WRAIR "SCOPE"

Small-team Connection and Operational Performance Enhancement (SCOPE) is a 12-min video developed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Building on the success of WRAIR’s iCOVER and Warrior Mindset training videos, SCOPE highlights a variety of mental skills to promote resilience, cohesion, and management of acute stress in a combat environment. Skills include responding to a team member experiencing an acute stress reaction while under drone attack, supporting unit cohesion by integrating newcomers into the team, sustaining performance by engaging in good sleep health, strengthening team connection through active constructive responding, managing anxiety through worry postponement, preventing a spiral of negative thoughts through 5-5-5, and encouraging positive experiences through active appreciation. By using realistic portrayals of service members under stress, this video demonstrates how mental skills can enhance the operational resilience of teams.