General Officers, Career Field Sustainability, Training Pipelines, and the Civilian Workforce of the U.S. Space Force
Abstract
With the U.S. Space Force rapidly standing up as a separate service as established by the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, it was imperative to determine the appropriate workforce alignment and training for the space cadre. Within this FY 2020 project, our analysis, conducted in real time and on a rolling basis, addressed several issues of high importance to the Space Force: 1. Can the Space Force organically generate a sufficient number of general officers (GOs)? 2. Is the GO structure that was under consideration in FY 2020 sustainable? 3. Are the five primary career fields that are transitioning from the Air Force to the Space Force--Space Operations, Intelligence, Cyberspace Operations, Developmental Engineering, and Acquisition Management--sustainable with the number of proposed officer billets? 4. Can existing training pipelines for officers and enlisted personnel in these five career fields support the training needs of the Space Force? 5. What are the key considerations of the civilian workforce transferring into the Space Force?
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 13, 2024
- Accession Number
- AD1229962
Entities
People
- Ginger Groeber
- Irina A. Chindea
- Jennifer J. Li
- John S. Crown
- Lawrence M. Hanser
- Samantha E. Dinicola
- Shirley M. Ross
Organizations
- RAND Corporation