PERCEPTIONS OF UNITED-STATES-NAVY MEDICAL RESERVISTS RECALLED FOR OPERATION DESERT-STORM

Operations Desert Shield/Storm involved the recall of 9,700 Navy medic al reservists. A demographically representative sample of 3,804 medica l reservists (39%) responded to a survey between June and September 19 91. The purpose was to identify major issues associated with the recal l experience. Results indicated that reservists felt well prepared for their recall assignments; however, they did not strongly endorse the Reserve training program. Responses across operationally oriented issu es were moderately positive. Reservists assigned to CONUS hospitals ra ted items more positively than those assigned to Marine Corps support, and officers were more positive than hospital corpsmen. Results are p resented as a descriptive heuristic for policy considerations.