Download or read book Tactics Methods and Techniques to Improve Special Forces In Service Enlisted Recruiting written by Steven M. Swierkowski and published by . This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis identifies and analyzes recruiting strategies that exist outside of the military service that might be considered to increase the number of high-quality enlisted recruits for the United States Army Special Forces Command (USASFC). The thesis contains a review of the current Special Forces recruiting processes and describes how Special Operations Recruiting Command (SORC) recruits enlisted soldiers. It also analyzes goal congruency and cohesion between SORC, SWCS(A), and USASFC(A). Using recruiting process case studies obtained from five diverse civilian organizations, the thesis examines common successful tactics, methods, and techniques (TMTs) used to recruit candidates and then evaluates these TMTs to determine their applicability to the current SF recruiting model. Finally, the thesis offers three main recommendations using successful TMTs: quality control measures are needed throughout a successful organization; goal congruency is needed to reduce friction and achieve effective and efficient bottom-line results; and metrics, incentives, and defined success must be aligned with the bottom-line target. These recommendations could result in fewer candidates required for recruitment by SORC, while producing a greater number of high-quality recruits for the SF training pipeline and, ultimately, for USASFC(A) units.
Download or read book Training Success for U S Air Force Special Operations and Combat Support Specialties written by Maria C. Lytell and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Air Force's special operations and combat support specialties in the enlisted force are among the highest in demand by the service yet have persistently high rates of attrition in their initial skills training, which is called "technical training" in the Air Force. These high-demand, high-attrition (HDHA) specialties include Combat Control; Explosive Ordnance Disposal; Pararescue; Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape; Special Operations Weather Team; and Tactical Air Control Party. The Air Force has conducted or sponsored several efforts to address training attrition in these specialties over the past several years, yet training attrition remains high. The reasons for high training attrition are interrelated, with size and quality of the recruiting pool, utility of screening tools, and training environment factors all playing a role. This report addresses the broader challenges for implementing new approaches to HDHA specialty recruiting, screening, and development of Air Force candidates, and takes a holistic approach to identifying methods and tools to ll gaps in current processes
Download or read book Manning Special Forces in the 21st Century written by Manuel A. Diemer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special Forces entry-level training (SFELT), also known as the Special Forces (SF) pipeline, is the key to manning SF in the 21st century. The SF pipeline will have to change and adapt if it is to continue to recruit, assess, select, and train (RAST) SF soldiers with the skills, knowledge, and attributes required for SF operational detachments - alpha (SFODA) to successfully accomplish their missions. Failure to develop RAST strategies for the future now could result in a reduction of SF capabilities that cannot be made up quickly. Recruiting, assessing, selecting, and training our entry level SF soldiers to standard in the appropriate skills while leveraging emerging technology as well as maintaining our hands-on, live fire, field training, and warrior focus is the single most important thing that we can do to assure the continued success of Special Forces in the future. Special Forces must determine what factors will affect the future requirements of the force and the impact that those factors will have on SFELT. SF must also capitalize on changes in Army recruiting strategies and be on the leading edge of assessment, training, and adult education technology and techniques in the near term (2005-2020) and will probably have to execute radical change to remain relevant in the long term (beyond 2020). We must lay the groundwork for these changes now. This paper will recommend strategies for improving the SF pipeline. It will focus on strategies and concepts to improve recruiting, assessing, and selecting soldiers for SF training in the future. The future of SF training is beyond the scope of this paper and deserves significant analysis. However, getting the right soldiers, in sufficient numbers, to the training phases of SFELT will have a significant positive impact on the future of Special Forces.
Download or read book Manning Special Forces in the 21st Century written by Manuel A. Diemer and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special Forces entry-level training (SFELT), also known as the Special Forces (SF) pipeline, is the key to manning SF in the 21st century. The SF pipeline will have to change and adapt if it is to continue to recruit, assess, select, and train (RAST) SF soldiers with the skills, knowledge, and attributes required for SF operational detachments - alpha (SFODA) to successfully accomplish their missions. Failure to develop RAST strategies for the future now could result in a reduction of SF capabilities that cannot be made up quickly. Recruiting, assessing, selecting, and training our entry level SF soldiers to standard in the appropriate skills while leveraging emerging technology as well as maintaining our hands-on, live fire, field training, and warrior focus is the single most important thing that we can do to assure the continued success of Special Forces in the future. Special Forces must determine what factors will affect the future requirements of the force and the impact that those factors will have on SFELT. SF must also capitalize on changes in Army recruiting strategies and be on the leading edge of assessment, training, and adult education technology and techniques in the near term (2005-2020) and will probably have to execute radical change to remain relevant in the long term (beyond 2020). We must lay the groundwork for these changes now. This paper will recommend strategies for improving the SF pipeline. It will focus on strategies and concepts to improve recruiting, assessing, and selecting soldiers for SF training in the future. The future of SF training is beyond the scope of this paper and deserves significant analysis. However, getting the right soldiers, in sufficient numbers, to the training phases of SFELT will have a significant positive impact on the future of Special Forces.
