A-G Associates and 5by5 Therapy Join Forces

A-G Associates & 5by5 Performance Therapy Are Joining Forces 

The men and women who serve in special operations forces (SOF) endure demands that most of us will never fully understand. Beyond the mission itself, years — and often decades — of cumulative stress, physical wear, and relentless operational tempo leave a lasting impact on both body and mind.  

At A-G Associates, our work has always centered on the intersection of human performance and organizational effectiveness. We've spent years helping federal agencies and nonprofit organizations build the systems, assessments, and frameworks that help people — and the institutions that serve them — operate better. 

That's why our partnership with 5by5 Performance Therapy isn't just a contract. It's a convergence. 

5by5 is a multidisciplinary performance therapy organization built specifically for the special operations community. Their programs — including the 5by5 Reset™, OPP6™, and the Operator Education Series™ — are grounded in real clinical expertise and informed by something that is still rare in this space: rigorous science. 

Together, we are supporting the development of the OSSS-SR (Operational Syndrome Severity Scale-Self Report), a standardized, psychometrically validated self-report instrument designed to help identify and measure Operator Syndrome in the SOF population. This is the kind of tool the field has needed for a long time. One that treats operators not as a population to be screened out, but as individuals whose complex experiences deserve precise, compassionate measurement. 

Our role at A-G Associates is to bring organizational research methodology and psychometric rigor to a clinical team that already understands their population deeply. What we are building together is a defensible, publishable instrument — one that can eventually change how the broader healthcare and veterans services landscape recognizes and responds to Operator Syndrome. 

We are proud to support the mission of 5by5 and their partner organizations — HunterSeven Foundation, Special Operations Wounded Warriors, Operator Relief Fund, ALLTRU, Special Forces Trust, Special Forces Foundation, The Pararescue Foundation, The TACP Foundation, Task Force Dagger, The Combat Control Foundation, That Others May Live Foundation and many more — who have been quietly doing some of the most important human performance work in the country. 

This is where measurement science meets mission. We're just getting started.