Defence Mobilisation Planning Comparative Study Australia should examine how principles of total defence may be introduced into mobilisation planning Defence should review its definition of mobilisation to account for more diverse threats Because contemporary threats are often hybrid in nature, initially, the departments of Defence and Home Affairs should pursue a stronger relationship to integrate threat assessment and response
Military Mobilization | RAND Military Mobilization Military mobilization involves the assembling and organizing of national military resources—that is, active or reserve forces—to support a nation's defense or strategic objectives
Assessment of Deployment- and Mobilization-to-Dwell Policies for Active . . . The authors examine Department of Defense (DoD) policy that governs how much time service members must spend at home relative to time spent deployed or mobilized They suggest policy changes to inform and optimize DoD's force utilization decisions
The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces Given the absence of credible state security forces, Shi’a Grand Ayatollah Sistani issued a fatwa, or religious proclamation, calling for the mobilization of male Shi’a Iraqi civilians to either join existing militia groups, such as the Badr Corps, or form new units to push back the extremist forces
The Definition of Mobilisation | RAND In Australia, the prevailing view of mobilisation is that it is an activity associated with going to war But it should also include preparing for, and where possible, preventing a range of potential hazards, as well as supporting subsequent recovery efforts
Assessing Agile Combat Employment for the Pacific Air Forces The War Mobilization Plan Volume 5 (WMP-5) provides expected sortie rates for traditional force packages using traditional operating concepts for most aircraft types 4 The modeling we demonstrate is not a substitute for this more thorough (and officially sanctioned) product, but it provides a useful sense of the potential capability degradation
Russias Military After Ukraine - RAND Corporation How might Russia try to regenerate its military capabilities and systems—and, more broadly, rethink the role of its armed forces—after the war in Ukraine ends?
The Future of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces The Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) played a critical role in the fight against the Islamic State But this paramilitary force now represents a challenge to civil-military relations because many PMF fighters remain loyal to their former commanders despite being formally integrated into the Iraqi armed forces in 2016 Furthermore, because many of these militias retain ties to Iran, the