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Single Salary Practices

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The 13th Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation (QRMC) is considering whether the U.S. military should move from its current regular military compensation (RMC) structure to a single-salary system (SSS) that would eliminate the basic allowances for housing (BAH) and subsistence (BAS) and increase basic pay. To inform this potential policy change, this study provides information about: the potential advantages and disadvantages to the U.S. military of moving to an SSS; potential design features of an SSS to meet key objectives; and, important implementation challenges that the Department of Defense (DOD) may face if it goes forward with a military SSS. To provide insight into these issues, we conducted a literature review on the compensation preferences of servicemembers and civilians, a review of U.S. civilian-sector compensation practices based on a literature review and subject-matter expert (SME) discussions, and a review of foreign military compensation practices based on discussions with foreign military compensation experts and a review of policy documents.

) and subsistence (BAS) and increase basic pay. To inform this potential policy change, this study provides information about: the potential advantages and disadvantages to the U.S. military of moving to an SSS; potential design features of an SSS to meet key objectives; and, important implementation challenges that the Department of Defense (DOD) may face if it goes forward with a military SSS. To provide ... review and subject-matter expert (SME) discussions, and a review of foreign military compensation practices based on discussions with foreign military compensation experts and a review of policy

Adam Clemens

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of Defense for Policy. Recent studies he has directed include professionalizing the enlisted force of the Marine Corps, developing multiskilled enlisted Marines, the design of the experimental 2030 ... Clemens-Adam /images/Experts/Clemens-Adam.png Adam Clemens is an expert in operational manpower: all aspects of manpower and personnel policy that directly contribute to the operational capability of military forces. He has directed studies for Marine Corps and joint sponsors focused on both manpower and tactical issues. His analyses of the connections among manpower, tactical, and operational

Veronica De Allende

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Veronica De Allende is a CNA expert in international and development economics, with 15 years of experience as an operations research scientist at the Defense Department.

. Recently, she was Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Advisor at the Office of the Secretary of War, Policy, Stability and Humanitarian Affairs and at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency. She has extensive in-country research fieldwork experience in Latin America, the Caribbean, West Africa and Southeast Asia, conducting root-cause research analysis and providing policy advice to high-level government ... DeAllende-Veronica Veronica De Allende is a CNA expert in international and development economics, with 15 years of experience as an operations research scientist at the Defense Department. /images

William Rosenau

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William Rosenau is a CNA specialist in political instability and violence.

has also written for War on the Rocks , Politico , Foreign Policy , the Wall Street Journal , and the National Interest . Before joining CNA, Rosenau held research and staff positions at the RAND Corporation, the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism at the Department of State, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, the U.S. Department of Defense Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces, and the National Security Program at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Rosenau holds a Ph.D. in War

Steve Wills

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Steven Wills is a CNA expert in U.S. Navy strategy, policy, surface welfare programs, and platforms.

Wills-Steve Steven Wills is a CNA expert in U.S. Navy strategy, policy, surface welfare programs, and platforms. /images/Experts/Wills-Steve.webp Steven Wills is an expert in U.S. Navy strategy and policy, and U.S. Navy surface warfare programs and platforms. As a Navy historian, his research interests include the history of U.S. Navy strategy development over the Cold War and immediate ... Maritime & Naval Strategy: Festschrift for Captain Peter M. Swartz,” published by the Institute for Security Policy at Kiel University (ISPK). Before coming to CNA , Wills had a 20-year career as a U.S.

ai and autonomy in russia: Special Issue, September 8, 2022

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September 8, 2022 issue features translations of several Russian military journal articles that reflect on the use of AI and autonomy. All have been written since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

and economic interests of various states in the context of the struggle for resources and geopolitical dominance in strategically important regions of the world. The formation of military policy aimed ... of world elites in this way is aimed at solving the main task of their foreign policy—the elimination of competitive states that are gaining political and economic weight. All this represents the messianism of US foreign policy, the goal of which is complete domination in the world. At the same time, the main focus is on the use of destabilizing factors in the interests of artificially creating

David Finkelstein

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, multiple tours of duty with the Defense Intelligence Agency, and on the faculty at West Point. He has provided analytic support and advice to the US President, cabinet officials, service chiefs, combatant ... War College. His publications include a historical monograph on the origins of US policy toward Taiwan, coedited volumes on military affairs of the People’s Republic of China, and journal articles

Jennifer Griffin

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Jennifer Griffin’s work at CNA focuses on military manpower and personnel topics.

, destructive behaviors/misbehavior, retirement, transition assistance, and program/policy evaluation. In addition to leading the Marine Corps and Defense Workforce program, she also currently serves as CNA

OSD Retention Dashboard

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The services commit a considerable amount of resources to retention policy levers, including a variety of reenlistment bonuses for both officers and enlisted personnel. To oversee the resources supporting these levers, the services must understand the current retention environment, both in aggregate and for specific subsets of servicemembers, since retention incentives can target certain communities. This paper discusses the retention dashboard that CNA developed for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OSD) Personnel and Readiness (P&R) that allows users to view recent active component enlisted retention trends in each of the services. We discuss our choice of retention metrics, identify the data that we used, and provide guidance on using the dashboard. We conclude with a discussion of a potential future extension of the dashboard that incorporates predictive capabilities. Future extensions also could add the reserve component and/or the officer corps.

OSD Retention Dashboard Creating an OSD Retention Dashboard The services commit a considerable amount of resources to retention policy levers, including a variety of reenlistment bonuses for both ... of servicemembers, since retention incentives can target certain communities. This paper discusses the retention dashboard that CNA developed for the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (OSD) Personnel ... , the strong civilian economies of the mid-2000s, and the Great Recession and its lingering aftermaths. These changes have resulted in changes to retention policy and retention incentive requirements

intersections: Issue 8, February 2024

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Intersections, Issue 8, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.

and US and partner nation responses. This issue covers technology and economic policy developments in China, the US, and US ally and partner nations including new PRC export restrictions, US ... of US citizens' data. PRC Regulatory and Policy Measures China bans export of certain rare earth processing technologies. In December 2023, the PRC Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry ... rare earth compounds, could deprive the US military of inputs to manufacture key defense technologies. PRC welcomes US-based Micron Technologies in China despite May 2023 ban. In November 2023