Positive Psychology CenterSince 2009, the Penn Resilience Program has been widely used by the United States Army as part of their Master Resilience Training program for Soldiers, family members of Soldiers, and Department of the Army civilians. More than 55,000 U.S. Army Soldiers have attended this train-the-trainer program and gone on to teach the resilience skills to hundreds of thousands of Soldiers. This program is run by the Army Resilience Directorate. Following is information and press coverage:
OVERVIEW OF COMPREHENSIVE SOLDIER AND FAMILY FITNESS PROGRAM (CSF2):
Army Website for the Ready and Resilient Campaign
Video on Resilience Program for the U.S. Army
TESTIMONIALS FROM SOLDIERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE PENN RESILIENCE PROGRAM
SCHOLARLY ARTICLES:
Harvard Business Review, Building Resilience, April 2011
American Psychologist Special Issue on Comprehensive Soldier Fitness, January 2011
Master Resilience Training in the U.S. Army, January 2011
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program Evaluation, December 2011
Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program Evaluation, April 2013
PRESS ON PENN RESILIENCE TRAINING FOR THE U.S. ARMY:
Army website, Top 10 Myths about Army Resilience Training, February 2014
Army website, Study Concludes Master Resilience Training is Effective, 24 January 2012
New York Times, Post-Traumatic Stress's Surprisingly Positive Flip Side, 22 March 2012
NPR, Classes Teach Soldiers to be 'Army Strong', 8 January 2012
CNN, Making Soldiers Fit in Body and Mind, 28 Dec 2011
PBS NewsHour, Army Program Aims to Build Troops' Mental Resilience to Stress, 13 Dec 2011
Washington Post, Army Program Works to Make Soldiers Fit in Body and Mind, 4 July 2011
CNN, After Trauma, Teaching Hope, 19 August 2011
CNN, Steps to Help You Thrive in Hard Times, 24 August 2011
New York Times (front page), Mental Stress Training is Planned for U.S. Soldiers, 18 August 2009
The Daily Beast, The War in the Living Room, 9 January 2010
Men's Health, When the Warrior Returns Home, October 2010
Army website, Change in Army Culture Marked by 1,000th MRT Graduate, 14 May 2010
Army website, Resiliency Training in Iraq Keeps Soldiers Strong, 3 May 2010
Army website, Army Secretary: Fort Leavenworth Critical Part of Army’s Arsenal, 29 April 2010
Casey Tours USD-S Operations, 28 April 2010
Army website, SMA Testifies to Congress on Force Stress, Resilience, 16 April 2010
Army website, Secretary of Army Gives ‘Thumbs Up’ to Resilience Course, 14 April 2010
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Beyond Sucking it Up, 11 April 2010
Army website, Fort Wainwright Soldiers Finding Fitness for Body, Mind, Spirit, 25 March 2010
Army website, Army Master Resiliency Training Course Provides Valued Instruction, 29 March 2010
Fort Hood Sentinel, Fort Hood Hosts Army’s New Master Resilience Training Course, 18 March 2010
Army website, A Different Perspective-CSF, 15 March 2010
Fort Campbell Courier, MRTP: Resilient Soldiers, Resilient Army, 18 February 2010
U.S. Department of Defense, Soldiers, Families Top Army Priorities, Leaders Say, 23 February 2010
Army website, A New Course: Resilience School to Open on Fort Jackson, 14 January 2010
Army website, Army Trains Soldiers on How to be Mentally, Emotionally Tough, 3 January 2010
NPR, Army to Train Soldiers in Emotional Resiliency, 10 September 2010
Fox News, Army Seeks to Mentally Toughen Up Combat Troops with Resiliency Course, 18 August 2010 (No longer available online)
Army website, Chief of Staff Visits First-ever Master Resiliency Course, August 2009
Army website, Army Developing Master Resiliency Training, 5 August 2009