Measuring Strategic Readiness Identifying Metrics for Core Dimensions
Abstract
For nearly three decades, the U.S. national defense community focused on challenges from nonstate actors or small regional powers. The rise in renewed aggressive behavior from near peers resulted in revision of the National Defense Strategy to emphasize major-powercompetition.1 This competition implies not just the ability to successfully carry out military operations in the short term but also the abilities to generate and protect readiness in key industries and infrastructure and to conduct research for competition and conflict over longer periods. In May 2019, the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (OUSD [P and R]), asked RAND to provide a method and specific metrics to enable OUSD(P and R)and the entire defense community to more fully answer questions concerning the nation's readiness to execute the National Defense Strategy. Focusing on seven newly defined core dimensions of strategic readiness, we were asked to assess whether those seven dimensions were sufficiently broad to effectively evaluate DoD's strategic readiness and to define additional dimensions if needed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1136367
Entities
People
- Bradley Martin
- Christy Foran
- Jacqueline G. Burns
- Jared Mondschein
- Katherine C. Hastings
- Krista R. Grocholski
- Kristin F. Lynch
- Laura Fraade-blanar
- Michael E. Linick
- Sydney J. Litterer
Organizations
- RAND Corporation