Draws on Department of Defense guidance, the economics and defense manpower literatures, interviews with personnel at the National Security Agency/Central Security Service, and an exploratory quantitative analysis to identify the factors that affect the most cost-effective mix of military personnel, government civilians, and contractors for providing language capability in the intelligence community.

The eventual aim is to develop a Total Army School System that would be more efficient and integrated across the Active Component and the Army's two Reserve Components, which inclulde the Army National Guard and the U.S. Army Reserve.