Reducing attrition in selected Air Force training pipelines / Thomas Manacapilli [and others].
- Published:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 131 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
- Additional Creators:
- Manacapilli, Thomas and Project Air Force (U.S.)
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- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- Background -- Objective -- Training Process -- Analysis Approach -- Review of Extant Literature and Existing Efforts -- Interviews and Site Visits -- Database Analysis -- Organization of the Report -- ch. Two Air Traffic Control, AFSC 1C1X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Data Analysis -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Three Combat Control, AFSC 1C2X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Effect of Having Officers on the Team -- Physical Fitness -- Data Analysis -- Exemplars -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Four Operations Intelligence, AFSC 1N0X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Instructional Issues -- Instructional Quality -- Job Description -- Need for Certain Skills -- Comparison Between Operations Intelligence and Imagery Analysis -- Data Analysis -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Five Far East and Middle East Linguists, AFSCs 1N3X4X and 1N3X5X -- Overview -- Scope -- Structure -- Notable Factors -- The Importance of Motivation -- Training Squadron Support: Academic and Military Leadership -- Language Placement -- Language Proficiency Testing -- Data Analysis -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Six Network Intelligence Analysis, AFSC 1N4X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Length of Training -- Miscellaneous Concerns -- Data Analysis -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Seven Aerospace Ground Equipment, AFSC 2A6X2 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Washbacks Versus Attrition -- Length of Course -- Data Analysis -- Exemplars -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Eight Pararescue, AFSC 1T2X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Attrition Timing -- Facilities -- Physical Fitness -- Indoctrination -- Data Analysis -- Exemplars -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Nine Explosive Ordnance Disposal, AFSC 3E8X1 -- Overview -- Notable Factors -- Production -- Maturity of Input -- Need for a Screener -- Facilities -- Phase Program -- Data Analysis -- Exemplars -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Ten Cross-Cutting Issues -- Recruiting Experiences -- The Phase Program -- Student Comments -- Instructor Comments -- Comments with Respect to Military Training Leaders -- Possible Modification of the Phase Program -- Stress and Training -- Demands and Expectations of Military Service -- Performance Under Stress -- Stress in Trainees -- Implications for Resilience -- Justice Concerns -- Training-Base Purpose -- Length of Training Day -- Documentation -- Basic Military Training -- Exemplars -- Medical Holds -- Classification -- Health Concerns -- Summary -- Recent Air Force Actions -- ch. Eleven Final Thoughts -- APPENDIXES -- A.Interview Protocol -- B.Student Questionnaire -- C.Results of Questionnaire Data -- D.The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, Physical Ability and Stamina Test, and Federal Aviation Administration Air Traffic Selection and Training Test -- E.Trainees' Perceptions of Injustice -- F.Analytical Approach -- G.Aerospace Ground Equipment Personnel Mathematical Training Model -- H.Length of the Technical Training Program.
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- ISBN:
- 9780833052612 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0833052616 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Note:
- "Rand Project Air Force."
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-131).
- Other Forms:
- Also available online.
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