Will to Fight: Analyzing, Modeling, and Simulating the Will to Fight of Military Units
Abstract
2016 the U.S. Army recognized the need for deeper and clearer understanding of will to fight. Headquarters Department of the Army G-3/5/7 engaged the RAND Arroyo Center to address this gap with a series of research projects that will continue through at least late 2018. This report provides a flexible, scalable model of tactical to operational will to fight that can be applied to all sizes and types of units in any military ground combat organization; we reserve analysis of air and naval will to fight for future research. The purpose of the model is to provide a logical, research-grounded template for case-by-case advisor assessment of partner or allied military forces and the intelligence analysis of adversary forces. This report also provides a theoretical and experimental basis for adding will to fight to military war gaming and simulation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2018
- Accession Number
- AD1059607
Entities
People
- Aaron Frank
- Ben Connable
- Henry Hargrove
- James Sladden
- Jasen J. Castillo
- Marek N. Posard
- Michael J. Mcnerney
- Natasha Lander
- S. R. Zimmerman
- William M. Marcellino
Organizations
- RAND Corporation