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The U.S. Army will face demanding challenges to maintain a well-trained and ready force in the face of shrinking defense budgets. Given the extensive resources used to conduct individual training (i.e., personnel, facilities, and consumables), current training methods are facing especially intensive scrutiny. In response, the Army is developing several new training concepts that could reduce the cost of individual training. Such concepts include, for example, expanding the use of new training technologies, "distributing" training to field units, and substituting civilian for military training where this may be applicable. Current RAND research is developing and applying new analytical tools for assessing alternative training approaches. The objective is to assess new strategies that modify current training approaches, considering resource inputs, costs, and consequences of training changes. Because major costs are incurred during specialized skill training, especially for enlisted personnel, the research focuses most heavily on alternative strategies for training enlisted entry-level Military Occupational Specialties (MOS). This Note documents the Army Military Occupational Specialty Database (MOS-D), which was prepared as part of the research. MOS-D contains data describing training-relevant characteristics of 317 Army MOS as of FY90. The data set contains information describing entry prerequisites, characteristics of job-holders and entry-level training courses, and the nature of the work performed. The data set can be analyzed to compare and contrast enlisted entry-level occupations in a number of ways related to how training is conducted. Such analyses can be used to guide more intensive research on alternative training strategies and methods for specific and related occupations. This document focuses on the 242 MOS in MOS-D considered entry-level, active-Army occupations. (43 tables, 8 figures, 32 refs.).
Having evolved over the past two and a quarter centuries to become the premier military force in the world, the U.S. Army has a heritage rich in history and tradition. This historical dictionary provides short, clear, authoritative entries on a broad cross section of military terms, concepts, arms and equipment, units and organizations, campaigns and battles, and people who have had a significant impact on Army. It includes over 900 entries written by some 100 scholars, providing a valuable resource for the interested reader, student, and researcher. For those interested in pursuing specific subjects further, the book provides sources at the end of each entry as well as a general bibliography. Appendixes provide a useful list of abbreviations and acronyms and a listing of ranks and grades in the U.S. Army.
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Over the past several years, the military Services have reduced their forces substantially. Military skill groups have been consolidated before and during that reduction. Such consolidations can benefit organizations. As a result of visits to military units and anecdotal reports from the field, some members of Congress became concerned that the skill consolidations were eroding readiness and expressed a particular concern about maintenance skills in two Services. The Office of the Secretary of Defense asked RAND to determine the extent of the consolidations and their effects on readiness. On the basis of the indicators selected from our framework, we found no evidence of deleterious effect of consolidation on readiness after a two year period of transition. The experience and availability of personnel in consolidated MOCs are comparable with those for other maintenance MOCs. The data for qualification are less clear. However, the Services' procedures for these consolidations are clearly understood, and these procedures very likely help smooth the transitions.
Although there is great debate about how work is changing, there is a clear consensus that changes are fundamental and ongoing. The Changing Nature of Work examines the evidence for change in the world of work. The committee provides a clearly illustrated framework for understanding changes in work and these implications for analyzing the structure of occupations in both the civilian and military sectors. This volume explores the increasing demographic diversity of the workforce, the fluidity of boundaries between lines of work, the interdependent choices for how work is structured-and ultimately, the need for an integrated systematic approach to understanding how work is changing. The book offers a rich array of data and highlighted examples on: Markets, technology, and many other external conditions affecting the nature of work. Research findings on American workers and how they feel about work. Downsizing and the trend toward flatter organizational hierarchies. Autonomy, complexity, and other aspects of work structure. The committee reviews the evolution of occupational analysis and examines the effectiveness of the latest systems in characterizing current and projected changes in civilian and military work. The occupational structure and changing work requirements in the Army are presented as a case study.
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