Research on Training for Brigade Command Groups: Factors Contributing to Unit Combat Readiness

Abstract : This research examined the relationships between (1) brigade command group effectiveness in performance of Army Training and Evaluation Program (ARTEP) during Computer Assisted Map Maneuver System (CAMMS) exercises and (2) the quality of performance within the brigade of certain organizational processes found in previous research to be related to combat effectiveness. Data were collected on 11 brigades. Seven of nine process dimensions were found to be highly correlated with Brigade Command Group Effectiveness as evaluated by exercise controllers. Furthermore, large significant correlations were found between the organizational process dimensions and a number of dimensions subsumed under the rubric Supervision and Control, which were also highly correlated with Brigade Command Group Effectiveness. Implications of the findings are discussed.