Selection and Assignment of Combat and Special Warfare Personnel.
Abstract
The COMBAT SELECTION Task conducts research to improve the means of selecting enlisted men who possess the qualities required for effective combat performance, with a special view to future warfare. Currently, attention is directed primarily toward a related problem, the reduction of attrition in Special Forces training and improved assignment of trained special warfare personnel. Research on problems of Special Forces personnel had been conducted under a separate task through FY 1960, when research to develop a selection battery was completed and the Task closed out. Later, however, the Army's emphasis on limited warfare brought about a requirement for additional research on Special Forces selection problems. As a consequence, the Combat Selection subtasks have been subordinated to the more immediate human factors problems of the Special Forces.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- ADA079234
Entities
People
- Francis F. Medland