Recruiting Policies and Practices for Women in the Military: Views from the Field

Abstract

On January 24, 2013, thenDefense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced an end to the ban on women in combat. As of January 1, 2016, the armed services must implement efforts to provide equal opportunities regardless of gender. The public nature of the announcement has likely affected potential recruits' views of the military in as yet unknown ways. To provide an early perspective on these effects and how the services and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD/P and R) can adapt, OUSD/P and R asked RAND to conduct a study exploring these issues. The ultimate goal of the study was to identify approaches for bolstering female recruitment while ground combat jobs are transitioning to include women.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1085278

Entities

People

  • Chaitra M. Hardison
  • Christina E. Steiner
  • Douglas Yeung
  • Kristy N. Kamarck
  • Lawrence M. Hanser

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Attrition
  • Basic Training
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Employment
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Training
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies