Berry Kevin G, Sakallaris Bonnie, Deuster Patricia A
J Spec Oper Med. 2019 Winter;19(4):100-104. doi: 10.55460/MPAK-RB6Q.
Special Operations Force (SOF) Operators, spouses, and component representatives were asked to describe what readiness looks like to them and what is needed to achieve it. Their views informed a broad and deep dive into the academic and gray literature for believable measures relevant to operational readiness. This commentary is a synthesis of that work and provides recommendations for ways to improve "readying" strategies, practices, and outcomes to better achieve human- based mission performance. The key modifiers of Operator readiness are family, SOF culture and leadership, and time. Recommendations are to measure SOF mission performance to define premission Operator readiness; conceptualize mission readiness in terms of assets and not just deficits; combine experiential wisdom with that gained from the study of in-mission performance and premission readiness data; establish SOF phenotypes for use by all components; address emerging fields (doping, sleep, mental toughness, spiritual readiness, moral injury); and develop a simple readiness index.
特种作战部队（SOF）的作战人员、配偶及各部门代表被要求描述他们眼中的战备状态以及实现这种状态所需的条件。他们的观点为深入广泛地研究学术文献和灰色文献提供了依据，以寻找与作战准备相关的可信衡量标准。本评论是该项工作的综合成果，并就改进“准备”策略、做法和成果以更好地实现基于人的任务绩效提出了建议。作战人员战备状态的关键影响因素包括家庭、特种作战部队文化与领导力以及时间。建议如下：衡量特种作战部队的任务绩效以界定任务前作战人员的战备状态；从资产而非仅仅从不足的角度来概念化任务准备状态；将经验智慧与从任务中绩效及任务前战备数据研究中获得的知识相结合；建立供所有部门使用的特种作战部队表型；关注新兴领域（兴奋剂使用、睡眠、心理韧性、精神准备、道德伤害）；并制定一个简单的战备指数。
