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The ability of the US military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation’s technology base. A workforce with robust science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capabilities is critical for sustaining US preeminence. But current STEM activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) are a small and diminishing part of the nation’s overall science and engineering enterprise. This report presents five principal recommendations for attracting, retaining, and managing highly qualified STEM...
The ability of the US military to prevail during future conflicts, and to fulfill its humanitarian and other missions, depends on continued advances in the nation’s technology base. A workforce with robust science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capabilities is critical for sustaining US preeminence. But current STEM activities of the Department of Defense (DOD) are a small and diminishing part of the nation’s overall science and engineering enterprise. This report presents five principal recommendations for attracting, retaining, and managing highly qualified STEM talent in the department based on an examination of the current STEM workforce of DOD and the defense industrial base. As outlined in the report, DOD should focus its investments to ensure that STEM competencies in all potentially critical, emerging areas are maintained at least at a basic level in the department and in its industrial and university bases.