Book Description

This report provides a catalog of selected research and development (R&D) products produced between 1985-1998 by the U.S. Army Research Institute (ARI) for the Reserve Component (RC) (i.e., Army National Guard and Reserve). The catalog contains seven chapters. The first describes ARI and its mission, and then the RC, its organization and strength, and how its operational environment differs from that of the Active Component (AC). The next two describe products that use training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations (TADSS) to overcome individual/crew (Chapter 2) and unit/battle staff (Chapter 3) training time constraints. Chapter 4 talks about products designed to bring geographically dispersed soldiers closer together via distance learning. Chapter 5 describes the results of our efforts to understand and predict RC soldier attrition. Chapter 6 tells what we know about RC soldiers' reactions to being called up for deployment, and the feasibility of using a composite AC/RC unit for peacekeeping missions. The final chapter concludes with what we think is the payoff from the products described. The catalog's product summaries include why, how, and with/for whom work was done, what was found/developed, what the conclusions/implications are, and where more information can be found. In doing so, we hope to reveal not only what ARI has done up until now, hut also the scope of what it is capable of doing in the future, to support RC R&D product needs of the 21st Century.