Managing Military Personnel Costs: Operation Retrenchment Specter, a Workforce Futures Game

To ensure a ready workforce without undercutting modernization and sustainment efforts, the U.S. Air Force must explore options to limit military personnel costs while considering the nonmonetary trade-offs and risks that these options entail. RAND Project AIR FORCE conducted a workforce futures policy game that simulates the monetary and nonmonetary effects of workforce and personnel policies in real time.