Physical Demands Study - Focus Groups
Abstract
The US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) was tasked by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to develop criterion-based physical requirements for entry into the seven physically demanding combat MOSs. TRADOC tasked each of the proponent schools (Infantry, Field Artillery, Armor, Combat Engineer) to develop a list of critical physically demanding tasks and detailed standards of performance for each combat MOS. In order to ensure that these standards were acceptable, accurate and complete, USARIEM conducted small focus group sessions with both junior and senior enlisted members from each combat arms MOS. The majority of Soldiers in each focus group agreed that the minimum acceptable standards for each task were reasonable as written by TRADOC, and the Soldiers currently serving in a combat MOS perform most of the tasks either in training or while deployed. Additional tasks described by Soldiers in the focus groups were determined by TRADOC to be equally or less physically demanding than those previously identified.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 26, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1000480
Entities
People
- Bradley J. Warr
- Edward J. Zambraski
- Jan E. Redmond
- Kathleen Larcom
- Laurel B. Smith
- Leila A. Walker
- Marilyn A. Sharp
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine