Field Evaluation of the Combat Commander's Guide to Aerial Surveillance and Reconnaissance Resources
Abstract
This research evaluated the Combat Commander's Guide to Aerial Surveillance and Reconnaissance Resources on its usefulness, accuracy, clarity, and completeness. The individual sections of the Commander's Guide were judged to be more useful than the document as a whole. Tis seemingly paradoxical result was obtained with both the structured rating scales and the open-ended comments. Raters considered the Commander's Guide to be more suitable for the G2/S2 than for the battalion or brigade commander. Raters' comments concerning possibly excessive detail for a commander's needs are consistent with this finding. Reference to specific AS and R assets are outdated in many instances. Rapid changes in the AS and R area dictate frequent revision of any publication that refers to specific equipment. The anticipated frequency of use of the Commander's Guide would increase greatly during wartime. If the Commander's Guide is revised, fundamental restructuring would be required to achieve high use rates by commanders during peacetime conditions. A consideration of the type of AS and R information that commanders are able and willing to use, as opposed to what they should ideally use, would be required. Unless the user has become familiar with the Commander's Guide, its effectiveness in an emergency is unlikely.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA075422
Entities
People
- Uldi Shvern
Organizations
- U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences