Recommendations Enhancing Performance Under Stress The research on stress inoculation and interviews with the Navy and Army suggest that SIT can bean effective strategy for enhancing performance under stress. Although the Air Force currently provides some education (Phase 1 of SIT) to CCTs about the stress response and to PJs about performance enhancement strategies during the Indoctrination Course and sufficient opportunities for CCTs and PJs to practice operational tasks under stressful conditions Phase 3 of SIT, the Air Force could bolster these efforts with a more programmatic approach to ensuring that all battlefield airmen specialties have the cognitive and behavioral skills (Phase 2 of SIT) that may further enhance performance under stress. These observations lead us to the following nine recommendations for developing a successful program. Develop Curricula for Stress Inoculation Training with an Emphasis on Core Skills That
