An assessment of the ability of the U.S. Department of Defense and the services to measure and track language and culture training and capabilities among general purpose forces / Jennifer DeCamp ... [et al.].

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Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012Description: xxi, 61 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:

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0833076671
9780833076670

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U716 .A88 2012

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Contents:

Introduction -- Methodology and Data -- Impact of LREC Training and Capabilities on Mission Readiness and Accomplishment -- The U.S. Department of Defense’s Ability to Track LREC Training and Capabilities -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- Appendix A. Policies and Directives Reviewed for This Analysis -- Appendix B. Interview List -- Appendix C. Interview Questions -- Appendix D. Five-Percent Confidence Intervals for the Status-of-Forces Analysis.

Summary: The Defense Language Office tasked MITRE Corporation and the RAND National Defense Research Institute to jointly address questions concerning the U.S. Department of Defense’s ability to measure and track the language, regional expertise, and culture (LREC) training and capabilities of general purpose forces (GPF). The authors used interviews with LREC practitioners and policymakers, a policy review, an academic literature review, and an analysis of survey data to address the research questions. Immediate recommendations include standardizing terms, developing measures of mission effectiveness, and collecting data to assess connections between LREC training and skills and mission success. Long-term planning should include efforts to develop a strong infrastructure across LREC stakeholders such that information can easily be shared, a theoretically sound causal model linking LREC skills to mission success, and tests of skills linked to mission readiness. The ultimate goal of these activities is to develop a set of readiness metrics, both at the general level for all GPF and at the mission-specific level, when specialized LREC skills may be required.

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"This research was … conducted jointly by the MITRE Corporation Department of Social, Behavioral, and Linguistic Sciences and within the RAND Corporation Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Institute"--Preface.

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The Defense Language Office tasked MITRE Corporation and the RAND National Defense Research Institute to jointly address questions concerning the U.S. Department of Defense’s ability to measure and track the language, regional expertise, and culture (LREC) training and capabilities of general purpose forces (GPF). The authors used interviews with LREC practitioners and policymakers, a policy review, an academic literature review, and an analysis of survey data to address the research questions. Immediate recommendations include standardizing terms, developing measures of mission effectiveness, and collecting data to assess connections between LREC training and skills and mission success. Long-term planning should include efforts to develop a strong infrastructure across LREC stakeholders such that information can easily be shared, a theoretically sound causal model linking LREC skills to mission success, and tests of skills linked to mission readiness. The ultimate goal of these activities is to develop a set of readiness metrics, both at the general level for all GPF and at the mission-specific level, when specialized LREC skills may be required.

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.