Download or read book The Roles of Perseverance Cognitive Ability and Physical Fitness in U S Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) conducted research for more than a decade in support of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) assessment, selection, and training. This research was completed prior to the events of September 11, 2001. Leaders at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) at Fort Bragg, NC, requested that ARI begin updating research in support of Special Forces. This report documents a new effort to understand better the roles of cognitive ability, physical fitness, and performance events in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) process. In addition, researchers identified a measure of perseverance, viewed as an individual Soldier characteristic, to include in the investigation at the SWCS's request. The 824 Candidates who participated in this research completed a series of cognitive ability tests, physical fitness measures, SFAS performance events, and the test of perseverance. The results showed that almost all the tests and measures included in the analyses contributed to valid predictions of Soldier success with SFAS, but that their individual strengths of prediction varied. The SFAS performance events provided the greatest predictive strength, followed by the cognitive ability and physical fitness tests. While perseverance provided a unique contribution, its role was incremental, at best, and should not be used as a criterion for selection decisions in isolation from the other measures. Taken together, the tests and measures form an empirically-sound foundation upon which SFAS decisions can be based. Once obtained and analyzed, the outcome data from the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) and subsequent training will provide a more complete view of how well the tests and measures included in this research predict long-term success in Army Special Forces.

Download or read book The Roles of Perseverance Cognitive Ability and Physical Fitness in U S Army Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by Scott A. Beal and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) conducted research for more than a decade in support of U.S. Army Special Operations Forces (ARSOF) assessment, selection, and training. This research was completed prior to the events of September 11, 2001. Leaders at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (SWCS) at Fort Bragg, NC, requested that ARI begin updating research in support of Special Forces. This report documents a new effort to understand better the roles of cognitive ability, physical fitness, and performance events in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) process. In addition, researchers identified a measure of perseverance, viewed as an individual Soldier characteristic, to include in the investigation at the SWCS's request. The 824 Candidates who participated in this research completed a series of cognitive ability tests, physical fitness measures, SFAS performance events, and the test of perseverance. The results showed that almost all the tests and measures included in the analyses contributed to valid predictions of Soldier success with SFAS, but that their individual strengths of prediction varied. The SFAS performance events provided the greatest predictive strength, followed by the cognitive ability and physical fitness tests. While perseverance provided a unique contribution, its role was incremental, at best, and should not be used as a criterion for selection decisions in isolation from the other measures. Taken together, the tests and measures form an empirically-sound foundation upon which SFAS decisions can be based. Once obtained and analyzed, the outcome data from the Special Forces Qualification Course (SFQC) and subsequent training will provide a more complete view of how well the tests and measures included in this research predict long-term success in Army Special Forces."--DTIC.

Download or read book Physical Performance Predictors of Success in Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by Martha L. Teplitzky and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Psychology First Edition written by Carrie H. Kennedy and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2006-08-18 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During wartime, the need for mental health professionals intensifies, and the role they play is increasingly important. This comprehensive professional reference and text presents crucial knowledge for anyone who provides direct psychological services or consultation to military, law enforcement, or intelligence personnel, or who works to enhance operational readiness. Expert contributors describe the ins and outs of working within the military system and offer guidelines for effective, ethical practice. Among the clinical applications discussed are fitness-for-duty evaluations, suicide risk assessment and prevention, substance abuse treatment, and brief psychotherapy. Operational applications include such topics as combat stress, survival training, hostage negotiation, and understanding terrorist motivation.

Download or read book Leadership in Dangerous Situations Second Edition written by Patrick Sweeney and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide which, for years, has prepared military, emergency, and first responders to face psychological, social, and physical challenges of leading in dangerous contexts has been updated. The author team, which includes scholars and practitioners, has integrated current research findings, incorporated topics not covered in the prior edition and has created a reference work relevant to leaders at all levels (entry, mid, and senior) in organizations that operate in dangerous contexts. Leadership in Dangerous Situations, Second Edition includes nine new chapters that address character development, ethical decision-making and action, leading in uncertain times, empowering initiative, leading taskforces and cross-functional teams, operating in complex social and political environments, tactical and operational decision-making and planning, red teaming, and incident command. The authors wrote their chapters as acts of service to enhance the professions that serve their countries and societies.

Download or read book Advances in Human Error Reliability Resilience and Performance written by Ronald L. Boring and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together studies broadly addressing human error from different disciplines and perspectives. It discusses topics such as human performance; human variability and reliability analysis; medical, driver and pilot error, as well as automation error; root cause analyses; and the cognitive modeling of human error. In addition, it highlights cutting-edge applications in safety management, defense, security, transportation, process controls, and medicine, as well as more traditional fields of application. Based on the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Error, Reliability, Resilience, and Performance, held on July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA, the book includes experimental papers, original reviews, and reports on case studies, as well as meta-analyses, technical guidelines, best practice and methodological papers. It offers a timely reference guide for researchers and practitioners dealing with human error in a diverse range of fields.

Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of Occupational Stress written by Philippe Fauquet-Alekhine and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-24 with total page 523 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook brings together an international group of experts to offer a comprehensive resource on occupational stress. Including both theoretical and practical perspectives, it examines ways to reduce and treat stress, as well as the physiological, psychosocial, and neural underpinnings of it. Through 24 original and carefully selected essays, the authors offer new insights, resources, and tools to better understand, manage and treat stress in a professional environment. The book’s chapters are divided into 5 parts that address the conceptualisation of stress; present theoretical models (including the contribution of animal models); examine the psychological and physiological aspects of stress and ways to assess it; delve into psychosocial risks at work and their assessment (means and methods); and investigate how to cope with stress at work, including resilience training. Aspects such as the effects of leadership, simulation training, and stress-tests for hiring are also presented and discussed. The volume ends by exploring broader considerations regarding stress and culture, stress and occupational sectors (with a chapter focusing on studentship), and the pharmacology of stress. This handbook is an essential reference for researchers in organisational psychology, as well as business and management and education, who are interested in stress. Healthcare workers and therapists who treat stress will also find an invaluable resource in this far-reaching yet accessible collection.

Download or read book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program written by Henry H. Busciglio and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-02-27 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) faces short-term and long-term challenges in selecting and recruiting an enlisted force to meet personnel requirements associated with diverse and changing missions. The DoD has established standards for aptitudes/abilities, medical conditions, and physical fitness to be used in selecting recruits who are most likely to succeed in their jobs and complete the first term of service (generally 36 months). In 1999, the Committee on the Youth Population and Military Recruitment was established by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to a request from the DoD. One focus of the committee's work was to examine trends in the youth population relative to the needs of the military and the standards used to screen applicants to meet these needs. When the committee began its work in 1999, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force had recently experienced recruiting shortfalls. By the early 2000s, all the Services were meeting their goals; however, in the first half of calendar year 2005, both the Army and the Marine Corps experienced recruiting difficulties and, in some months, shortfalls. When recruiting goals are not being met, scientific guidance is needed to inform policy decisions regarding the advisability of lowering standards and the impact of any change on training time and cost, job performance, attrition, and the health of the force. Assessing Fitness for Military Enlistment examines the current physical, medical, and mental health standards for military enlistment in light of (1) trends in the physical condition of the youth population; (2) medical advances for treating certain conditions, as well as knowledge of the typical course of chronic conditions as young people reach adulthood; (3) the role of basic training in physical conditioning; (4) the physical demands and working conditions of various jobs in today's military services; and (5) the measures that are used by the Services to characterize an individual's physical condition. The focus is on the enlistment of 18- to 24-year-olds and their first term of service.

Download or read book Preliminary Assessment of Selected Predictors of Special Forces Qualification Course Success written by Robert J. Pleban and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Physical Performance Predictors of Success in Special Forces Assessment and Selection written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research examines the relationship between scores on two physical performance measures--the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) and a Ruckmarch administered early in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) program. The sample consisted of candidates from the 25 SFAS classes conducted in FY89 (n=2059), FY90 (n=2074), and FY91 (first 8 classes only, n=1863). Only candidates who met all SFAS prerequisites and were present for the first SFAS event were included in the analysis sample. Results indicated that APFT scores had an average correlation of r=.25 with success in the program, and the Ruckmarch had an average correlation of r=.43. Analyses designed to assess the utility of various APFT and Ruckmarch cut-off scores suggested that increasing minimum Ruckmarch scores would be an efficient way to raise success rates without eliminating potentially successful candidates.

Download or read book The U S Army Physical Fitness Training Guide written by Department of the Army and published by Skyhorse. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Comprehensive Guide for Increasing and Maintaining Physical, Cognitive, and Emotional Fitness and Health Soldiers are the most sophisticated and complex Army weapon system. As members of the Profession of Arms, Soldiers must be ready to defend our nation with optimal performance. Soldiers must be ready physically, cognitively, and emotionally. Soldiers, like professional athletes, must perform at very high levels every day. For Soldiers, more is on the line than winning or losing a game. The safety and security of an entire nation is at stake. Status as a Professional Soldier Athlete is achieved through a combination of physical, emotional, and cognitive prowess, optimal performance during sustained operations, the establishment of a strong and healthy social, family, and spiritual support network, and maintenance of all of these areas for sustained Soldier readiness and resilience. The Performance Triad (Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition) provides Soldiers with the tools and knowledge to achieve high levels of performance as a Professional Soldier Athlete.

