Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

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All TRAB projects and research requests are coJlt??'lled
by the HQ R&D group to prevent duplicated effort.
A Research Review Board made up of the technical directors
from Technical Training, Flleht Training, and Plans
has been established to validate command research requests,
In addition, they monitcr the action taken on recommendations
resulting frcn completed research studies. The
Research Review Ro,zr,1 responds directly to the Chief of
Staff and the Vice Commander.
The final area of arreement mentione\d by our presentors
deals Fith t:he :'cqui:'ecent fOI> cc7zunicatlnns between
reseclrcher an-1 ti*2i::in^: mzr.?g:er. If a research plan ir;
developed an2 t?ere In close cocrdination dulling: the
initiation, coWfAct, and re?ortinF; of research, communications
proS1em.s are rarely: experienced.
I hsve come to sevt~~1 ccnclusicns regardin< communications
during-: the past three years of coordinating the
interaction het3een researchers 2nd high ec!lelon decision
makers. Some of m.v \--onclu sions concur and ot?lcr:; differ
from the positions taken tcrinv bv our speakers. MY
remar'ks reflect ny Fersonol opinions only and are specifically
directel tox?rd t!:e interaction between the
researcher and highest level decision makers.
Researchers are their own :.:orst enemnies in the transition
of research Froducts from 'vhe laboratory to the training
environment. Speci flcEilly :
a. As a group t?ley are particularly poor briefcrs.
They generally arr:ve preysr ed to deliver a three-hour
briefing to a person !*J??o has limited time for discussion.
Their briefing format ususlly follo?Js that of an AFA
journal article an.3 i:; usually stronc;ly statistically
oriented. Althouc!l experts on their studies, they seldom
address the critical aspects affecting: the decision, i.e.,
the total resource impact of implementing their tJor!