and command.

, of the Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific. Its purpose is to: Document the U. S. military operations related to recovery of the Mayaguez and her crew. Analyze the military operations ... Reports. Following the reconstruction of the events, these phases of the operation were analyzed: Response, Planning, Command and Control, Communications, Helicopter vulnerability

Marine Mammals and the Navy: A Deep Dive into Data

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Navy impacts on whales and marine mammals are the subject of more than 20 CNA research projects, examining correlations between sonar activity and strandings.

of military activity, there was a high probability of finding at most a single mass stranding during all of those sonar periods combined. To find more than two strandings would be highly unlikely. But beaked ... . The Navy not only accepted the findings — and used them with the intention of planning safer exercises — they gave Filadelfo permission to take the results public. He published the study in the journal ... find German U-boats in World War II. "In this work I've gone back to perhaps the most famous CNA report of all, ‘Search and Screening,’" says Filadelfo. "It's one of the bibles of military operations

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 18, June 30, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 18, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

technologies, and AI. According to the article, "new platforms and weapons such as unmanned submersibles, undersea prepositioned weapons, and foreign military bases will bring about the reconfiguration ... technologies because of their low cost and operational flexibility. In swarm operations, individual systems will be able to carry out mission planning and operations independently with the loss of any one ... conducted the first autonomous sea trial for the mainland's largest unmanned vessel, according to CCTV-7, China's official television station for military affairs. The CCTV-7 report stated

china ai and autonomy report: Issue 13, April 21, 2022

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The China AI and Autonomy Report, issue 13, is a biweekly newsletter published by CNA, on artificial intelligence and autonomy in China.

learning. Also of note, this month another of China's "AI dragons," the facial recognition giant CloudWalk Technologies, announced plans to go public. Intelligent Military Command Systems ... , sound strategic and tactical design, thorough planning, efficient control, and flexible response) is a better criterion for evaluating intelligent command systems. In this respect, the authors argue ... to the battlefield situation. To conduct these assessments, the authors argue that an effective evaluation team must be composed of functional experts who can evaluate military decision-making