Reserve Component Linguists in Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations


 

Publication Date: January 1996

Publisher: RAND Corporation

Author(s): Ronald E. Sortor

Research Area: Culture and religion; Military and defense

Type: Brief

Abstract:

This documented briefing reports on the final results of a study on the availability of linguists in the Army's Reserve Components. The author finds that shifting language requirements appear to be the primary cause of linguist shortages.