Evaluates the military rationale for retaining in the military system the 600,000-acre McGregor Range on Fort Bliss.

McGregor Renewal and the Current Air Defense Mission

Engineering & Transportation

MUÑOZ

Rubenson, David

Everson, Robert

Weissler, Robert

Engineering

RAND Corporation

<p>The Army and the Department of Defense (DoD) have a long-term need to access land for training and testing. Both have been criticized for failing to determine their overall land needs, and for pursuing land expansions without a rational strategy. Critics charge that the military is involved in land-grabs driven by the inability to share resources across organizational boundaries within DoD. This report examines the physical and organizational boundaries of the DoD and Army land base, and it uses the Army as a case study of how land requirements are determined. The authors conclude that physical―not organizational―boundaries, along with advances in weapon systems, are the decisive factors in determining land requirements. Physical boundaries turn the issue of overall military land needs into a meaningless concept. In general, each installation must determine individual needs. However, organizational and institutional boundaries prevent DoD and</p>

Does The Army Have A National Land Use Strategy?

Wong, Carolyn

Reference

<p>Every human possesses more than one virtually infallible form of identification. Known as biometrics, examples include fingerprints, iris and retinal scans, hand geometry, and other measures of physical characteristics and personal traits. Advances in computers and related technologies have made this a highly automated process through which recognition occurs almost instantaneously. With concern about its information assurance systems and physical access control increasing, the Army has undertaken an assessment of how it can use biometrics to improve security, efficiency, and convenience.</p>

Army Biometric Applications: Identifying and Addressing Sociocultural Concerns

Bradley, Melissa

Woodward, John D.

Webb, Katherine W.

Newton, Elaine M.

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