Stinger Team Performance during Engagement Operations in a Chemical Environment: The Effects of Heat and Exercise

Abstract

Research with Stinger teams (baseline) conducted under benign environmental conditions established that engagement performance of both the team chief and gunner was significantly impaired by the Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) clothing. This study replicated the experimental design used in the baseline research and included exposure to heat and exercise (HEX). Workload and stress levels, casualty rates, and physiological measures were significantly affected by the combination of MOPP gear, heat, and exercise. However, the expected Stinger engagement performance decrement did not occur. Explanations for the lack of a MOPP4, heat, and exercise decrement focus on the arousing effects of high heat on performance and motivational differences between the baseline and HEX groups. Range Target System(RTS), Stinger, Chemical Protective(CP) clothing, Engagement simulation, Mission Oriented Protective Posture(MOPP), Subscale aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA275201

Entities

People

  • Daniel P. Redmond
  • Joan D. Silver
  • John M. Lockhart
  • Preston A. Brawner

Organizations

  • New Mexico State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Casualties
  • Clothing
  • Data Science
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Experimental Design
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Science
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Statistics
  • Surface To Air Missiles
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Workload

Readers

  • Materials Science
  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.