text: Recruitment, Assessment, and Selection Program
  • Medical.
  • Planning and orders.
  PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION
  A-10. The success of the LRS Soldier is essential to success of the overall mission. LRS leaders must
  understand the psychological characteristics of those most likely to succeed so that team composition will
  provide commanders with the best possible resources. Studies such as that conducted by LTC (Dr.) John C.
  Chin, United States Army Infantry Center command psychologist in 2002 indicate successful LRS Soldiers
  have certain identifiable psychological characteristics. While not resource supportable in all cases, it is
  recommended a psychological evaluation be included in the assessment phase of RASP.
  Desirable
  A-11. The Soldier is evaluated on the basis of the following mental and psychological criteria:
  • Effective, functional intelligence.
  • Conceptual complexity.
  • Emotional stability and high stress tolerance.
  • Trainability and situational awareness.
  • Humor.
  • Learned optimism.
  • Self-efficacy.
  • Moral reasoning and integrity.
  Undesirable
  A-12. The desirable mental and psychological criteria can also be contrasted with unacceptable
  psychological criteria for LRSU Soldiers which include the following:
  • Anxiety or mood disorders.
  • Antisocial personality.
  • Serious phobias.
  • High substance abuse potential.
  • Undue sensitivity.
  • Impulsivity.
  • Chronic relationship problems.
  • Uncooperative family.
  • Chronic financial problems.
  • Low trainability.
  • Rambo syndrome.
  • Low motivation.