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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.

AVF Investments in Recruiting The All Volunteer Force and the Need for Sustained Investments in Recruiting 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 ... . 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

Integration of Female Marine Pilots and Naval Flight Officers 1990-2000

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CNA research on the integration of female Marine aviators offers some insights that senior service leaders should consider as they evaluate the expansion of assignments and MOSs for female Marines.

Integration Plan, the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) was asked to examine the history of the integration of women into Marine Corps aviation. CNA gathered and analyzed primary data, including service ... . After a brief summary of the history of women in the Marine Corps, this information paper primarily focuses on the years between 1990 and 2000 and the opening of previously closed pilot and naval flight officer (NFO) occupations to female Marines. This integration was part of a decades-long evolution of the role of women in the Marine Corps and the other military services. Change was incremental

Evolution of Gender Integration in the DON Summary of Five Analytical Efforts

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CNA analysts focus on the changes in the gender mix of personnel on retention and manning and how changes effect actual and potential personnel policy changes on Department of the Navy personnel inventories and budgets.

’s gender integration evolution as an organizing structure. The DON’s evolving approach to women in the force We divided the years since the beginning of the All-Volunteer Force (AVF) into three phases, each defined in terms of the level of female representation in the DON forces, as well as the laws and policies governing the nature of women’s participation in them, especially in combat ... . Evolutionary phases of gender integration We call the first evolutionary phase the “early phase.” It runs from 1973 to 1993 and is primarily characterized by the complete formal prohibition on women

Assessment of Changes in Marines Perspectives

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CNA analysts analyzed the GCE ITF Climate Surveys in 2014 and 2015 focusing on the effects of gender integration on various measures of readiness and mission success including motivations to join, attitudes about integrated units

regarding gender integration Support for women serving in combat roles: Support for the integration of female Marines into combat roles decreased among both male and female GCE ITF volunteers ... integration of women into combat roles. After the assessment phase, support trended strongly negative: 61percent of male volunteers opposed integration. The majority of women (76 percent) were still supportive (with 11 percent strongly supportive): almost 10 percent were opposed, and 15 percent of female volunteers did not support assignment of women to combat roles. GCE ITF leadership support

CNA Inclusive NatSec

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CNA's third Inclusive National Security event, “Gender, Sex, Stability, and Security,” reflected on how sex inequality affects governance, stability, and security.

: Once the sex order is established, institutions reflect that ordering, and a vicious feedback loop maintains it. Or, as Dr. Hudson, noted: “What you do to your women you do to your nation state.” She also discussed the evidence supporting the argument that disempowering women leads to poor economic performance. She argued that poor nations are poor partly because they treat their women poorly ... among men, a fraternity among men is created that becomes a node of power. However, this fraternity involves severely subordinating women, which harms not only women but also children and men

pla update: Issue 8, March 23, 2023

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PLA Update, Issue 8, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

as an "experimental" effort. Women. The PLA Navy's carrier aviation program will now recruit women. Previously only men have flown J-15s. A Xinhua report was " hopeful " that China's first female shipborne aircraft pilot would be selected this year, suggesting that the PLA Navy has no quota or firm requirement for recruiting women in 2023. Senior Captain Zhan Kejia, head of the PLA Navy's ... . Women, College Graduates Prominent in PLA NPC Delegation The PLA delegation to the latest session of China's national legislature portrays a positive, yet skewed, image of the people in China's

InclusiveNatSec April 25

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The April 25, 2023, CNA’s Inclusive National Security series hosted a panel discussion on climate conflicts and environmental peacebuilding that examined how intersectionality can be a fruitful lens for viewing climate change conflicts.

multiplier. Climate change‒related conflicts disproportionately affect women and girls. Environmental changes and resource competition increase the potential for gender-based violence, and as economic stress on families increases, the frequency of child, early, and forced marriage increases. Climate change research increasingly demonstrates that empowering women and girls and incorporating their needs results in more equitable policies and outcomes. When more women are in leadership, particularly at the community level, climate change and environmental policies are more likely to be accepted

Inclusive NatSec March 2023

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The March Inclusive NatSec event examined how masculinity and political leadership intersect in the international and domestic politics of Russia and Ukraine. Dr. Valerie Sperling, professor of political science at Clark University, and Dr. Marlene Laruelle, director of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and director of the Illiberalism Studies Program at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs were featured speakers.

identities—like those of almost any other male political leader—contain masculinity tropes. Narratives regarding femininity are seen in the current Russia-Ukraine war in images of Ukrainian women carrying rifles while walking with their children or wearing makeup and jewelry while in uniform. Despite women appearing as fighters, femininity is still associated with submission; for example, just before the invasion, Putin implied at a press conference that Zelensky must “put up with” the Minsk Agreements just as women must “put up with” sexual assault. In addition to masculinity

Relationship-Between-Colocation-and-Reenlistment-in-the-Navy-Vol1

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Report on how colocation of dual-military couples positively effects reenlistment in the Navy.

effective and efficient. Additionally, DON has pushed to increase the female share of accessions and inventory. This has implications for retention and manning the fleet. Historically, women in the Navy ... is not colocated if the units to which they are assigned are greater than 90 miles apart. Our analysis is motivated by the possibility that, as the share of women in the services increases, there may ... service personnel, including other sailors. We focus on enlisted Navy-Navy couples because the Navy enlisted force is the largest of the DON active components and has the greatest share of women

Gender Issues Post-Bootcamp Pre-Fleet Losses

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This report provides the Navy with a more detailed understanding of why there is a sizable gender gap in attrition rate in highly technical fields, such as Advanced Electronics and Computer Fields, Nuclear, and some Cryptologic Technician specialties.

increased over the last several decades. Women’s entry qualifications have increased over that time as well; however, there still appear to be barriers to female representation in the Navy inventory. Historically, for example, women in the Navy have retained at lower rates than men, and they have continued to do so to the present. Depending on the rating, female retention rates to the second term (i.e. ... technical ratings, and the differences persist even after controlling for other factors that might be associated with losses, such as test scores. Using data on loss codes, we find that women who