"To develop for use in classifying enlisted men to the combat arms new aptitude areas incorporating measures of what the combat man will do as well as what he can do ... A long term program of research involved the experimental testing of approximately 5000 enlisted combat arms personnel-- about 2000 in actual combat, 1000 in Arctic maneuvers, and 2000 in both a training and a later overseas garrison-maneuvers situation"--Preliminary page.

"Statistical analyses were undertaken to determine the feasibility of predicting speaking ability with group administered paper and pencil fluency and understanding ability tests. The analyses were conducted to establish the relationships between test and performance in an interpreter work situation of 116 examinees claiming training or ability in Russian and 122 examinees claiming training or ability in Chinese-Mandarin"--Preliminary page.