Rand Corp.

Report to Pentagon on Culture of Flag, General Officers Across Services

The following is the RAND Corporation report, Raising the Flag Implications of U.S. Military Approaches to General and Flag Officer Development.

From the report

The 2018 National Defense Strategy directed the U.S. Department of Defense to rethink how it prepares and leverages its personnel to confront emerging global security challenges, particularly with regard to education and strategic decisionmaking. To help understand whether military leadership might need to change to better serve national...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/12/report-to-pentagon-on-culture-of-flag-general-officers-across-services

China’s Coast Guard Enforcing Blue Its Intended Water Territorial Expansion

Chinese Coast Guard vessel

The rapid expansion of China’s Coast Guard gives Beijing the means to shift its sea expansion aims from aspirational to operational, a panel of security experts concurred during a Monday event detailing China’s maritime ambitions.

In vast stretches of sea, an area stretching from the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea to the Scarborough Shoals off the Phillippines in the South China Sea, China’s maritime forces are aggressively asserting claims to every landmass —...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/19/chinas-coast-guard-enforcing-blue-its-intended-water-territorial-expansion

Coast Guard Reshaping Body Fat Measurement Standard in Pilot Study

Petty Officer 1st Class Vince Bucaneg, a company commander for recruit company Golf-197, assists a recruit in meeting the Coast Guard physical fitness standards, March 15, 2019. Coast Guard photo.

The Coast Gaurd, in an effort to take the stress out of gauging the physical fitness of its members, started a year-long effort revamping the way it measures body fat composition with the goal of encouraging healthy lifestyles and improving its female retention rates.

The pilot program was started...

https://news.usni.org/2019/11/08/coast-guard-reshaping-body-fat-measurement-standard-in-pilot-study