Job Survey of Special Operations Officers and Airmen

Abstract

The study was undertaken to identify special operations (SO) activities performed by Air Force personnel. This information is needed for management decisions related to attendance, course schedules, and content of training courses for the USAF Special Operations School. Officer and airman job inventories were constructed to include work tasks related to psychological operations, civic actions, counterinsurgency, and unconventional warfare. These inventories were administered to all personnel identified by commands as performing SO activities. Complete returns were obtained from 404 officers and 189 airmen, most of whom reported spending only part time on SO tasks. The study includes an analysis of SO job types and ratings of the extent of need on the job of certain courses and educational topics related to SO.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1969
Accession Number
ADA007054

Entities

People

  • Joseph E. Morsh
  • Robert W. Nall

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Civic Action
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Education
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychological Operations
  • Unconventional Warfare
  • United States
  • United States Southern Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Psychometric Testing or Psychological Assessment.