"Cohesion has long been a core concept in psychology and sociology, and has garnered a great deal of attention by both Organizational and Sports Psychology in the past decade. Although the U.S. Army has increasingly viewed cohesion as a key to the success of combat operations, a comprehensive review of the cohesion literature yielded few studies specifically addressing the construct in military rotary=wing aircrews. The purpose of this review was to examine the Organizational and Sports Psychology bodies of literature from the past decade to identify a set of characteristics associated with cohesive teams that can readily be applied to the Army rotary-wing aviation environment. The primary characteristics gleaned from this research are summarized, and a 4-dimension description of cohesion is presented. Suggestions for building cohesive Army aviation units are offered. In addition, an annotated bibliography of the key studies from which these dimensions emerged is provided."--Stinet.