July 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS

28 July MASTR-E QIPR, Natick, MA

29 July MASTR-E Advisory Council Meeting, Natick, MA

01 August Initial Operational Capability for OWHS with 10th MTN, Fort Drum, NY

10-14 August SUPRA and TSMA walk-throughs/SOP refinement at Ft. Devens, MA

14-18 September SUPRA sample data collection at Ft. Devens, MA

28 September ~ 02 October 1 Day SUPRA stakeholder walkthrough/engagement held virtually

19-22 October Baseline protocol execution at 10th MTN, Fort Drum, NY

26 October+ Prediction, Neurostimulation, and Design Guidance & STE study execution at the Center for Applied Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Medford, MA

28-29 October Field Study Meet and Greet at CCDC SC, Natick, MA

Team Spotlight: FIELD STUDY

The 72-Hour Field Study (72HFS) is a continuation of the 2018 MASTR-E Pilot Study conducted with

2-505th, 3rd BCT, 82nd ABN DIV. The studyfollows three light infantry platoons as they

encounter a series of tasks over a 3-day mission, such as loaded foot marches, dynamic marksmanship assessments, and collective battle drills. Transporting the latest quantitative and qualitative methods to the field, the 72HFS accelerates

performance measurement over extended tactical time lines.

The 72HFS integrates and builds on multiple projects within MASTR-E — the study will begin with

the Prediction team’s comprehensive Baseline Battery and the Lane Training Exercise (LTX) which will contain elements of Tactical Stress Marksmanship Assessment and Small Unit Performance Analytics.

As the program progresses, the 72HFS will also be the validation proving ground for the predictive performance algorithms developed in the lab. Ultimately, these validated algorithms and models will be used by such programs as the PEO Soldier Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Squad Performance Metrics (SPM) and USAMMDA Health Readiness and Performance System (HRAPS) to provide Soldiers and leaders with next generation physical and cognitive readiness states and actionable information to improve performance.

• Design Guidance for Technology and Synthetic Training Environment

• 72 Hour Field Study • Gut Optimization for Performance Enhancement

• MADE (MASTR-E Application Demonstration Experimentation) • Neurostimulation

• OHWS (Optimizing the Human Weapon System) • Predictive Algorithms

• SUPRA (Small Unit Performance Analytics)

• TSMA (Tactical Stress Marksmanship Assessment)

EFFORTS

Field Stress Marksmanship Exercise for MASTR-E

E-mail: usarmy.natick.ccdc-sc.mbx.mastre@mail.mil REV 07-10-20 | OPSEC U20-2194

RECENT EVENTS RUNDOWN

MARCH-JUNEMASTR-E established the following Working Groups across the DoD Human Performance enterprise to provide subject matter expertise to the effort: Biomarkers; Machine Learning; Marksmanship; Operator Controller; Ruck March; and Daily Mission States.

MASTR-E held its first Quarterly In Progress Review (QIPR) briefing with internal and external stakeholders on the state of the program including general program info, goals, as well as updates on cost, schedule, and performance.

The MASTR-E Advisory Council held its kickoff meeting with membership from across the Army modernization enterprise, as well as Navy and Air Force, to provide advice and recommendations on MASTR-E matters relating to mitigating scientific and technical risk, resolving issues, and identifying opportunities.

MAYThe Design Guidance & STE team held its first Human Experience Mixed Reality Working Group (HEXR-WG) with Team IVAS, CCDC ARL, and CCDC C5ISR. The mission of the HEXR-WG is to inform the CCDC customers, stakeholders, and mixed reality (XR) programs within the Army (e.g., IVAS) and across the joint services by providing relevant, coordinated, and synchronized information, assessments, and recommendations regarding XR human experience research activities performed by CCDC and other agencies within the Army and the DoD.

JUNEThe SUPRA team executed a virtual walkthrough with partners and stakeholders. The walkthrough included briefings, video lane/shoot house walks, and discussions covering program details, logistics, and tasks.

The Prediction team kicked off the MASTR-E human performance database engineering effort with Sherpa 6, CCDC AC, and the CCDC SC G6. The database will serve as a repository to house, process, analyze, and use the study data to generate predictive performance algorithms built in AFC’s Modernization Application and Data Environment (MADE) Azure system.

The Optimizing the Human Weapon System (OHWS) effort was approved for funding through the Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC). This effort will help with COVID-19 screening and triage leading to targeted testing for the illness. MRDC will resource CCDC SC in conjunction with a broad DoD, academic, and industrial team to work with 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, 2nd BCT, 10th Mountain Division (LI) to monitor up to 1,000 Soldiers for a period of 1 year to understand how physiological, cognitive, and behavioral data can lead to understanding this susceptibility. This effort accelerates the research timeline in support of an infantry unit allowing the MASTR-E team to participate in unit driven assessments and conduct analysis, further refining out year performance intervention project plans.

Science & Tech Highlight: UNTARGETED ‘OMICS’We have several new findings from the Pilot Study, which are now directly informing

what we will prioritize in biosampling measurement in upcoming work. By combining

state-of-the-art metabolomics and proteomics approaches with the latest machine

learning bioinformatics tools, we have identified several candidate expression circuits

and multiple new performance analytes that seem to be sensitive to differences in

sustained Soldier stress, particularly regarding energy and protein consumption.

DID YOU KNOW?In the MASTR-E Pilot field study, researchers collected over 7 liters of saliva taken across more than 3100 samples from 46 Soldiers.