Title A separate space : creating a military service for space / by Michael Spirtas, Yool Kim, Frank Camm, Shirley M. Ross, Debra Knopman, Forrest E. Morgan, Sebastian Joon Bae, M. Scott Bond, John S. Crown, Elaine Simmons

Published Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 175 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Research report ; RR-4263-AF Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-4263-AF. Contents Preface -- Summary -- Introduction -- Contextual background for the Space Force -- Planning for the Force : analytic approach for determining which activities should transfer to the Space Force -- Planning for the Force : activities and organizations that should transfer to the Space Force -- Career field sustainment within the Space Force -- Lessons from the creation of other military organizations -- Charting an adaptive approach to implementation -- Conclusion Summary The Department of Defense is creating the Space Force as an independent service within the Department of the Air Force to ensure access to, and freedom to operate in, space and to provide vital capabilities to joint and coalition forces in peacetime and across the spectrum of conflict. It has been 72 years since the United States last created a new military service, the Air Force. The other military services date back to the first years of the American nation. Because the Department of Defense does not often create military services, this is an opportune time to consider the implications of creating an independent Space Force. RAND developed an analytic approach to determine which units to bring into the Space Force. The authors asked how a transfer might affect any of the following four organizational attributes: effectiveness, efficiency, independence, and sense of identity. Then, the authors assessed a set of career fields to consider whether they would be sustainable in the Space Force. These analyses are complemented with an examination of other organizations that the Department of Defense has created to gain insights into potential challenges that the Space Force might face as it stands up and grows into its role Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (RAND, viewed March 21, 2020) Subject United States. Department of Defense -- Organization -- Planning SUBJECT United States. Department of Defense fast Subject Military planning -- United States Space control (Military science) -- United States Astronautics, Military -- United States -- Planning Military planning Space control (Military science) United States Form Electronic book Author Kim, Yool, author Camm, Frank, author Ross, Shirley M., author Knopman, Debra, author Morgan, Forrest E., author Bae, Sebastian J., author Bond, M. Scott, author Crown, John S., author Simmons, Elaine, author Project Air Force (U.S.) Rand Corporation, publisher. ISBN 9781977404664 1977404669 9781977404091 197740409X

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