This monograph examines the ability of a commander to gain a tactical advantage by taking actions which increase enemy stress levels. The psychological dimensions of the modern battlefield are examined to determine if factors exist which can be...
The purpose of this study is to further test the reliability of certain concepts which are rather widely held, including the NP (neuropsychiatric) casualty rate correlating positively with the battle casualty rate, and the VD rate corelating...
Just as war is not a new phenomenon, neither are the issues associated with the mental and emotional scars combat brings to those who fight a nation's wars. Historically, the United States has assumed a reactive vice proactive posture as it relates...
This monograph examines the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on military leadership. For over twenty years, the United States Army has used the Be, Know, Do leadership model to describe what Army leadership is and does. The BKD...
Operations Research Office; Office of Naval Research, Unit No. 1; Naval Medical Research Institute; Office of the Surgeon General, US Army
Looks at the physiological and psychological changes that occur in combat personnel as a result of combat stress. Preliminary report of a field research consisting of: an analysis of blood and urine specimens showing definite physiological changes...
Ritter, Scott Ritter; Robertson, Ken; Treon, Bill; Tweedy, Ken
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur in veterans, regardless of exposure to various combat environments.
Veterans throughout the history of U.S. warfare display the symptoms and characteristics of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders. Prior...
This study identifies measures that can be taken by commanders to minimize the occurrence and impact of battlefield stress before and during combat. This is achieved through an examination of the writings of the classic military philosophers,...
This study investigates the development and effectiveness of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) psychological selection program. The OSS was created in response to the Second World War to collect intelligence, and to conduct espionage,...
Epps, Ronald J.
Haselhoff, Benard
Ramsey, Teddie
Tiller, Uictor C.
Thesis: Medical professionals claim that intensified incidents
can cause Critical Incident Stress Disorders (CISD); however, there
are indications that these disorders existed prior to the critical
incident.
Discussion: This research deals with...
Soldiers returning from service in the Global War on Terror may experience a high incidence of varying degrees of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). As such, the military leadership and society in general must, therefore, develop an in-depth...
Report includes data collected on staff procedures, training, organization, equipment, supply, tactics, and techniques with particular attention to infantry matters. The report covers the period 3 March 1945 to 9 April 1945. It is based on...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
This monograph discusses offensive indirect fire tactics and their relationship to extreme fear responses. It examines the nature and causes of a specific, immediate, and debilitating fear response called the Combat Stress Reaction (CSR)....
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is becoming an important topic for military leaders as the two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue. The diagnosis of PTSD in Soldiers returning from the battlefields is increasing at an alarming rate. Despite...
This monograph addresses the question of whether admitting openly homosexual persons into the military affects readiness. Homosexuality and the effect on military readiness has been a volatile issue since President Bill Clinton pledged to remove...
Stress and stressors are an inherent part of warfare because of the violence, the physical conditions, and duration of operations. It has been studied and documented that some stresses are good for an individual because they improve performance....