Spartans conduct PDS [Image 8 of 12]

FORT STEWART, GA, UNITED STATES

03.10.2014

Photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley 

2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs

Sgt. Mark Pangelinan, assigned to the Physical Demands Study Detail, Company D “Dragons,” 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment “Battle Boars,” 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, sits, after just being fitted with an Oxycon Mobile Device here at the Battle Boars’ motor pool, March 10. The OMD will record and wirelessly transmit many different factors dealing with breathing while Pangelinan conducts a strenuous task, allowing researchers to essentially calculate how hard he is working, and how much energy he is using as he works. The task Pangelinan is readying to undertake is two fold, first he will shovel enough sand to fill 26 sand bags. After this Pangelinan will then carry 26 sand bags, two at a time, weighing exactly 35 pounds each, for 16.5 yards, and stack them in a three-wall fighting position. The recording of this data is part of the PDS, a study that the Dragons have been spearheading for the 2nd ABCT, in conjunction with U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, and the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine. The study’s purpose is to conduct a thorough evaluation, gathering as much scientific data as possible on what it takes to accomplish certain physically demanding tasks deemed inherent to four different combat military occupation specialties. The intent is to hopefully allow the Army to develop "gender neutral physical standards." These validated standards are intended to shape future recruiting and accessions of both males and females into the evaluated MOSs. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Wrigley, 2nd ABCT, 3rd ID, Public Affairs NCO)

• Date Taken: 03.10.2014
• Date Posted: 06.17.2014 18:43
• Photo ID: 1404496
• VIRIN: 140310-A-CW513-065
• Resolution: 4256x2832
• Size: 3.61 MB
• Location: FORT STEWART, GA, US