2014 US RAND RR750 Enhancing performance under stress - stress innocuation training in battlefield airmen
Methodology To determine the methods used by the Army for stress inoculation, we conducted semistruc- tured interviews with psychologists assigned to support Special Forces training at Ft. Bragg. We also interviewed a senior researcher from the Performance and Enhancement Program, a component of Comprehensive Soldier Fitness and formally part of the Army Center for Enhanced Performance. Finally, we interviewed the Director of the Special Operations Center for Enhanced Performance. This center uses instructors trained in sports psychology to train Special Operations Forces. Taken together, the interviews were used to identify the Army’s broad approach to SIT, resources needed, measures for screening and development, and limitations.
