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Fit for Duty?: Evaluating the Physical Fitness Requirements of Battlefield Airmen.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Sean, Robson Lytell Maria C. Sims Carra S. Stephanie, Pezard Thomas, Manacapilli Amanda, Anderson Therese, B. Abigail, Haddad |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Military occupations can be physically demanding, yet few attempts have been made to determine the physical readiness of today's airmen to perform their jobs. Although the Air Force conducts fitness testing of all its airmen, these tests and standards are not based on validated job requirements. As part of a broader Air Force effort to measure the physical readiness of airmen to perform their jobs, this study describes a methodology for establishing physical fitness standards for four physically demanding Air Force occupational specialties-combat controller, pararescue, special operations weather team, and tactical air control party. Airmen in these specialties are collectively known as battlefield airmen. The authors sought to identify the physically demanding tasks required of battlefield airmen and ways in which fitness standards might be established to ensure that individuals in these specialties are able to perform these tasks. They reviewed the research literature and relevant military documents, conducted focus groups and interviews with battlefield airmen and other subject matter experts, and analyzed the movement patterns and physical abilities associated with each task. They found a high demand across the four specialities for strength and muscular and cardiovascular endurance, followed by agility, anaerobic power, and equilibrium, whereas they found flexibility to be less critically important. The authors recommend that a validation study be conducted next, to (a) ensure that tests measure important physical abilities required for successful mission or job performance, (b) ensure that performance on tests is a good indicator of mission or job performance, and |
| Starting Page | 8 |
| Ending Page | 8 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.7249/rr618 |
| PubMed reference number | 29416948 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 7 |
| Issue Number | 2 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR600/RR618/RAND_RR618.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/1053275.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.7249/rr618 |
| Journal | Rand health quarterly |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
