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AVF Investments in Recruiting

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Enlisted recruiting is the heart of the All‑Volunteer Force (AVF). The young men and women the Services recruit will define what the military force will look like in numbers and characteristics. Because the military is a hierarchical organization—that is, people enlist in the military as youth and advance through the ranks as they age—the Services must find recruits with the attributes that will make them successful Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines today and in the future.

 and composition of the youth population, are beyond their control. As most of these factors are externally dependent they should not get distracted trying to fix them. Consistent recruiting resources must be properly allocated in both good times and bad. Factors over which they have control, such as the number of recruiters, advertising expenditures, and bonuses, should be the focus ... at reorganizing the command and/or the recruiting force. History has demonstrated that the return on such investments has been limited, and the long‑term effects often have required refocusing scarce resources

Russian Military in the Arctic

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Since 2008, Russia has expanded its military presence in the Arctic—which it views as symbolically, strategically, and economically vital.

and technology; an expanded military infrastructure; an improved strategic mobility and ability to conduct complex joint operations; shortened reaction times; and a consolidated command and control structure with the addition of the Joint Strategic Command North (ob’edinionnoye strategicheskoye komandovanie (OSK) Sever) in 2014 and its transformation into Russia’s fifth military district “Northern

Advanced Technology Assessment Division

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Evaluates the military utility and efficacy of emerging defense technologies and prototypes.

Airborne Command and Control Capabilities Based Assessment report Infrastructure for Afloat Aviation Trainers report Assessing the Applicability of Emerging Digital Twin (DT) Technologies

Future of US India Naval Relations

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CNA conducted this study to determine how the United States can advance its naval and maritime relationship with India in the coming five to 10 years. U.S.-India defense relations, especially in the naval domain, have expanded in the past two decades and soared under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The study analyzes the key factors that have shaped the course of relations between the U.S. Navy (USN) and the Indian Navy and considers India’s possible future trajectories and how they may impact bilateral naval ties. CNA concludes that key factors affecting the evolution of the USN-Indian Navy relationship are mostly beyond the control of the two navies themselves. Despite the wider diplomatic and geopolitical circumstances, there are many overlapping areas of ongoing interest between the two navies that favor closer ties. Finally, drawing on an accompanying project paper, this study suggests viewing the increasing importance of the region west of India as a promising area of bilateral naval security cooperation.

concludes that key factors affecting the evolution of the USN-Indian Navy relationship are mostly beyond the control of the two navies themselves. Despite the wider diplomatic and geopolitical ... the control of the navies themselves. This does not mean that they cannot engage each other during dips in the overall relationship; it means only that the two navies should continue to acknowledge the larger ... possibilities for USN-Indian Navy cooperation that are outside the traditional U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) area of responsibility (AOR), but may advance the U.S. naval relationship with India. Nilanthi

Support to the Hurricane Katrina Response

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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana and Mississippi, devastating the City of New Orleans. The Navy responded, deploying ships, aircraft, and personnel.

to an estimate 10,239 patients Directed ships to serve as command and control platforms Inspected and repaired the region’s infrastructure Restored local self-sufficiency Provided hospitality services

Fiscally Informed Military Manpower Requirements

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There is concern that requirements for the Navy’s military manpower are being developed with insufficient attention to cost.

requirements determination process consists of two stages. In the first stage, requirements without considering constraints on funds are generated by taking fleet and shore command inputs through industrial ... their control, but they are not able to make tradeoffs between all of their resources. If they give up military billets, or request extra military billets, they do not typically get the associated savings

Charting the Pathway to OMFTS

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The Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division ( N75 ) asked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to develop and assess the role of amphibious, maritime pre-positioning force, and tactical lift in the context of U.S. Marine Corps ’ new warfighting concept for expedi- tionary operations, known as OMFTS. This core project is entitled Relating Amphibious Lift to Forcible Entry. One task within the project is a historical assessment of amphibious operations, especially as related to forcible entry and Marine Corps operational concepts. This report fulfills that task. It explains the rationale behind amphib- ious warfare, discusses changes in amphibious warfare since 1941, and identifies historical approaches for success in operations similar to OMFTS. Thereby, we provide a general assessment of the relation- ship between OMFTS and historical reality. OMFTS, together with its supporting concept of ship-to-objective maneuver (STOM), is described as a new and decisive form of amphibious warfare. In this new concept, assault units will penetrate deep into enemy territory along multiple axes over extended fronts (very broad or deep fronts). They will seize their operational objec- tive directly and without pause. The major argument of our historical assessme nt is that th e stated premises u n derlying th e OMFTS warfighting concept are largely sound but incomplete. OMFTS includes notable means of transforming amphibious warfare, such as altering methods of supply, exploiting new technologies, and incor- porating the principles of maneuver warfare. Indeed, there are his- torical indications that OMFTS might make amphibious warfare less methodical and less costly. Nevertheless, key historical constraints and demands of amphibious warfare have been neglected so far.

exploiting new technology, such as the MV-22 Osprey, the AAAV, and command and control systems. “Seamless” maneuver will replace the former process of securing and holding a beachhead, stabilizing

Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal

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CNA has recently examined the state of the CA community in both the Navy and the Marine Corps. As we will see, the community has a very different trajectory in each of these services.

population and resource control, foreign humanitarian assistance, nation assistance, support to civil administration, and civil information management. Historically, members of the armed forces have taken ... is the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and the Special Operations Forces (SOF) community maintains an important and highly developed civil affairs capability, which primarily resides within

Leading the Industry in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)

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CNA has been a leader in conducting research, designing frameworks, and developing methodologies to build Cybersecurity measures for UAS. We support the development of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) UAS Traffic Management (UTM) requirements, which represents a new paradigm in aviation traffic management.

aviation to new entrants such as UAS. We provide innovative data analytics and data science to the FAA Command Center and create data analytics visualizations to support air traffic management ... and analyze the functional aspects and requirements (e.g., non-deterministic AI models with autonomous control behaviors) of AI technologies in realistic aviation use cases and assess use cases for the FAA

Counter-IED Analysis: Hidden Dangers, Hidden Answers

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CNA analysis showed a U.S. military counter-IED (improvised explosive device) tactic was saving soldiers from roadside bombs in Iraq and led to its expansion.

experiment in which all the data on the control group had been deleted. “There was a hidden meaning in that spreadsheet,” Michlovich believed, “if I could just find the key to unlock it.” He figured ... . Joseph Votel — director of the Joint IED Defeat Task Force at that time — and finally to Gen. Abizaid, commander of United States Central Command. Abizaid appeared almost as a silhouette when ... to commanders and troops. They also conducted their own on-site analyses to support the command’s operations. Geographical data became invaluable as guerillas constantly shifted the location of their IED