Life Skills Training for Soldiers Arriving at Their First Duty Location

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Conditions studied: Risk Reduction Behavior, Suicide Prevention, Risky Behavior, Mental Health, Resilience, Performance at Work

In brief

This project will evaluate the effectiveness of Level Up: Boost Your Life Skills ("Level Up"), a strengths based, military-specific life skills training program. The goal is to determine whether Level Up can decrease suicidal-related behaviors (SRBs) and other harmful behaviors, improve mental health, enhance job performance, and reduce early military separation. The Level Up program components will be made available to participants through an online platform or mobile app that can be downloaded onto their personal mobile devices. These training materials will help Soldiers learn and practice skills. The Level Up program will also involve personalized messages from a Level Up trainer and virtual booster sessions. Soldiers arriving at their first duty location will be randomized to receive either Level Up or a single session Army bystander intervention program. Participants will complete baseline and follow up surveys 1, 3, and 6 months post-baseline.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07286955
Run by: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
People needed: 5000
Starts: 2025-12-10
Expected to finish: 2029-07-01
Last updated by the study team: 2026-01-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Active duty Soldiers arriving at a military installation located in the South Central U.S. for their first duty location who are attending reception center activities

You may not qualify if…

Soldiers who are not available to attend the in-person training
Soldiers who are under the age of 18 years old
Soldiers who do not have a smart phone that supports installation of the mobile app

Where it is running

Fort Hood Installation Reception Center — Fort Hood, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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