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Sider, Hal; Cole, Cheryl – Monthly Labor Review, 1984
Examines some of the changes in the military that have resulted from the all-volunteer armed forces. Compares labor force data that include the military with traditional statistics that measure the civilian labor market. (SK)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Labor Force

Drews, Fred R. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1984
This article explores the importance of physical fitness in the United States Army. The development of expanded fitness assessment and programs is related to health and the prevention of coronary heart disease. Improved physical training programs, improved nutrition, and fundamental research are necessary for maintaining a highly fit and healthy…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Health Needs, Military Personnel, Physical Fitness
US Department of Defense, 2004
DoDEA operates 223 public schools in 16 districts located in seven states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and 13 foreign countries to serve the children of military service members and Department of Defense civilian employees. Approximately 104,935 students are enrolled in DoDEA schools, with approximately 73,200 students in the DoDDS system, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Military Service, Military Personnel

Jacobs, James B. – Society, 1981
The all-volunteer armed force system is less socially representative than the mixed conscription/voluntarism system of the pre-Vietnam War period. Ideological and political factors block a return to conscription, though strategic and monetary factors point to the failure of the all-volunteer force. (Author/GC)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Economic Factors, Justice, Military Service
Schaefer, George C. – Parks and Recreation, 1980
Military recreation offers many diverse programs similar to those found in commercial, school, industrial, and public recreational facilities. These programs include not only sports events and athletic competitions but also cultural activities and live entertainment. (JN)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Athletics, Community Recreation Programs, Competition

Wiggins, Ellsworth E.; Soldwedel, Bette J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1989
Analyzed occupational distribution of female officers and enlisted personnel in the armed forces. Data confirmed that women were underrepresented in high-technological occupational fields. Suggests that civilian counselors be proactive in counseling women towards preparing for science, engineering and technical career fields. Suggests strategies…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Employment Opportunities
Social Education, 2006
In an article in 2004 on Islamist movements in Iraq, "Social Education" pointed out that Iraq might be headed toward a juncture from which "one road leads to sectarian and ethnic strife and the other to the establishment of a new Islamic republic in the Middle East." The events of 2005 propelled Iraq further in that direction.…
Descriptors: Federalism, Foreign Countries, Elections, Violence

Reppy, Judith; Long, F. A. – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1976
"Independent Research and Development" for the Defense Department costs United States taxpayers about one billion dollars a year. Facts about the program are hard to uncover, but two members of Cornell University's Program on Science, Technology, and Society have investigated the program and conclude that Congress should exert greater control.…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Contracts, Development, Federal Government

Finkle, Lee – Journalism Quarterly, 1975
Traces the efforts by Negroes, especially through the Pittsburgh "Courier," to gain integration in the Armed Forces, starting in 1938. (RB)
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Blacks, Civil Rights, Higher Education
Begland, Robert R. – 1981
In reviewing the Army Continuing Education System in 1979, the Assistant Secretary of the Army found a basic skills program based on traditional academic level goals was inadequate to meet the Army's requirement to provide functional, job-related basic skill education. Combining the shrinking manpower pool and projected basic skill deficiencies of…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Basic Skills, Continuing Education, Functional Literacy
Simulation in Maintenance Training: Now That I've Thrown Out the Bath Water, Where is the Dear Baby?
Brock, John F. – 1977
There is little question that, over the next decade, the military services are going to be committing significant resources to developing simulators for use in maintenance training courses. The arguments for such a direction are persuasive, particularly in terms of training dollar savings. This paper reviews the past R&D on maintenance training,…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Computer Programs, Costs, Educational Technology
Weeks, Joseph L.; Mullins, Cecil J. – 1975
The identification of variables useful in the prediction of drug abuse has been the subject of a great deal of research. The research presented in this report attempts to add to the existing collection of information concerning variables useful in the prediction of drug abuse. An experimental instrument, the Social Factors Questionnaire, was…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Drug Abuse, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables
Air Force Occupational Measurement Center, Lackland AFB, TX. – 1975
The report describes an occupational survey of the Weapons Release function of the Weapons Mechanic Specialty (AFS 462XO), conducted by the Occupational Survey Branch of the Unites States Air Force Occupational Measurement Center, from November 1974 through October 1975. The report describes the development of the survey instrument and its…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Career Ladders, Job Analysis, Military Personnel
Wright, Robert H. – 1970
The geographic orientation requirement for the Army's lighter aircraft, and for Army aviation as a system, is a system-analysis and system-design problem that appears to have defied solution. The factors considered in this paper indicate that the requirement is not filled by a simple "more sophisticated machine" systems approach. Instead, the man…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Aviation Technology, Geographic Concepts, Geographic Location
Fisher, Allan H., Jr.; Harford, Margi A. – 1973
This is a report of a year-long survey conducted at a sample of Armed Forces Entrance and Examining Stations to ascertain enlistment motivation of individuals entering military service. During the survey period of April 1971 to April 1972, there was a decline in draft motivated enlistments with learning a skill or trade and the opportunity for…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Military Personnel, Military Service, Military Training