Comparison of Physical Fitness, Graduation, and Injuries between 14-week and 22-week Infantry One Station Unit Training Cycles: 13 July 2018 to 7 December 2018

Abstract

This report summarizes findings from the program evaluation conducted by the Injury Prevention Division (IPD), U.S. Army Public Health Center(APHC) of the Infantry (INF) One Station Unit Training (OSUT) extension from 14 weeks to 22 weeks at the Maneuver Center of Excellence (MCoE), Fort Benning, GA. Findings are presented for three primary outcomes: (1) changes in physical fitness, (2) graduation and attrition, and (3)injuries for which trainees sought medical care. These outcomes were compared between INF OSUT trainees in two 14-week training cycles (i.e., control cycles) and trainees in two 22-week training cycles (i.e., pilot cycles) that trained during the same timeframe and graduated on 7 December2018.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 28, 2019
Accession Number
AD1082916

Entities

People

  • Bruce H. Jones
  • Keith G. Hauret
  • Ryan A. Steelman

Organizations

  • United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Training
  • Body Regions
  • Bone Fractures
  • Chi Square Test
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Energy Transfer
  • Flight Training
  • Injury Prevention
  • Lower Extremity
  • Military Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Training
  • Upper Extremity
  • Warfare
  • Wounds And Injuries

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