{"id":37135,"date":"2022-03-31T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/03\/31\/soldier-performance-study-delivering-data-for-future-commanders\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:29:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:29:05","slug":"soldier-performance-study-delivering-data-for-future-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/03\/31\/soldier-performance-study-delivering-data-for-future-commanders\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldier performance study delivering data for future commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A project to provide Army commanders with a kind of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/06\/14\/these-paratroopers-strap-on-sensors-during-field-ops-to-help-scientists-measure-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\">soldier dashboard<\/a>\u201d to measure how their individual soldiers and squads are performing is set for more units, more tests and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2020\/11\/12\/army-breaks-ground-on-new-soldier-performance-institute\/?contentQuery=%7B%22section%22%3A%22%2Fhome%22%2C%22exclude%22%3A%22%2Fnews%2Fyour-military%22%2C%22from%22%3A355%2C%22size%22%3A10%7D&#038;contentFeatureId=f0fmoahPVC2AbfL-2-1-8\" target=\"_blank\">data collection<\/a> in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/09\/17\/squad-and-soldier-performance-may-soon-be-measured-by-a-dashboard\/\" target=\"_blank\">MASTR-E, <\/a>or Measuring and Advancing Soldier Tactical Readiness and Effectiveness, is a program aimed at using a host of information to make troops healthier and better at everything from running to shooting to thinking in the midst of combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The kit used to track all of this data includes an Oura Ring to monitor sleep, a RediBand to monitor recovery and a Polar Grit X smartwatch to monitor exertion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army Times spoke recently with George Matook, program manager, and Tad Brunye, senior cognitive scientist at the Army\u2019s Combat Capabilities Development Command to catch up on the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2021\/10\/11\/this-army-program-prevented-disease-outbreak-in-a-unit-deploying-to-afghanistan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Page_20.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">This Army program prevented a disease outbreak in a unit deploying to Afghanistan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The watch, band and ring combo measures performance and recovery.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program has been put through the paces at 10th Mountain Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While they\u2019ve been running soldiers through separate physical and cognitive lab-based stress tests over the winter, April will see new field studies at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, and Fort Devens, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Data is collected during field exercises, range live fires and while soldiers sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More tests are in store, but ultimately, the research team aims to pull together all the data, algorithms, studies and systems to pass the system off for development in 2024. Fielding could begin shortly afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, the program concluded a physical stress test portion that had soldiers strap on a rucksack with the equivalent of half their body weight and march up an incline treadmill for two hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brunye said the physical stress test data will now be used to look at the participants\u2019 physiology, including brain activity and cognitive outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All soldiers who participated in testing were volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4809\" height=\"3206\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg 4809w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/03-Army-medical-evac-training.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4809px) 100vw, 4809px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army combat medics carry a simulated patient to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Jan. 6, 2022. (Sgt. Matt Hecht\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They\u2019re going to analyze at the soldiers\u2019 biochemical responses such as levels of cortisol, lactate, creatinine, neopterin, carnitine and other markers for how well their body was adjusting to performing under stress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is to then feed that data into statistical analyses that will help researchers identify what links they can find between a soldier\u2019s physical and genetic attributes and their performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar stress test involved soldiers being put into \u201cbe on the lookout\u201d scenarios in high-fidelity simulations and receiving a shock for some sessions when they made errors and no shock in other sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shocks were used to further stress the situation, helping researchers gather data on cognitive processes happening with soldiers in those situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4553\" height=\"3035\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg 4553w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16-soldier-expedient-rope-bridge-crossing.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4553px) 100vw, 4553px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Army Cadet Robbie Pinto maneuvers across a creek during a competitive event at Fort Knox, Ky., Nov. 6, 2021. (Sarah Windmueller\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, approximately 100 soldiers have provided about 1,000 hours of test data through the stress tests. They ran through the vignettes at a virtual reality lab called the Soldier and Small Unit Ambulatory Virtual Environments, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforabcs.org\/capabilities-and-resources\" target=\"_blank\">SUAVE Lab at Tufts University<\/a>, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same data gathering, analysis and modeling will be used for the team\u2019s research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June 2021 the researchers finished a test-run, that measured a range of outputs from soldiers during a 72-hour field study involving 75 soldiers from the 1-325th Airborne Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort Devens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stress tests, field events and sleep tracking are all a part of soldier 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