Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

now provide realistic cues which ilI’C! highly similar to the combat situation.
They also provide the opportunity for the individual soldier to select and
employ, in concert r;ith his fellow squad members, what he considers to bc
effective responses. The required responses are not pre-defined; he has
to select them from his repertoire, under stressful conditions, at the
most appropriate time, in order to bc successful. Further, the situation
will .r~~ change as a result of the individual acts taken on both sides.
Uhcn the individual perceives that he is affecting the outcome, he becomes
a very interested and enthusiastic participant in the exercise.- When the
situation does change as a result of actions one takes, it becomes a
measurencnt criteria. One of the most important elements of t!,e infantryman’s
life is’ that fact that he must constantly respond to an environment that
is changi.ng under very stressful conditions. And his responses cannot be
isolated in’ terms of
coordinated with his
Techniques were
effects of the other
his own situatjons as an individual, but nust be
fellow squad mcmbcrs, if they are to be effective,
:hen developed for simulating and measuring the
weapons aVailiI!)lC to the infar.trynm. The tests
now permit the use of grenades, claymore mines, booby traps, anti-tank
weapons, machine guns !, and artillery in realLstic fashion. As a result,
the overwhelming opinion of experienced combat infantry personnel is
that we have, in fact ,’ created situations which call for very realistic
responses in conditions very closely approximating actu.11 cocbat.
Having achieved this, it was then necessary to apply :he necessary
controls to achieve individual testing within this context, The basic
data-gathering instruments during these situations are the test controllers