Afloat Surface Climate Assessment Survey FY22 Insights

The Afloat Surface Climate Assessment Survey (ASCAS) and the Operational Surface Risk Indicator (OSRI) programs provide strong evidence-based data to inform risk reduction and improve human performance outcomes. These combined efforts rely upon proven strategies for collecting and analyzing information that support data-driven strategic decision-making for leaders at all levels. For the ASCAS itself, monitoring, analyzing, and reducing risk of major mishaps is critical to fulfilling mission requirements and protecting the Navy's capital resources and, more importantly, Sailors. While there are many factors that influence operational safety and performance in complex systems, human factors considerations underpin all facets of success. However, human performance includes complex variables that cannot be directly observed, thus requiring innovative approaches to measure and capture their presence and effects. The ASCAS captures these crucial manifestations of otherwise unobservable factors and quantifies them for strategic leadership decisions.