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Although military policy seems focused on overseas threats, defending the ""homeland"" is, of course, the ultimate objective. This guide examines emergent threats to the USA homeland such as speciality weapons, cyber attacks and ballistic missiles and delineates the army's responsibilities.

National security --- United States. --- United States --- Defenses. --- Homeland defense --- Homeland security --- U.S. Army --- US Army

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Designing and implementing performance metrics that support Army goals requires analysis of how different metrics would affect recruiter behavior and, in turn, recruiters' contributions toward achieving the Army's goals. The authors evaluate traditional performance metrics, such as number of contracts signed per month per recruiter, and find that they do not adequately measure recruiter effort, skill, and productivity. They then develop a ""preferred performance metric"" that takes into account the difficulty of recruiting different types of youth in various markets. Using a performance metric

United States. Army -- Personnel management. --- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- United States. Army. --- Military Administration --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- United States. --- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- Personnel management. --- U.S. Army --- US Army

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As the U.S. Army transforms its operating force, inevitably the institutional Army-the "generating force" that fills and sustains the Army's combat units-must change as well. The Army must transform its institutional activities to (1) align them with operating forces in ways that improve support, and (2) release resources from institutional activities that the Army can use to add new brigades and weapon systems. This document describes a way for the Army leadership to negotiate and establish performance goals for institutional activities that give the Army effective control over the alignment

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More than half of all U.S. Army recruits are choosing to join later in life instead of immediately after high school graduation. Older recruits tend to reenlist and receive promotions at greater rates than their younger peers. Among those surveyed, recruits who enlisted later were more concerned about the domestic job market and less concerned about external factors, such as opposition from family and friends. Since the advent of the all-volunteer force, little attention has been paid to high school graduates who do not enlist immediately after graduation, primarily those who seek employment in the private sector of the economy. However, over time, this group has made up a significant and increasing portion of total enlistments. However, since 2005, the majority of the Army's recruits has not joined directly out of high school but has instead made the decision to join at a later time. Why these recruits initially chose not to join when they had the opportunity after graduating from high school and why they changed their minds several years later and enlisted are the subjects of this report. Given the importance of older recruits to the Army, the authors examine what is known about these recruits, their performance during military service, and why they came to join the Army after first choosing another postsecondary path. The results of a survey of 5,000 Army recruits designed to answer this question are presented. Finally, the implications of the survey results are discussed, along with suggestions of ways to gain additional insights by tracking this survey cohort through their Army careers.

Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- Military Administration --- United States. --- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- U.S. Army --- US Army

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Describes the effects of deployments on the Army's ability to provide forces for other contingencies, to ensure that soldiers are trained, and to continue to recruit and retain soldiers. The authors found that Army plans for transformation and employing reserves fall short. Unless requirements recede, the nation faces an Army stretched thin.

United States. Army -- Appropriations and expenditures. --- United States. Army -- Cost control. --- United States. Army -- Personnel management. --- United States. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- Military Administration --- Military & Naval Science --- Law, Politics & Government --- United States. --- Recruiting, enlistment, etc. --- Appropriations and expenditures. --- Personnel management. --- Cost control. --- U.S. Army --- US Army --- E-books