2014 US RAND RR750 Enhancing performance under stress - stress innocuation training in battlefield airmen
Organization of This Report We begin by providing a conceptual overview of SIT. This overview will present the components of SIT followed by specific methods for adapting SIT to a military training context and an evaluation of the effectiveness of SIT for enhancing performance under stress. In subsequent sections, we compare approaches used by the Air Force, Navy, and Army to ensure high levels of performance under stress. Although we provide abroad overview of related strategies used to ensure high levels of performance (e.g., selection of operators, we focus on the cognitive and behavioral skills formally taught during training. We conclude with nine recommendations emphasizing a comprehensive strategy for optimizing mission performance under stress.
