“…In studies which investigated unit readiness or unit effectivess, the operational definition of readiness has been in terms of unit performance indicators such as AWOL, nonjudicial punishment rate, drug and marijuana offense rate, sick call rates, number of awards, and reenlistment rate (Bowers & Krauz, 1983;Griesemer, 1980;Griesemer & Hart, 1981;Manning & Ingraham, 1978;Spencer, Klemp, & Cullen, 1977;Sterling & Carnes, 1981); subjective global evaluations of combat readiness from unit personnel (Gal, 1986;Griffith & Vaitkus, 1986;Shirom, 1976;Siebold, 1987;Sterling, 1984); ratings of unit performance in simulated combat exercises (Manning & Ingraham, 1978;Olmstead, Elder, and Forsythe, 1978;Spencer, Klemp, & Cullen, 1977;Twohig, Rachford, Tremble, & Williams, 1987); ratings by unit personnel of various aspects of unit climate (Allen & Potter, 1987;Griesemer, 1980;Griesemer & Hart, 1981;Spencer, Klemp, & Cullen, 1977); incidents of combat stress reaction (Solomon, Mikulincer, & Hobfoll, 1986;Steiner & Neumann, 1978); and/or indices similar to those used in preparing the Unit Status Report (Bowers & Krauz, 1983;Manning & Ingraham, 1978;Spencer, Klemp, & Cullen, 1977).…”