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Significant efforts have been made to address combat stress among personnel deployed or returning from deployment, but far less attention has been given to the “deployed-in-garrison” work environment of distributed common ground system (DCGS) intelligence exploitation operators, who remotely monitor and report real-time, hostile, enemy contact and facilitate redirection of ground forces to engage enemyRead more

This dissertation concerns occupational burnout and retention of Air Force intelligence analysts working in the Distributed Common Ground System, and was submitted in September 2012 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. The faculty committee that supervised and approved the dissertation consistedRead more

United States Air Force Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) airmen are in a high-risk, high-demand aviation career field critical to battlefield operations. It is widely acknowledged that high levels of fitness and cognitive functioning are necessary for adapting to the operational rigors of the TACP career field. However, annual attrition rates of training candidates areRead more

U.S. Air Force combat controllers represent a highly trained group of special duty operators who support a variety of battlefield aviation and combatant operations. They are considered some of the most highly trained special duty operators in the military. Due to their operational requirements, training takes approximately 2 years to complete. However, training attrition rangesRead more