PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR COMBAT LEADERS

THERE IS A NEED TO DESIGN AN ARMY TRAINING STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPING DECISION AND THINKING SKILLS REQUIRED OF LEADERS IN COMBAT. AT THE CORE OF THIS STRATEGY MUST BE VALID LEARNING TECHNIQUES. PATTERN RECOGNITION THEORY IS PROPOSED AS A STRONG CANDIDATE TECHNIQUE. THIS SBIR SUGGESTS AN APPROACH FOR CONDUCTING FURTHER RESEARCH INTO PATTERN RECOGNITION AND DESIGNING A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTING PATTERN RECOGNITION TECHNIQUES WITHIN ARMY LEADERSHIP COURSES. PHASE I WORK WILL LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE COURSE FOR PHASE II TESTING OF VALIDITY, LEARNING TIME AND DECAY OF SKILLS LEARNED.