TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01 - TRADOC - U.S. Army

TRADOC Pam 525-3-7-01physical processes. A challenge for any program or project seeking to enhance humanperformance will be to carefully investigate and define the trade-offs. The human experienceprovides few if any examples of technologies that confer benefits without an attendant risk.The U.S. Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Human Research and Engineering Directorateis an Army organization for research and development in the human dimension. The HumanResearch and Engineering Directorate also conducts a broad-based program of scientific researchand technology on optimizing Soldier performance and Soldier-machine interactions to maximizebattlefield effectiveness. One ARL program is developing human factors technologies anddesign principles that protect and extend the Soldier's physical, perceptual, cognitive, andpsychological performance under hostile and highly stressed conditions. This will enable theindividual Soldier, the weapon system’s crew, and the battle staff to comprehend and manage thevast quantities of data expected to flow across the digitized battlefield in both automated anddegraded support modes. This will in turn effectively integrate the weapon’s operator,maintainer, and trainer in evolving crew station, equipment, and unit designs.The U.S. Army's Manpower and Personnel Integration Program is the Army's comprehensiveprogram for improving the effectiveness of system performance. The program insures that theArmy will factor Soldier abilities, aptitudes, and physical characteristics into the design of theequipment. Furthermore, the Manpower and Personnel Integration Program seeks to insure thatsystems, once fielded, will be able to perform their assigned training and operational missions,and be reliable, maintainable, and supportable under combat conditions.The Military Operational Medicine Research Program provides biomedical solutions thatprotect Soldiers and enhance performance in operational and training environments that includemultiple stressors (see fig 8-1). Military Operational Medicine Research Program makes aneffort to identify those factors internal and external to the individual Soldier, that act to degradeindividual performance.Figure 8-1. Military Operational Medicine Research Program175