"Changes in employment stability, family structure, and economic pressures have created challenges for the U.S. military reserve component (RC). It is necessary to modify assumptions about Reserve duty to improve RC member recruitment, performance, development, and retention. The authors provide recommendations and analysis that will be applicable in developing and administering programs to facilitate access to civilian human capital."
"Over the past decade, more than 10 billion dollars has been invested in Pittsburgh tech companies, with more than 3.5 billion invested in 2021 alone."
"This report summarizes the results of a congressionally mandated independent review of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)'s use of the two-year probationary period for new appointments to the Senior Executive Service and competitive ..."
"Despite the U.S. Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps' (AJROTC's) longevity, the scope of its reach, and the size of its budget, little is known about the associations between AJROTC participation and outcomes of importance to the ..."
"This report models numbers of undocumented and asylum-seeking children crossing the U.S. southwest border, reviews the federal and state policy landscapes for their education, and provides case studies of how schools are managing education ..."
"In this report, researchers develop a framework to evaluate the BHP Foundation's Education Equity Global Signature Program, explain methods for assessing progress over five years, and present preliminary results after a year of evaluation."
"Passenger air travel is at an all-time high. A key question for Congress is whether current levels of spending will be sufficient under existing federal policies to enable commercial service airports to make appropriate and timely infrastructure investments to meet future demand. This report contains a comprehensive review of the role of the federal government in airport infrastructure funding and financing."
"This report provides a summary of the risks, proliferation, and costs of man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) attacks against commercial aviation targets, as well as mitigation options. The research is focused on the historical use of MANPADS against civilian aviation; the threat of MANPADS proliferation and nonstate groups’ MANPADS use; the potential economic impacts of an overseas attack on civilian aircraft; and mitigation optio ..."
The Blue Pilled Man Memoirs of a victim of narcissistic terror by BrianPhillips Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2019 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-70262-342-1, ISBN: 1-70262-342-4
"I grew up with two narcissistic parents and detailing how this caused me to attract new narcissists in my life. Within these pages, patterns of cluster b individuals can be analyzed based on true events."
Impossible Owls Essays from the Ends of the World by BrianPhillips Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2019 by W&N ISBN-13: 978-1-4746-0784-1, ISBN: 1-4746-0784-5
"In Impossible Owls, we follow Brian Phillips on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska, which provides the opportunity for him to write with wit and insight about the incredible race itself, but also about adventure, freedom and journeys to the end of the map ('Out in the Great Alone'). He takes us into the heart of contemporary sumo wrestling, but we also learn about Japan, past and present, as well as his thoughts on depression an ..."
"The Takers move toward their dark goals. Internal suspicions within the Order create distrust and enmity within their ranks. A Goddess strives to keep her city free of both the Takers, and the necromancers that had sworn to battle them. Miller faces enemies from all directions as he struggles to find some way to fight find and defeat the Takers, while not sacrificing his soul."
Escape to Paradise by BrianPhillips Paperback, 268 Pages, Published 2018 by Independently Published ISBN-13: 978-1-980316-34-3, ISBN: 1-980316-34-1
"It is hard to explain paradise -- it means different things to different people. When Beau Douglas fulfills his life’s dream of escaping his corporate life and moving to a tropical island some things are not what he expected. He finds himself on an island populated with hippies, drug dealers, and dancing ghosts. His friends are a princess, pig hunters, a witch doctor and his wannna-be psychic wife. His tomatoes try to take over his prop ..."
Impossible Owls Essays by BrianPhillips 352 Pages, Published 2018 by Fsg Originals ISBN-13: 978-0-374-71770-4, ISBN: 0-374-71770-2
"The November/December 2011 issue of Atlantis Rising magazine includes a
movingly preposterous study, attributed to “Arlan Andrews, Sr., Sc.D., P.E.,” of
possible extraterrestrial encounters in Cherokee mythology, which is full of
scenes like ..."
Impossible Owls Essays from the Ends of the World by BrianPhillips 320 Pages, Published 2018 by Hachette Uk ISBN-13: 978-1-4746-0785-8, ISBN: 1-4746-0785-3
"'Hilarious, nimble and thoroughly illuminating' Colson Whitehead, author of The Underground Railway From its opening journey into remote Alaska for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska, a quest that culminates on the frozen sea ..."