Common Battlefield Training for Airmen
Members of Air Force specialties that normally work inside the defended perimeter of a base or deployed location may sometimes have to cross that perimeter. What might seem fairly benign in some locations, such as Germany, would be hazardous in others, such as Iraq. And some initially deployed to a “safe” location may be redeployed to a more hazardous one. While those who routinely go “outside the wire” receive appropriate training, the others historically have not. The Air Force is thus seeking to establish common battlefield airman training (CBAT) and asked RAND Project Air Force to examine the content and resources both for this course and a companion course for non-ground combat personnel. RAND conducted surveys and interviews to determine the kinds of experiences airmen have had “outside the wire” and worked with subject-matter experts to categorize them and suggest appropriate types and amounts of training for them. This report presents the results of these activities.
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- Document Number: MG-624-AF
- Year: 2007
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Contents
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Evaluation of Common Battlefield Airman Training
Chapter Three
Resource Requirements for the CBAT Course
Chapter Four
Developing a CBAT Companion Course
Chapter Five
Next Steps
Appendix A
CBAT Course Description
Appendix B
Development of CBAT Model Courses
Appendix C
RAND Schoolhouse Model Data Inputs and Outputs
Appendix D
CBAT Companion–Related Excerpts from the Air Force Lessons Learned Database
Appendix E
CBAT Companion Survey Items
Appendix F
CBAT Companion List of Incidents and SME Categorizations
The research described in this report was sponsored by the United States Air Force and conducted by RAND Project AIR FORCE.
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