Army commands can start thinking now about submitting study proposals to the Army Study Program Management Office for consideration this summer.
A study is underway now, funded by the Army Study Program Management Office, to look into the incorporation of the fully burdened cost of energy into combat modeling. The fully burdened cost of energy — the cost of a gallon of fuel in theater, for instance — takes into account not just the initial cost of fuel at sale, but also the cost of transporting it to where it is needed — such as by convoy. (Photo by C. Todd Lopez)
Meghan Mariman, director of the Army Study Program Management Office, known as ASPMO, which is part of G-8 at the Pentagon, said that each year, her office pays for about 30 studies at the request of Headquarters, Department of the Army agencies and Army-level commands.
A study, she said, is a research project or an effort to make a project more efficient.
The ASPMO is funding studies this year into traumatic brain injury monitoring, risk assessment, leadership development, and cyberspace operations, for instance.
“We’re looking to make smarter decisions, to either make a process more efficient or more effective,” Mariman said.
Funded in fiscal year 2013 by ASPMO are studies on cyberspace defensive operations, the effectiveness of the Selected Reserve Incentive Program in maintaining the Reserve force, the use of locally-sourced materials for construction of facilities in theater, and something called “Neurocognitive Temporal Training and Marksmanship Performance.”
“Using a virtual environment, soldiers can become better sharpshooters,” Mariman said of the study on neurocognitive training. “And they can use a virtual environment, which saves money; the Office of the Surgeon General has some brilliant work going on.”
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