Revolutionary Selection Procedures for High Technology, Communication-intensive Environments

"The Army is in the process of transforming itself from the Legacy Force of today to the Objective Force of the future. The Objective Force will have a new organization, new training techniques, new combat systems, and new ways of conducting warfare.Therefore new selection criteria and procedures will be required to identify recruits who can succeed in the Army of the future. In Phase I we will identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) that will be critical for success in the Army of thefuture, develop an understanding of how cutting-edge scenario-based simulation can be used as an integral part of a selection battery, and develop a proof-of-concept selection test battery that incorporates cutting-edge, scenario-based computer-simulationsto measure some of the KSAs needed for successful performance in the Objective Force. In Phase II we will develop a fully functional, innovative selection battery for selecting entry-level Army recruits that is tested and validated. The Aptima-VisualPurple project team is especially well suited to perform the proposed work because of its unique inter-disciplinary combination of expertise in cognitive and organizational psychology, advanced simulation development, and simulation-based performancemeasurement, as well as its extensive experience in military command and control. The proposed work will allow the Army to more effectively select recruits for the Army of the Future. The innov