TABLE 3.

Factor loadings for the ARMSS from study 1.

	Original item code	Item wording	Overall readiness	Physical readiness	Physical fatigue	Cognitive readiness	Cognituve fatigue	Thread-Challenge readiness	Group-Team readiness	Skills-Training readiness	Equipment readiness
1	OV3	I feel ready to deal with serious threats	0.620	0.198	−0.008	0.031	0.127	0.037	−0.002	0.009	0.003
2	OV6	My skills and experience make me capable of meeting any challenge	0.711	0.016	0.054	−0.037	−0.021	−0.022	0.053	0.084	0.080
3	OV7	I feel ready to deal with uncertainty	0.789	−0.005	0.042	0.112	0.014	0.026	0.036	−0.029	0.042
4	OV8	I feel confident in taking control of situations	0.680	0.005	−0.065	0.027	−0.006	0.149	−0.036	0.124	−0.052
5	PH2	I am physically fit	−0.025	0.858	0.021	0.018	−0.001	0.051	−0.007	0.013	0.012
6	PH3	I am physically prepared	0.014	0.959	−0.011	−0.024	0.033	0.025	0.005	0.065	−0.011
7	PH4	I am physically fresh	0.054	0.493	0.222	0.303	−0.047	−0.038	0.038	−0.065	0.02
8	PH5R	I am physically tired	−0.004	0.032	0.760	0.077	−0.012	0.034	−0.019	−0.048	0.057
9	PH6R	My muscles are sore	0.052	−0.093	0.689	−0.117	0.025	0.069	0.032	0.009	−0.021
10	PH9R	I am fatigued	−0.065	0.014	0.903	0.008	0.02	0.015	0.007	0.033	0.014
11	PH10R	I am physically spent	0.041	0.042	0.656	0.003	0.260	−0.136	−0.016	0.098	−0.059
12	CO2	I can focus well	0.009	−0.02	0.014	0.695	0.015	0.209	0.049	0.011	0.019
13	CO3	I am mentally prepared	0.122	0.064	−0.011	0.758	0.037	0.021	0.002	0.065	0.001
14	CO4	I am thinking clearly	0	−0.006	0.026	0.577	0.110	0.252	−0.027	0.064	−0.005
15	CO6R	I am mentally tired	−0.065	0.006	0.295	0.084	0.533	0.044	0.019	−0.056	0.069
16	CO7R	My mind is fuzzy today	0.052	0.009	0.02	−0.014	0.927	−0.018	−0.01	0.008	0.032
17	CO8R	I cannot focus today	0.003	−0.028	0.008	0.036	0.748	0.124	0.032	0.022	−0.048
18	TC11	I am ready to process significant problems	0.061	−0.007	0.102	0.005	0.009	0.700	0.022	0.048	−0.021
19	TC12	No matter the challenge, I am ready for it	0.165	0.163	0	0.01	−0.023	0.656	0.021	−0.015	0.011
20	TC13	I have things under control today	−0.039	0.042	−0.002	0.078	0.033	0.711	0.008	0.088	0.019
21	TC14	I can handle unpleasant feelings	0.063	0.027	0.007	0.016	0.05	0.679	0.007	−0.021	0.059
22	GP4	My team is ready	0.134	−0.01	−0.007	0.01	0.046	−0.045	0.800	−0.027	0.081
23	GP7	My team has strong systems and processes	−0.04	−0.014	0.063	0.052	−0.064	0.041	0.842	0.007	0.013
24	GP8	My team works well together	0.027	0.033	−0.003	−0.011	0.018	−0.001	0.908	0.002	−0.017
25	GP10	I have confidence in my team	−0.014	0.017	−0.022	−0.024	0.006	0.033	0.908	0.056	−0.031
26	SK5	I offer significant value to my role/Unit	0.057	0.073	0.011	0.041	−0.006	0.053	−0.013	0.642	0.046
27	SK8	I am capable of delivering my role	−0.029	0.024	−0.005	−0.015	0.084	−0.019	0.029	0.774	0.023
28	SK12	I feel confident in my abilities to perform my role	0.128	−0.035	0.033	0.064	−0.033	0.037	0.035	0.738	0.004
29	EQ1	I have all the equipment I need	−0.026	0.037	0.002	0.081	−0.002	0.001	0.018	−0.01	0.792
30	EQ2	My equipment is well-maintained	−0.012	0.014	−0.063	0.045	0.004	−0.007	0.115	0.083	0.727
31	EQ3	My equipment is fit-for-purpose	0.031	−0.003	0.015	−0.095	0.057	0.083	−0.009	−0.007	0.891
32	EQ4	My equipment is world-leading	0.051	0.025	0.041	0.042	0.002	0.066	0.03	0.02	0.714

Significant factor loadings are represented by 8, and bold font for main factor. Negligible loadings are pale gray, with those >0.2 being dark gray.