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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"US Army"”.
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Systemic Issues with US Army Talent Management and Retention
… would remain and continue serving in the US Army while poor performers were removed. However, this industrial-era one-size-fits-all promotion system leaves little flexibility for career progression and has quickly become outdated. The Army’s method of evaluating its officers with an …
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Seizing the Initiative: Rhetorical Implications of US Army Doctrine
Army doctrine imbues the organization and its personnel with characteristics of professionalism. Texts analyzed for this dissertation present the Army professional's demeanor and awareness in terms of an ability to recognize and capitalize on fleeting opportunities. These doctrinal texts show that …
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A systems analysis of tactical intelligence in the US Army
… processes within the intelligence cycle. In the Army's current structure, intelligence capacity falls short of what combat battalions need in the modern operational environment. Is this shortfall a remnant of an archaic design, or has the intelligence process itself changed so significantly that …
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Predicting marina slip renter trip spending at US Army Corps of Engineers lakes
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Department of Park, Recreation and Tourism Resources, 2010
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Warriors versus experts : managing conflict between professional groups for US Army mental healthcare
… ethnographic field study of conflict between US Army commanders privileging their professional group's goal of fielding a mission-ready unit and mental health providers privileging their professional group's goal of providing rehabilitative mental healthcare to active-duty soldiers suffering …
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Network governance for the provision of behavioral health services to the US Army
… of PTSD and related conditions. This work focuses on the architecture and means of control over the existing arrangement of semi-independent enterprises, organized into functional work groups that necessarily collaborate to provide a full spectrum of behavioral health services to service …
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Modeling the Impact of Helicopter Vibrations on the Musculoskeletal Health of US Army Blackhawk Helicopter Pilots
The UH-60, used for troop transport, MEDVAC, and mission control, has evolved over the last 45 years from the Alpha Model to the Lima and Mike models that are currently utilized. Previous studies investigated the impact of Whole-Body Vibrations (WBV) on aviators and the resulting musculoskeletal …
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A goal Programming R&D project funding model of the US Army Strategic Defense Command using the analytic hierarchy process
At present the US Army Strategic Defense Command (USASDC relies on subjective judgments from key management personnel to make project funding decisions. In this thesis the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to convert subjective pairwise comparisons of thirty-five major USASDC projects, based …
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Leveraging the US Army Corps of Engineers Public-Private Partnerships (P3) Pilot Program to Promote Equitable Outcomes from Local Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Projects
… to those individuals and communities. The US Army Corps of Engineers has been the nation's premier flood management agency since the mid-19th century and is uniquely equipped to provide technical and financial support to such communities. In this client-based thesis, I worked with Aaron …
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A systems analysis of the Army Substance Abuse Program
The Army Substance Abuse Program is a program within the United States Army that has the mission to deter, detect, and treat substance abuse by US Army Soldiers, Civilians, and Family Members. This thesis examines the program from a systems point of view, using the generic US Army installation for …
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Picosecond Vibrational Spectroscopy of Shocked Solids
This research was supported by US Army Research Office Contracts DAAH04-93-G-0014 and DAAH04-96-1-0038, Air Force Office of Scientific Research Contracts F49620-94-1-0108 and F49620-97-1-0056, and National Science Foundation Grants DMR 94-04806 and DMR 97-14843.
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Victory's Foundation: US Logistical Support of the Allied Mediterranean Campaign, 1942-1945
… this dissertation investigates the impact of US Army service forces on each of the campaigns and operations conducted across the Mediterranean theater. Additionally, this study examines how the campaigns of the Mediterranean shaped and informed the 1944 landings in France and the subsequent …
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The potential of America's Army, the video game as civilian-military public sphere
The US Army developed multiplayer online First Person Shooter video game, America's Army, was examined as the first instance of an entirely state-produced and directed enterprise leveraging video game popular culture. Specifically, this study is concerned with the potential of the America's Army …
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Knowledge strategies for managers in a networked world
… is increasing greatly. Transformation from Industrial Age to Information Age organizations is not simple. But there are strategies managers can use and emulate, to make their organizations more successful in sharing and creating new knowledge, to achieve better performance. Knowledge loss is a …
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Mechanical Properties Of Portland Cement And Its Constituents At The Nano-Level
… Modeling Techniques and Analysis For Cementitious Materials Under Dynamic Loading in association with North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University and the US Army. This research investigates several attempts at creating a better Portland cement model at the atomistic level through …
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Earning their wings: accidents and fatalities in the United States Army Air Forces during flight training in World War Two
This study analyzes the effect of the Army Air Forces’ wartime experience on the selection and training of aviation cadets and the steps taken by the Army Air Forces to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities. Over the course of the war, the US Army Air Forces suffered over 54,000 accidents …
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Behavior and Flexure Analysis of Balsa Wood Core Sandwich Composites: Experimental, Analytical and Finite Element Approaches
The load-deflection behavior of a US Army Corps of Engineers available sandwich plates in three-point bending with glass phenolic facings and balsa wood core is being investigated under room and elevated temperatures. Test data on bending rigidity, critical interfacial failure (skin-to-core …
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