Technical b r Report - International Military Testing Association

test situation one time will not necessarily produce an!indcx of the
best members of a squad, or absolute individual proficiency scores,
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Over the course of a series of repetitions of the test, however, it is
hypothesized that proficient individuals will achieve higher scores
than those who are not proficient. That is, the chance factors will
gradually balance out for all participants. Furtherzmre, it is necessary
for the situation to be run numerous times to provide exposure of the
individual to different situations. Even rur.ling the same problem over
the identical terrain produces an altered situation. The fact that no
two problems ever arc run alike with exactly the sane results or events
occurring is also assumed to be a valid construction in terms of the
combat situation. EIach combat situation is, i,n fact, unique and being
able to respond properly to unique situations iis the highest measure of
a combat infantrynan's profic?iency.
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This theri is what we mean by total
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skill integration.
To provide a better description of the s&ten in operation I have
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some slides taken during our tryout of the Infantry tests at Fort Benning
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which depict several of the criterion test s"tuations.
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Testing situations were developed for each of the other defined
criterion situations using the same guiding, principles as for the assault/
defense. The individual was to receive tb i / same inputs, perceive the sama
environment and make the same response as would be required by the
criterion job. If there was a non-predictable enemy present in the
criterion job he was provided in tits test situation. In the reconnaissanct
patrol, for example, a squad *-as given an objective to recon, a map and an
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