Development of a Physical Employment Testing Battery for Infantry Soldiers: 11B Infantryman and 11C Infantryman - Indirect Fire
Abstract
The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental medicine was tasked by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command to develop criterion-based physical requirements for entry into the seven physically demanding combat MOS's, including the 11 Series Infantry. Researchers from USARIEM completed three studies to develop a valid, safe, and legally defensible physical performance battery to predict a Soldier's ability to serve in the MOS. Study 1 involved measuring and identifying the physiological requirements of each of the tasks of the MOS in order to identify a set of criterion tasks encompassing the physical demands of all of the tasks of the MOS. Study 2 involved developing task simulations of the most physically demanding tasks: casualty evacuation, casualty drag, foot march, move under fire, and sandbag carry. In the final study, screening batteries using basic predictor tests for each MOS were developed to fit a range of needs of the Army.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2015
- Accession Number
- AD1009449
Entities
People
- Bradley J. Warr
- Edward J. Zambraski
- Jan E. Redmond
- Jay Hydren
- Leila A. Walker
- Maria C. Canino
- Marilyn A. Sharp
- Peter N. Frykman
- Sarah Sauers
- Stephen A Foulis
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine