Barriers to Participation in Elite Military Specialties

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 required the Department of Defense to sponsor an assessment of barriers to underrepresented groups’ participation in Special Operations Forces, in Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance, in Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Teams, and as aircraft pilots and navigators. This summary describes an IDA study that examined this matter.

2024 Applying Data Analytics Forum

IDA hosts the Applying Data Analytics Forum to foster collaboration by providing representatives of government, industry and academia opportunities to share ideas. The 2024 event in the series focused on the needs, uses, opportunities and limitations of computer vision.