Strengthening Workforce Resilience in U.S. Space Command

Abstract

Space Command (USSPACECOM) was reestablished as a combatant command in 2019 and has a diverse workforce. Its main goals are to achieve full operational capabilities and to maintain space superiority. To ensure this command's success, it is important to enhance the resilience of its personnel. In this report, we offer best practices to enhance resilience by preventing harmful individual behaviors that reduce resiliency, identify some challenges and barriers to resilience program implementation, and propose recommendations to address these challenges and barriers in the future.The research reported here was completed in January 2024 and underwent security review with the sponsor and the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review before public release.