Canada Exploring Small Inf Team Thinking

[milnews.ca]

Just spotted this in the MERX public contracting web page (.pdf permalink):

COGNITIVE TASK ANALYSIS OF SMALL TEAM INFANTRY TASKS

Defence Research and Development Canada, Toronto ON has a requirement for Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) of small team infantry and ground-base operations. Specific information is required as to how these small teams make and execute decisions during short, high-tempo, high-risk, and high-stress operations, especially in the urban environment. A previous R & D effort examined the decision making process of small police teams taking part in a simulated hostage situation and house clearing task. Additional CTA and decision making analysis is required of Candian Forces infantry personnel involved in specific military type tasks.

Tasks:

a) Undertake a CTA analysis of simulated small-unit operations involving CF personnel at CFB Gagetown and/or CFB Petawawa.

b) Undertake a analysis of the naturalistic decision making process used during the simulated small-unit operations.

The Bidder must have demonstrated capability and have a proven track (as shown by contract reports, peer review papers, or patent applications) in the theory and application of Cognitive Task Analysis (CTA) and Naturalistic Decision Making (NDM) analysis.

The work will be performed during the period from date of award to 31 July 2008 ....

[Norfolk]

A few similar studies have been performed over the past decade up to Combat Team level. While this is a step in the right direction, $40,000 is a pittance, and will likely end up compromising the analysis results somewhat just as it did for other infantry studies performed in the past couple years or so. Do it right, not on the cheap.

[Ken White]

"...Do it right, not on the cheap."

You know that is not the North American way.

I think it's something in the water...

[Norfolk]

You know that is not the North American way.

I think it's something in the water...

It's those with Scottish (NOT Scots-Irish) cultural backgrounds - on both sides of the 49th - or the Great Lakes...after all, these were the same bunch that invented Haggis, and then had to invent Scotch in order to wash it down. Penny-foolish, pound-wise?

[selil]

I was involved with one of these on the edges for aircrew taskings. No money few results.

[Ken White]

It's those with Scottish (NOT Scots-Irish) cultural backgrounds - on both sides of the 49th - or the Great Lakes...after all, these were the same bunch that invented Haggis, and then had to invent Scotch in order to wash it down. Penny-foolish, pound-wise?

I firmly believe money was made to spend and my kids will get no inheritance if I can manage it...

I'll also take Canadian Bacon and bourbon in preference to Haggis and that muddy water (noting in passing that the good single malt stuff is now cured in old bourbon barrels so it may be better than it used to be).

All of which means you're, as usual, probably right...

[Rifleman]

I'll also take Canadian Bacon and bourbon in preference to Haggis and that muddy water (noting in passing that the good single malt stuff is now cured in old bourbon barrels so it may be better than it used to be).

If you add more salt to that Canadian Bacon it might pass for country ham.

After generations of trial and error in Ulster they finally began to get it right when they learned to put corn in the makings. Of course, that was after they landed at ports in Pennsylvania and South Carolina and moved inland to western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee.

Legend says it acquired some more refinement when folks in central Kentucky started filling oak barrels full of white lighting for the trip by flat boat down the Ohio River to New Orleans.

Man, are we off the original subject, or what?