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As part of a broad effort to reduce defense expenditures, the Army is exploring a number of new approaches to training soldiers. Prominent among these approaches to streamline individual training are elements involving the combination of two or more occupational specialties and the shifting of initial skill training from Army schools to on-the- job training (OJT) in field units. RAND report R-4242-A, Design of Field-Based Grosstraining Progranis and Implications for Readiness, by William G. Wild, Jr., and Bruce R. Orvis, describes a methodology for analyzing the features, advantages, and disadvantages of such changes in training programs. Focusing on the specific case of helicopter maintenance, the report analyzes data from field units and recommends alternative training strategies that could achieve the savings intended for such programs at reduced risk to field readiness. This Note documents the survey instruments and data sources used to support the analyses described in R-4242-A. The research was sponsored by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Training. It was conducted within the Arroyo Center's Manpower and Training Program.