The Forces We Need: Building Multi-Capable Airmen to Enable Agile Combat Employment

Abstract

In Accelerate Change or Lose, then-Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr., proposes that, in response to strategic challenges, The forces and operational concepts we need must be different, and he specifically notes that Our Airmen must be multi-capable.1 The Air Forces Multi-Capable Airmen (MCA) initiative is a critical workforce enabler of the Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operational concept. But whereas ACE is relatively well developed, MCA, as of late 2022, remains in a formative stage. To further institutionalize the MCA initiative, the Department of the Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to help refine the emergent MCA concept and provide recommendations on how to effectively develop and sustain MCA moving forward.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 21, 2023
Accession Number
AD1217220

Entities

People

  • Andrea M. Abler
  • Isabelle Winston
  • Kirsten M. Keller
  • Maria. C. Lytell
  • Mark Toukan
  • Matthew E. Walsh
  • Ryan C. Thulin
  • Ryan L. Stallsworth
  • Shawn Cochran

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Health Services
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Applications
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Trainees
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design