Indicators of Training Readiness.

Abstract

This paper is concerned with ways of improving the reliability and accuracy of SORTS, the Status of Readiness and Training System used to report the readiness of the Services for combat to senior officials in the Department of Defense. Although SORTS includes some subjective and potentially unreliable information, indicators of the amounts of training conducted, such as number of flying hours and steaming days, are robust and statistically valid predictors of such combat-related capabilities as bombing accuracy, battle deaths in war, and success in air-to-air combat in exercises and in war. The utility of SORTS for reporting Joint and Service readiness can be enhanced by including certain measures already being used by some of the Services, such as percent of crew qualified and percent of operational readiness inspections rated excellent or outstanding.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA327184

Entities

People

  • Colin P. Hammon
  • Jesse Orlansky
  • Stanley A. Horowitz

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Readiness
  • Databases
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Fixed Wing Aircraft
  • Flight Crews
  • Lessons Learned
  • Operational Readiness
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Tactical Training
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Military Mobilization and Reserve Forces Studies.
  • Regression Analysis.