Effects of Continuous Military Operations on Selected Military Tasks

Abstract

New devices and sensors for night seeing and target acquisition have increased the capability of the U. S. Army for continuous operation extending through day and night. Although the soldier can continue to function under such conditions, his performance on critical tasks may be so degraded that his effectiveness is severely impaired. The present research was undertaken to determine the extent to which soldier performance is degraded on combat-related tasks, with the goal of developing techniques, work methods, and procedures for reducing such degradation if it occurs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0718253

Entities

People

  • Charles H. Debow
  • Jack J. Sternberg
  • James H. Banks
  • John P. Farrell
  • William A. Dalhamer

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Data Acquisition
  • Degradation
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Illumination
  • Military Operations
  • Night Vision
  • Night Vision Devices
  • Observation
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Psychology
  • Starlight
  • Starlight Scopes
  • Systems Science
  • Target Acquisition
  • Target Detection

Readers

  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation
  • Trauma or Military Medicine
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.