Measuring the Effectiveness of Special Operations

Abstract

This report documents research and analysis conducted as part of a project entitled Special Operations Forces (SOF) Measures of Effectiveness, sponsored by U.S. Army Special Operations Command. The purpose of the project was to develop a system of metric-capture and evidence-based assessments to evaluate the success (or failure) of various special operations missions and demonstrate how Army special operations forces contribute to theater and national security objectives. A companion volume - Linda Robinson, Daniel Egel, and Ryan Andrew Brown, Measuring the Effectiveness of Special Operations: Appendixes, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND Corporation, RR-2504/1-A, 2019 - provides the appendixes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1088601

Entities

People

  • Daniel Egel
  • Linda Robinson
  • Ryan A. Brown

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Big Data
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
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  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Online Communications
  • Psychological Operations
  • Public Policy
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  • Terrorism
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Military History
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).