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Title

An assessment of the ability of 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.].

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : RAND, c2012.

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Additional Authors

• DeCamp, Jennifer.
• Mitre Corporation
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)

Description

xxi, 61 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 28 cm.

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.

Series Statement

RAND Corporation technical report series ; TR-1192-OSD

Uniform Title

Technical report (Rand Corporation) ; TR-1192-OSD.

Subject

• Cultural competence > Evaluation. > United States
• Language and languages > Study and teaching > United States
• Military education > United States > Evaluation
• Soldiers > Education, Non-military > United States
• United States > Education
• United States > Evaluation
• United States. Department of Defense > Evaluation

Note

• "This research was sponsored by the Defense Language Office (DLO) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD[P&R]) and conducted jointly by the MITRE Corporation Department for Social, Behavioral, and Linguistic Sciences and within the RAND Corporation Forces and Resources Policy Center of the RAND National Security Research Institute."--Preface.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-61).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- Methodology and Data -- Impact of LREC Training and Capabilities on Mission Readiness and Accomplishment -- The U.S. Department of Defense⁰́₉s 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.

ISBN

• 9780833076670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0833076671 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2012034524

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