PROVIDING A FOUNDATION FOR USMC COMMUNICATIONS ELECTRONICS OFFICERS

GIVEN A LARGE SET OF SITES EACH CONTAINING A UNIQUE SET OF HIERARCHICAL INTERRELATED DATA ELEMENTS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE FREQUENCY AND ELEMENT OCCURENCE AND THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE, A METHODOLOGY IS PROPOSED TO CONSTRUCT A STRATIFIED PROFILE THAT REFLECTS THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE FOR EACH CLASS IN THE HIERARCHY BASED ON THE TOTAL POPULATION. IN ADDITION, BY EXAMINING THE DATA ELEMENTS, ARCHETYPE SITES AND THEIR STRATIFIED PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS CAN BE DERIVED. SPECIFIC APPLICATION: THE POPULATION OF USMC BASES AND STATIONS ARE POSTULATED TO BE VERY DIVERSE, IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, SYSTEMS, UTILITIES AND FUNCTIONS. A TRAINING PROGRAM IS REQUIRED THAT TAKES THESE FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT. THE ABOVE METHODOLOGY IS PROPOSED TO PROVIDE COURSE PROFILES BASED ON THE FREQUENCY AND IMPORTANCE OF MISSION ELEMENTS. THE RESULTANT PROFILES WOULD PROVIDE A TRAINING DEVELOPER THE RELATIVE EMPHASIS REQUIRED FOR A TRAINING PROGRAM. PHASE I CONCENTRATES ON EXAMINING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE ABOVE APPROACH TO BE APPLIED TO THIS SPECIFIC APPLICATION, IN TERMS OF PROBLEM CHARACTERIZATION, SURVEY FEASIBILITY,ANALYTIC CONSIDERATIONS AND A TEST OF A PROTOTYPE QUESTIONNAIRE.