Battlemind Training

Battlemind is the Soldier’s inner strength to face fear and adversity in combat, with courage. Battlemind Training focuses on building on your proven strengths and consists of two critical components: Self-confidence and mental toughness.

Battlemind Training helps you maximize the Battlemind skills you demonstrated in combat so that you can use them effectively as you continue your transition home. This training consists of ten combat-related skills and compares them with common Soldier reactions to returning home.

     Buddies (cohesion) vs. Withdrawal
     Accountability vs. Controlling
     Targeted Aggression vs. Inappropriate Aggression
     Tactical Awareness vs. Hypervigilance
     Lethally Armed vs. “Locked and Loaded” at Home
     Emotional Control vs. Anger/Detachment
     Mission Operational Security (OPSEC) vs. Secretiveness
     Individual Responsibility vs. Guilt
     Non-Defensive (combat) Driving vs. Aggressive Driving
     Discipline and Ordering vs. Conflict

There is also a Battlemind check for each skill to help you to identify when you or a buddy might need help in adapting the skill to life back home.

Additional information

• Battlemind Training Video
  
• Battlemind Training Presentation
  
• Battlemind Brochure
  
• Vet Center
  
• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Overview
  
• Guide to Understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Acute Stress Disorder
  
• Army Behavioral Health
  
• National Alcohol Screening Day (NASD) and NDSD Mental Health Event Screening Kits