Download or read book Attitudes Aptitudes and Aspirations of American Youth written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-02-01 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recruiting an all-volunteer military is a formidable task. To successfully enlist one eligible recruit, the Army must contact approximately 120 young people. The National Research Council explores the various factors that will determine whether the military can realistically expect to recruit an adequate fighting force-one that will meet its upcoming needs. It also assesses the military's expected manpower needs and projects the numbers of youth who are likely to be available over the next 20 years to meet these needs. With clearly written text and useful graphics, Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Aspirations of American Youth offers an overview of important issues for military recruiters, touching on a number of important topics including: sex and race, education and aptitude, physical and moral attributes, and military life and working conditions. In addition, the book looks at how a potential recruit would approach the decision to enlist, considering personal, family, and social values, and the options for other employment or college. Building on the need to increase young Americans' "propensity to enlist," this book offers useful recommendations for increasing educational opportunities while in the service and for developing advertising strategies that include concepts of patriotism and duty to country. Of primary value to military policymakers, recruitment officers, and analysts, Attitudes, Aptitudes, and Aspirations of American Youth will also interest social scientists and policy makers interested in youth trends.
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Download or read book Information Needs of Enlisted Soldiers when Making a Special Forces Career Decision written by Ann M. Herd and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research identifies the kinds of additional information enlisted soldiers need when considering a Special Forces (SF) career. Researchers examined existing survey data and findings from SF recruiters and new SF recruits to identify gaps in job information. In addition, they conducted structured interviews and/or surveys with enlisted SF soldiers, SF wives, and commanders and staff within the SF community to determine the specific information that recruits need. Researchers concluded that soldiers need additional information in four key areas: family-related information, Military Occupational Specialties (MOS) and SF Group assignment processes, training and preparation, and SF missions and activities. They suggested ways to address the information gaps in these areas and proposed an outline for an information booklet that could serve as a realistic job preview. The booklet will provide comprehensive, realistic information about SF to prospective recruits and may also support SF recruiter training. Realistic job preview, Special forces, Special forces families, Recruiting.
Download or read book Recruiting Policies and Practices for Women in the Military written by Douglas Yeung and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study identifies approaches for bolstering recruiting of women into the armed services during the years in which ground combat jobs are transitioning to include women. RAND conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with new recruits, recruiters, and recruiting leadership. Several themes emerged from these discussions. Many female recruits in our focus groups preferred female recruiters and female-specific events. Many male recruits in our focus groups reported not being influenced by the policy change to open combat jobs to women. Recruiters and recruits in our focus groups reported dissatisfaction with what they view as burdensome administrative requirements. Both recruiters and recruits recommended launching advertising campaigns showing women serving alongside men in a wide range of military jobs, and debunking stereotypes of military service. Finally, commanders of the recruiting services reported concern over resources available to them in the current environment. We recommend that resources be set aside to specifically target outreach to women, that the services increase the proportion of recruiters who are women and increase their visibility at recruiting events, and that the services work to reduce administrative burdens on recruiters and recruits."--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Leveraging Big Data Analytics to Improve Military Recruiting written by Nelson Lim and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors identified current, desired, and prospective data-enabled practices that the U.S. Department of Defense and the services might be able to deploy in their outreach and recruiting processes.
Download or read book Prescreening Methods for Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Special Operations Proponency Office (SOPO) at the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Warfare Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) requested help from the U.S. Army Special Operations Command Psychological Application Directorate (PAD) and the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) in identifying prescreening tools that could be used to identify which soldiers have the greatest chance for success in the Special Forces (SF) selection and tralning pipeline. This information would allow SOPO to minimize recruitment of soldiers with little chance of completing Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS), and allow slots to be filled by soldiers who have a greater probability of success."-- Stinet.
