The role of deployments in competency development :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
experience from Prince Sultan Air Base and Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia /
First Statement of Responsibility
Laura Werber Castaneda, Lawrence M. Hanser, Constance H. Davis.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Santa Monica :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RAND, Project Air Force,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 62 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
28 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Documented briefing / Rand Corporation ;
Volume Designation
DB-435-AF
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"February 2004."
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In fall 2001, the RAND Corporation conducted a survey of officers and enlisted personnel who had recently returned from a deployment to Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB) or Eskan Village in Saudi Arabia. This documented briefing reports the results of that effort, using survey data to consider the utility of a PSAB/Eskan deployment as a setting for broadening the skills and developing the competencies of Air Force staff. This briefing also addresses the larger issue of whether the learning that occurs during deployments merits tracking. The authors surveyed officers and enlisted personnel in the continental United States who had returned from a PSAB/Eskan deployment within the preceding 12 months. Respondents selected all the settings, including PSAB/Eskan, in which they learned a specific competency or skill. They then indicated the single ₃best₄ learning environment for that skill or competency. For the majority of the competencies and skills included in the survey, PSAB/Eskan deployment was frequently identified as a learning environment and in many cases the ₃best₄ learning environment.