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| Preface |
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| Summary |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Abbreviations |
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1 Introduction: Establishing a Need for Fitness Standards |
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Entry and Annual Fitness Standards |
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Differences Among Physical Fitness Standards |
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Tier I and Tier II Fitness Standards |
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Existing Research on Battlefield Airmen |
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Organization of This Report |
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2 Validation and Setting Standards |
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What Job Tasks Are Important? |
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Who Should Identify the Abilities Needed to Perform the Job? |
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How Should the Abilities Be Measured? |
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How Can You Tell Which Tests Are Good Indicators of Physical Readiness? |
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What Type of Standard Should Be Set? |
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How High Should the Standard(s) Be Set? |
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3 Our Approach for Identifying Physical Requirements of Battlefield Airmen |
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Step 1 Identify Critical Physical Tasks |
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Critical Incident Interviews |
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Selecting Critical Physical Tasks |
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Step 2 Link Critical Physical Tasks to Abilities |
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Movement Pattern Analysis |
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Physical Ability Analysis |
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4 Results: Critical Physical Tasks and Abilities |
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Critical Incident Interviews |
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Movement Pattern Analysis |
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Physical Ability Analysis |
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25 | (5) |
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Critical Incident Interviews |
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Movement Pattern Analysis |
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Physical Ability Analysis |
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Special Operations Weather Team |
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Critical Incident Interviews |
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Movement Pattern Analysis |
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Physical Ability Analysis |
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Tactical Air Control Party |
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Critical Incident Interviews |
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Movement Pattern Analysis |
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38 | (1) |
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Physical Ability Analysis |
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Comparisons by Unit Type and Experience |
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5 Recommendations for Developing Occupationally Relevant Fitness Tests |
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Overarching Recommendation: Conduct a Criterion Validation Study to Establish Tier II Standards |
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Use Multiple Tests to Measure Each Physical Ability |
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Use Simulations to Offset Body Weight Bias of Basic Fitness Tests |
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Test Alternative Methods for Identifying Optimal Test Battery |
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How Our Findings Can Inform Occupationally Relevant Gender-Neutral Standards |
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Tier II Standards for Other Occupational Specialties |
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| Appendix A How to Identify Physical Requirements |
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| Appendix B Detailed Results from Movement Pattern Analyses |
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| Appendix C Average Task Ratings from Focus Groups |
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| Bibliography |
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