Individual Ready Reserve Skill Retention and Refresher Training Options.

Abstract

This Note explores the determinants of Key attributes of a training program for Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) members. It examines relationships among time since separation, skill retention, task characteristics, and different forms of training. It analyzes the relevant academic and military literature on skill retention and training needs, and proposes a research agenda and a decision framework designed to provide information and structure for IRR training program decisions. The authors recommend that decision frameworks for IRR training take into account the usefulness of other mobilization assets, the time and resources available at mobilization for IRR training, the skills that are critical to mobilization, and costs concerns. This decision framework must be supported by further information on skill retention in the IRR, training needs of the the IRR, costs of refresher training, and the willingness of the IRR to train.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA183416

Entities

People

  • Jackie Kimbrough
  • Judith Fernandez
  • Susan Bodilly
  • Susanna Purnell

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Applied Psychology
  • Army Personnel
  • Business Administration
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Literature Surveys
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Research
  • Motor Skills
  • Performance Tests
  • Personnel Management
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Psychology
  • Students
  • Trainees

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.