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Non Citizens in Today's Military

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In FY04, this country spent $2.7 billion to recruit 182,000 active-duty enlisted servicemembers. One overlooked source of military manpower is immigrants and their families. In fact, much of the growth in the recruitment-eligible population will come from immigration. The United States is a country of immigrants. Recent waves of immigration have made today’s foreign-born population the largest in U.S. history—11.7 percent in 2003, up from 9.3 percent in 1995. Immigrants will fuel much of the growth in the youth population. About a third of the world's population is under age 15, and the overwhelming majority lives in developing countries. Because this large bulge of future workers will have difficulty finding work in their native countries, many may emigrate—either alone or with young families. Of the 16 million foreign-born people who entered the United States between 1990 and 2002, almost a quarter were under age 21. Most immigrants will not be U.S. citizens, but many will become Legal Permanent Residents. Between 1973 and 2002, an estimated 21.5 million people became LPRs. In 2002, more than 1 million immigrants became LPRs in addition to 10.4 million people who were already LPRs. Over two-thirds of them, 7.8 million, had been in the United States long enough to be eligible for naturalization.

Non Citizens in Today's Military Non-Citizens in Today’s Military: Final Report In FY04, this country spent $2.7 billion to recruit 182,000 active-duty enlisted servicemembers. One overlooked source of military manpower is immigrants and their families. In fact, much of the growth in the recruitment-eligible population will come from immigration. The United States is a country of immigrants. Recent waves of immigration have made today’s foreign-born population the largest in U.S. history—11.7 percent in 2003, up from 9.3 percent in 1995. Immigrants will fuel much of the growth in the youth

Future Deployable Medical Capabilities and Platforms

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All three medical services (Army, Air Force, and Navy) are working to develop smaller, more mobile medical platforms and capabilities. This document is intended to help Navy Medicine plan its future deployable capabilities by (a) suggesting alternative platforms, (b) analyzing the positives and negatives of those platforms, (c) suggesting other pertinent issues to be addressed in considering alternatives, providing analytical input into Navy Medicine’s new requirement-setting process, and (e) supplying preliminary analyses of capabilities and rough cost estimates. The capability/engineering and cost estimates that we make in this study are preliminary. This document is an early step in a process that would require more detailed engineering and cost studies of particular options.

on Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF) ships, as well as prepositioned in containers in strategic areas of the world. Navy Medicine’s hospital ships have a long history, dating back ... warfare, and military operations other than war. Changes in Navy/Marine Corps warfighting concepts that require the Marines to be supported by sea-based logistics. In addition, the Navy and Marine

The Use of Naval Forces in the Post-War Era

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This research memorandum summarizes the major role of U.S. Naval forces in at least 207 crisis management operations for international incidents and crises, exclusive of the Korean and Vietnam wars.

. This paper is a report from CNA's History of U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Crisis Response Activity Project, conducted for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Plans, Policy and Operations (OP-06 ... to obscure the fact that the other services and other instruments of policy (military and nonmilitary) play significant roles in the crisis management activities of the National Command Authorities

Protecting Servicemembers from MDM

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Recommendations for protecting U.S. servicemembers from mis-/dis-/mal-information, or MDM, through inoculation, debunking, fact-checking, and media literacy.

and the efforts to influence US servicemembers are national security threats that can have deleterious effects on military readiness, order, and discipline. Combating MDM is complex and requires ... report that reviewed the literature on these interventions—including a brief history of each technique, a description of how each one works, and a summary of the state of research on each technique

Using Unmanned Systems for Safety and Security

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The rapid proliferation of unmanned systems designed for air, land, and water (represented by the term "UxS") ranges from low-end commercial platforms suitable for hobbyists to high-end platforms appropriate for jurisdictional and organizational use. Public safety and security professionals can leverage these diverse and powerful systems for meeting their public safety and security objectives – and are already doing so in missions such as firefighting, special event security, law enforcement, and patrol via air, land, and water. However, CNA believes that long before an organization begins to explore specific systems, it should begin with analysis and generation of requirements.

, it should begin with analysis and generation of requirements. ANALYSES CNA has a long history of conducting capability, readiness, and cost-benefit analyses for local, state, regional, and federal organizations (including the military). From assessing the readiness of specialized teams (such as Bomb Squads, Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Teams, and Chemical, Biological, Radiological

Jonathan Schroden

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the author of a forthcoming book on the history of US counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan. Dr. Schroden has been with CNA since 2003, during which time his research focused on strategic ... , senior advisor to the US Institute of Peace’s Afghanistan Study Group, and adjunct scholar with the US Military Academy’s Modern War Institute. Dr. Schroden holds PhD and Master of Science degrees from

Nadja West

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Retired Lieutenant General Nadja West served as the 44th Army Surgeon General and Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command.

American woman three-star general in the Army's history. She is also the first woman graduate from West Point to achieve the rank of lieutenant general. A graduate of the George Washington University ... of more than 30 years as a soldier. In her last Army assignment, West managed an $11 billion budget and led a global health care enterprise consisting of over 130,000 military, civilian, contract

Jeffrey Becker Honored for Analysis of China at CNA Awards

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impact on the government and the military as they try to understand one of the most important issues of our time." Becker has played a key role in shaping the training and capabilities that the US ... is commemorated in the name of the award for analytical excellence, passed away. The organization’s former CEO navigated CNA through a critical period in its history, and he will be deeply missed. Please see

Dave Johnson and Peter Neffenger Join CNA's Board of Trustees

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CNA President and CEO Katherine McGrady today announced that Vice Admiral David Johnson, USN (Ret.), and Vice Admiral Peter Neffenger, USCG (Ret.), are joining the CNA Board of Trustees.

. VADM Johnson completed a distinguished, 36-year career in the U.S. Navy. Most recently, he served as the Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development ... history. “We are very fortunate to have both Vice Admiral Johnson and Vice Admiral Neffenger,” McGrady said. “Their distinguished careers bring a perspective to the board that supports CNA’s

Drones as First Responders

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The use of drones by hobbyists and professionals alike has steadily grown in recent years, with 822,039 drones registered with the Federal Aviation Administration.

2025 (Federal Aviation Administration, n.d.). What was once considered military technology is now used daily by civilians throughout the United States. Over the past decade, law enforcement agencies ... of them is necessary for any agency considering drone use. Within this document, we discuss critical topics surrounding drones in law enforcement—including their history, financial costs, benefits