UNCLASSIFIED - Protecting Servicemembers from MDM - A comprehensive response Recommended course of action

We completed this analysis as a follow-up effort to an earlier report that reviewed the literature on these interventions—including a brief history of each technique, a description of how each one works, and a summary of the state of research on each technique [2]. [...] Recommended course of action To evaluate whether the interventions we analyzed were appropriate for the military, we considered four factors: the structure of the intervention (e.g., scalability, length of time required for training, neutrality of the content), the longevity of the effects, whether the intervention was preventative or reactive, and the flexibility of the intervention to function i. [...] However, the Department of Defense (DOD) could combine the three interventions—inoculation, debunking and fact-checking, and media literacy—into a scalable and durable training program that ensures all servicemembers have a baseline degree of resilience to influence. [...] Legend: Green indicates that the intervention is appropriate for the military, yellow indicates that the intervention has limited value for the military, and red indicates that the intervention is not appropriate for the military. [...] The views, opinions, and findings contained in this report should not be construed as representing the official position of the Department of the Navy.