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BTAM: The Critical Role of Parents

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In November 2021, school administrators in Michigan called for a meeting after the student was observed with drawings of a gun

in this case had made different choices, but the case exemplifies the critical role parents play in preventing terrorism or targeted violence and, more broadly, in the threat assessment and management process. Our evaluation of the violence prevention efforts in Wood County highlights the many ways in which parents can support or impede the assessment and treatment of at-risk youth. Even though our ... and reviews of case data make clear that parents have significant influence in the threat assessment and management process because of their power to decide whether to provide history and context

Operational Warfighting

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Research spans the spectrum of warfighting, from combined operations with allies to cyber, intelligence and special operations.

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Analytic Framework for Emulating Russian Decision Making

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The purpose of this report is to propose an analytical framework for emulating Russian decision-making in the national security realm. The framework is paired with a methodology that allows the user to systematically examine what Russian decision- making would look like in response to a foreign policy crisis. The framework is presented in the first section and then applied to three potential crisis scenarios in Eastern Europe. The analytical structure presented is meant to be used as a guideline. It offers potential answers, tools, and a systematic method for emulation that allows users to formulate decision-trees for Russian actions on the basis of reasonable assumptions about how Russia might act in various situations. The final product can be further developed and refined on the basis of observation of Russian actions in future interactions with its adversaries and behavior in crisis situations.

a complex adversary. Key elements of the framework The model begins with a strategic assessment by Russian leadership of the situation and how it fits into the grander scheme of their security concerns, ambitions, strategy for the region, and geopolitical confrontation with the United States. The strategic assessment serves as an intellectual template or base for Russian decision- making

Evaluation of the Fitness Report System

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The Fitness Report (FitRep) is an evaluation tool filled out by a Marine’s reporting senior (RS) and reviewing officer (RO) that communicates the reporting officials’ assessments of the Marine’s performance and character to a variety of boards. Today’s FitRep system was implemented on January 1, 1999. Like the previous system, it supports promotion boards’ selection and retention of the most qualified Marines in the grades of sergeant through major general, the slating of officers for command or resident school billet assignments, and all other billet assignments. The Director, Manpower Management Division, asked CNA to review whether the system is accomplishing what the Marine Corps intended. Specifically, the director would like to know whether the current FitRep system is suffering from grade inflation, whether it is fair to all officers, and whether it contributes to the challenges that leaders and manpower process managers face in selecting the most qualified officers for promotion and career progression. Although enlisted Marines in paygrades E-5 through E-9 also receive FitReps, we were asked to focus solely on Marine officers.

in the present billet, 14 dimensions of performance evaluated by the reporting senior (RS), an overall assessment by the reviewing officer (RO), and subjective comments from both the RS and RO. A FitRep ... referred to as the “Christmas tree,” with few marks at the top in order to help boards identify exceptionally qualified Marines. They are also intended to be a relative assessment within a paygrade

Lump Sum Alternatives to Veterans Disability Compensation

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CNA analysis of veteran disability benefits shows the financial impact of options for switching VA disability compensation from monthly to lump sum payments.

approaches would best meet the dual goals of serving veterans better and reducing costs for VA. Note that the Commission has also requested an assessment of the merits of modifying the structure of disability compensation to provide separate payments for loss in earnings and loss in quality of life. That assessment is a different effort from this study, and those results will be provided later

Marine Corps Program

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Manages support to the Marine Corps at CNA headquarters, at key commands and in all major exercises and operations involving Marines.

on investment by employing specialist Raiders rather than infantry Marines in special operations. /our-research/explore-all …your unbiased assessment of this event displayed immense dedication and technical proficiency, which contributed greatly to the success of the Limited Technical Assessment. … Your efforts will directly influence real change in capability development and fielding to current

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.

: omnidirectionality (comprehensive assessment and combined use of all related factors); synchronicity (simultaneous actions in different areas); limited goals (compliance of goals with opportunities ... determines only the desirable parameters of the objects produced. Within the framework of this publication, of course, it is impossible to give a qualitative legal assessment of all aspects of using AI

pla update: Issue 16, December 1, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 16, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

for new recruits. On November 10, PLA Daily reported that the Central Military Commission's (CMC's) Agency for Offices Administration recently carried out an annual physical fitness assessment for CMC headquarters personnel. To improve precision and fairness, the agency reportedly used electronic equipment to monitor and keep records of all components of the assessment. Left

Dr. Andrew Mara Named Executive Vice President of the CNA's Center for Naval Analyses

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CNA Corporation today announced that Dr. Andrew Mara has been named Executive Vice President of the Center for Naval Analyses, which is the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) that provides research and analysis for the Department of the Navy.

and Deputy Director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Cost Assessment & Program Evaluation (CAPE). He led a team working in areas ranging from capabilities, risks and operational impacts ... options on $200 billion in investments. He also led the first space force structure assessment, informing billions of dollars in investments. He received a 2021 Office of the Secretary of Defense

Andrew Mara joins CNA as Vice President and Director for Systems, Tactics, and Force Development

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CNA welcomes Andrew Mara as the new Vice President and Director of the Systems, Tactics, and Force Development (STF) Division.

CNA after 10 years in the Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he most recently served as Deputy Director of CAPE’s Capability ... during his time at CAPE, Dr. Mara led several notable “firsts” at the Defense Department, including its first ever space force structure assessment, which directly informed billions of dollars