Approaches for strengthening total force culture and facilitating cross-component integration in the U.S. military / Agnes Gereben Schaefer, John D. Winkler, Kimberly Jackson, Daniel Ibarra, Darrell D. Jones, Geoffrey McGovern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaefer, Agnes Gereben, author.

Jackson, Kimberly, author.

Ibarra, Daniel, author.

Jones, Darrell D., author.

McGovern, Geoffrey, author.

Contributor:

Winkler, John D., 1953-

National Defense Research Institute (U.S.). Forces and Resources Policy Center, contributor.

Rand Corporation, contributor.

United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Armed Forces--Reorganization.

Armed Forces.

Armed Forces--Reserves.

United States--Armed Forces--Reorganization.

United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Reserves.

Physical Description:

xix, 112 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2020.

Summary:

While all U.S. military services have strived to achieve greater total force integration and a stronger total force culture across their active and reserve components, significant impediments limit the achievement of these objectives. Thus, the issue continues to capture the attention of policymakers who seek ways to overcome these impediments and facilitate greater integration. This priority has been addressed most recently by national commissions addressing the future of both the Army and the Air Force. While each of these sets of proposals provides ideas for enhancing integration and providing a greater total force culture, the proposals are neither complete nor fully reflective of all potentially relevant policies and practices. Further, the policy prescriptions are service specific and do not reflect broader insights that cut across services. Last, none of these efforts clearly define the desired purpose and end state for integration against which integration initiatives can be evaluated. For these reasons, a more comprehensive analysis is needed of policies and practices that can contribute to the ultimate objective of improving total force integration and achieving a total force culture. The objective of this study is to provide insights on policies that can foster cross-component integration and incentives for cross-component service that contribute to the most effective total force possible and benefit individual service members, as well as both the active and reserve components. The focus of this report is on factors that can increase cross-component knowledge and awareness, which contribute to achieving the larger goal of cross-component integration.

Contents:

Introduction

Insights from U.S. Military Integration Efforts

Joint Integration: A Potential Analogue for Cross-Component Integration

Insights from Other Integration Efforts

Applying Findings to Better Facilitate AC/RC Integration

Conclusions

Appendix A: Case Studies of U.S. Government Civilian Programs.

Notes:

"RAND National Defense Research Institute."

"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense."

"This research was ... conducted within the Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute"--Preface (page iii).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-112).

ISBN:

9781977400086

1977400086

OCLC:

1162367007