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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
GPO
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023
U.S. SENATE,
SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, DC.
NONDEPARTMENTAL WITNESSES
[CLERK'S NOTE.-The subcommittee was unable to hold hearings
on nondepartmental witnesses. The statements and letters of those
submitting written testimony are as follows:]
PREPARED STATEMENT OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and profes-
sional organization representing psychology in the U.S., numbering over 135,000 re-
searchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. For decades, psychologists
have played vital roles within the Department of Defense (DoD), as providers of
clinical services to military personnel and their families, and as scientific research-
ers investigating mission-targeted issues, such as counter-terrorism, Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).
The performance of psychologists in training and performance in the field remains
an essential part of the readiness. Psychologists play key roles in the development
and deployment of programs such as the Army Resilience Directorate Training Sup-
port program that emphasizes the value of mental readiness. Teaching
servicemembers and civilians the value of cognitive capability, emotional capability,
and interpersonal/social capabilities show the real value of psychological science.
Today, psychologists continue to bring unique and critical expertise that is essen-
tial to meeting the needs of the military and its personnel.
APA urges Congress to provide the following funding levels for programs within
the Department of Defense (DoD) in FY23.
DEFENSE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (S&T) PROGRAM
In addition to providing essential clinical services to our military service members
and their families, psychological scientists within DoD conduct cutting-edge, mis-
sion-specific research critical to our National defense. Psychological scientists ad-
dress a broad range of important issues and problems vital to our National defense,
including expertise in conflict prevention and resolution; promoting non-discrimina-
tory and evidence-based recruitment and retention; modeling behavior of individuals
and groups; as well as understanding and optimizing cognitive functioning, percep-
tual awareness, complex decision-making, stress resilience, and human- systems
interactions.
Within DoD, the majority of behavioral, cognitive and social science is funded
through the Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI)
and Army Research Laboratory (ARL); the Office of Naval Research (ONR); and the
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), with additional, smaller human systems re-
search programs funded through the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) and
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
The military service laboratories provide a stable, mission-oriented focus for be-
havioral and social science, conducting and sponsoring basic (6.1), applied/explor-
atory development (6.2) and advanced development (6.3) research. All of the services
fund human-related research in the broad categories of personnel, training and lead-
er development; warfighter protection, sustainment and physical performance; and
system interfaces and cognitive processing.
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