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By the end of World War II, the organization had expanded to almost 80 scientists serving on eight military bases in the Atlantic and Pacific as well as at the Washington, D.C. headquarters. They advised U.S. forces on air, antiaircraft, submarine, amphibious, and antisubmarine operations.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |pages=42–45 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> Though the group served the military, it was designed to be civilian and independent in order to preserve the objectivity of its analysis, and was administered by [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |page=36 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> | By the end of World War II, the organization had expanded to almost 80 scientists serving on eight military bases in the Atlantic and Pacific as well as at the Washington, D.C. headquarters. They advised U.S. forces on air, antiaircraft, submarine, amphibious, and antisubmarine operations.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |pages=42–45 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> Though the group served the military, it was designed to be civilian and independent in order to preserve the objectivity of its analysis, and was administered by [[Columbia University]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |page=36 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> | ||
In 1945, the Department of the Navy decided to support the continuation of the group under the name the ''Operations Evaluation Group (OEG)'', which exists to this day as a division within CNA.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |page=97 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> OEG grew rapidly during the | In 1945, the Department of the Navy decided to support the continuation of the group under the name the ''Operations Evaluation Group (OEG)'', which exists to this day as a division within CNA.<ref>{{cite book |last=Tidman |first=Keith |date=1984 |title=The Operations Evaluation Group |location=Annapolis, Maryland |publisher=the United States Naval Institute |page=97 |isbn=0-87021-273-7}}</ref> OEG grew rapidly during the Korean War, during which one of its analysts, Irving Shaknov, was killed in combat.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Flynn |first=Sean |editor-last=Bielakowski |editor-first=Alexander | encyclopedia= Ethnic and Racial Minorities in the U.S. Military: An Encyclopedia |title=Flynn, John P., Jr. |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Mqj6UuRgQC |access-date=May 24, 2018 |year=2013 |publisher= ABC-CLIO |isbn= 978-1598844283}}</ref> In 1962, OEG was merged with smaller naval advisory groups to form the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA).<ref name="A History of the Department of Defe">{{cite report |date=June 1995 |title=A History of the Department of Defense Federally Funded Research and Development Centers |publisher=Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress |page=39}}</ref> | ||
The first ongoing analysis support program for a non-defense agency began in 1991 for the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Boroughs |first=Don |date=2017 |title=The Story of CNA: Civilian Scientists in War and Peace |url=https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/TheStoryofCNA.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2018 |page=53}}</ref> All non-defense work at CNA was brought together under its Institute for Public Research in 1993, with the Center for Naval Analyses remaining as the other division of CNA.<ref name="A History of the Department of Defe"/> | The first ongoing analysis support program for a non-defense agency began in 1991 for the [[Federal Aviation Administration]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Boroughs |first=Don |date=2017 |title=The Story of CNA: Civilian Scientists in War and Peace |url=https://www.cna.org/cna_files/pdf/TheStoryofCNA.pdf |access-date=May 24, 2018 |page=53}}</ref> All non-defense work at CNA was brought together under its Institute for Public Research in 1993, with the Center for Naval Analyses remaining as the other division of CNA.<ref name="A History of the Department of Defe"/> | ||