Download or read book Lower body Muscular Power and Exercise Tolerance Predict Susceptibility to Enemy Fire and Cognitive Performance During a Simulated Military Task written by Timothy Caleb Hepler and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physical fitness and performance measures are predictive of Special Forces Assessment and Selection and performance during combat-specific tasks. In combat, approximately 50% of casualties are lost to direct-fire engagements, which requires resiliency to fatigue during repeated high-intensity sprints (under combat load) and delivering suppressive fire while under duress. Currently, the US Army does not have a physical fitness test that is predictive of combat survival. This study examined the predictive ability of field-expedient physical fitness/performance tests on a simulated military task (SMT) that mimicked a direct-fire engagement. Healthy subjects (N = 39, age = 25.3 ± 6.8 years) completed upper- and lower-body strength (i.e., handgrip, isometric midthigh clean pull) and power (i.e., seated power throw, standing broad jump) tests and a 3-minute all-out running test to determine critical velocity. Subjects returned to the laboratory to complete a simulated military task (SMT) that consisted of marksmanship with cognitive workload assessment (CWL) and a fire-and-move simulation (16 6-m bounds) while wearing a vest simulating a combat load (25-kg). Susceptibility to enemy fire was modeled on bound duration during the fire-and-move simulation. Stepwise linear regression identified predictors for the tactical combat movement simulation components. Significant regression models were identified for both susceptibility to enemy fire (R2 = 0.755, p 0.001) and cognitive performance (R2 = 0.162, p

Download or read book Project A Spatial Tests and Military Orienteering Performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research assessed the relationship between scores on new Project A tests of spatial ability and performance in the Special Forces Assessment and Selection (SFAS) program, including military orienteering (i.e., navigating over unfamiliar territory from a drop-off point to a prescribed destination). Candidates in two SFAS classes took the Project A Map, Orientation, and Maze tests. Researchers also used two measures of general cognitive ability and a measure of physical fitness as predictor scores. Criterion data were gathered as candidates proceeded through the SFAS program. The authors performed a series of univariate and multivariate analyses on these data. The major results indicate that (a) spatial scores are moderately related to scores on individual military orienteering tasks, (b) certain spatial tests scores and scores on the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) lead to modest increases in the predictability of overall orienteering performance and graduation from the SFAS program, and (c) spatial, cognitive, and APFT scores do not lead to any appreciable improvement in the prediction of voluntary and involuntary attrition.

Download or read book Measuring Human Capabilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, the U.S. Army must select from an applicant pool in the hundreds of thousands to meet annual enlistment targets, currently numbering in the tens of thousands of new soldiers. A critical component of the selection process for enlisted service members is the formal assessments administered to applicants to determine their performance potential. Attrition for the U.S. military is hugely expensive. Every recruit that does not make it through basic training or beyond a first enlistment costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Academic and other professional settings suffer similar losses when the wrong individuals are accepted into the wrong schools and programs or jobs and companies. Picking the right people from the start is becoming increasingly important in today's economy and in response to the growing numbers of applicants. Beyond cognitive tests of ability, what other attributes should selectors be considering to know whether an individual has the talent and the capability to perform as well as the mental and psychological drive to succeed? Measuring Human Capabilities: An Agenda for Basic Research on the Assessment of Individual and Group Performance Potential for Military Accession examines promising emerging theoretical, technological, and statistical advances that could provide scientifically valid new approaches and measurement capabilities to assess human capability. This report considers the basic research necessary to maximize the efficiency, accuracy, and effective use of human capability measures in the military's selection and initial occupational assignment process. The research recommendations of Measuring Human Capabilities will identify ways to supplement the Army's enlisted soldier accession system with additional predictors of individual and collective performance. Although the primary audience for this report is the U.S. military, this book will be of interest to researchers of psychometrics, personnel selection and testing, team dynamics, cognitive ability, and measurement methods and technologies. Professionals interested in of the foundational science behind academic testing, job selection, and human resources management will also find this report of interest.

Download or read book An Assessment of the Army s Tactical Human Optimization Rapid Rehabilitation and Reconditioning Program written by Terrence K. Kelly and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Extreme Fitness written by Chris McNab and published by Amber Books Ltd. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who’s going to help you prepare for your next fitness challenge? Extreme Fitness explores different training methods to build strength, speed, agility and endurance, across running, swimming, weight and circuit training and triathlon events. It looks at how special forces maintain peak fitness through diet, rest, and mental fitness.