Download or read book Special Forces Recruiting Methodologies for the Twenty first Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines the Special Forces recruiting methodologies for the twenty-first century. The analysis highlights the origins of the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1952 to the establishment of the Special Forces as a separate combat arms branch of the Army on 9 April 1987. An overview of the force development process conducted at echelons above the United States Army Recruiting Command was presented in order to appreciate the process of setting and adjusting the Special Forces recruiting mission. In greater detail, historical trends, as documented from secondary research, provides the framework of the analysis by examining what occurred in the past in order to preview the relevant effectiveness of recruiting methodologies in practice today. The analysis articulates the importance of mutually supporting relationships, established as early as 1990 and continue to prosper today, between numerous civilian and military agencies involved in the accession of the future Special Forces force structure. The complex realities of recruiting Special Forces, to include the market, internal and external influences that impact the ability to succeed in the conduct of the phenomenon, are addressed as well. Having researched the phenomenon of recruiting and presented the facts and findings that resulted from critical analysis, the recommendations and conclusions are based on secondary and primary research, study, analysis, and logical presentation of the data in order to serve as the vehicle for future research of the phenomenon.
Download or read book Competitive Military Recruiting written by James F. Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. military's system of duplicative and competitive active duty recruiting contributes to and perpetuates the failure of DOD-wide recruiting efforts. Given the significant changes in the U.S. economy, and the relinquishment of market-share by the military services associated with the military drawdown of the 1990s, the military's present recruiting strategy will no longer fulfill DOD's personnel readiness requirements. The Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine recruiting forces have tried in vain to increase individual service market-share and the DOD-wide share within the greater employment market. Single-service efforts ostensibly aimed at increasing service market share predominantly impact upon other military services. Current marketing strategies and operations that are redundant and inefficient often cost the DOD more than the value gained in enlistment production increases. Small unit sales tactics and recruiting procedures encourage additional waste through the duplication of recruiting effort and negative military advertising.
Download or read book Special Forces Recruiting Methodologies for the Twenty first Century written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines the Special Forces recruiting methodologies for the twenty-first century. The analysis highlights the origins of the U.S. Army Special Forces from 1952 to the establishment of the Special Forces as a separate combat arms branch of the Army on 9 April 1987. An overview of the force development process conducted at echelons above the United States Army Recruiting Command was presented in order to appreciate the process of setting and adjusting the Special Forces recruiting mission. In greater detail, historical trends, as documented from secondary research, provides the framework of the analysis by examining what occurred in the past in order to preview the relevant effectiveness of recruiting methodologies in practice today. The analysis articulates the importance of mutually supporting relationships, established as early as 1990 and continue to prosper today, between numerous civilian and military agencies involved in the accession of the future Special Forces force structure. The complex realities of recruiting Special Forces, to include the market, internal and external influences that impact the ability to succeed in the conduct of the phenomenon, are addressed as well. Having researched the phenomenon of recruiting and presented the facts and findings that resulted from critical analysis, the recommendations and conclusions are based on secondary and primary research, study, analysis, and logical presentation of the data in order to serve as the vehicle for future research of the phenomenon.
Download or read book Tactical Display for Soldiers written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1997-01-17 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the human factors issues associated with the development, testing, and implementation of helmet-mounted display technology in the 21st Century Land Warrior System. Because the framework of analysis is soldier performance with the system in the full range of environments and missions, the book discusses both the military context and the characteristics of the infantry soldiers who will use the system. The major issues covered include the positive and negative effects of such a display on the local and global situation awareness of the individual soldier, an analysis of the visual and psychomotor factors associated with each design feature, design considerations for auditory displays, and physical sources of stress and the implications of the display for affecting the soldier's workload. The book proposes an innovative approach to research and testing based on a three-stage strategy that begins in the laboratory, moves to controlled field studies, and culminates in operational testing.
Download or read book Special Forces Recruiting The Operational Need for Targeted Recruitment of First and Second Generation Americans written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the operational impact of recruiting first generation Americans directly into Special Forces. Much as the draft inadvertently did during World War II, the Army could take much greater advantage than it has of first generation immigrants and naturalized citizens. Special Forces (SF) could, in turn, target recruits from within this pool. That is one proposal this thesis makes. A second aim of this thesis is to explain why this makes sense in the 21st century. This thesis reviews the use of non-citizens from WWII to the present, while also highlighting certain features of doctrinal Special Forces (SF) missions. The aim is to draw on the past in order to preview the relevant usefulness of non-citizens today. The arguments to be presented here are conceptual in nature. They draw on the author's experiences as an SF recruiter and on extensive conversations with other recruiters currently serving in the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion (SORB). This thesis is not designed to criticize current recruitment methods. Instead, it explores ways to enhance what Special Forces already does in order to target the kinds of candidates whom the author believes will prove crucial to 21st century operations.
Download or read book Competitive Military Recruiting written by James F. Dickens and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
