Dissertations / Theses: 'Combat forces'

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Hevey, Sean M. Bible Timothy N. "Transforming army general purpose forces for simultaneous dissimilar operations." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2008/Dec/08Dec%5FHevey.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Gustaitis, Peter. "December 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 30, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-91). Also available in print.

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Wallace, L. Scott, Joshua P. Mock, and Michael D. Ruminski. "Combat Support Forces (1C6C) Naval Surface Forces requirements-based budget determination for Assault Craft Unit One." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10442.

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MBA Professional Report
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The purpose of this MBA professional report is to analyze the operational and maintenance requirements of Landing Craft Utility (LCU) vessels assigned to Assault Craft Unit One (ACU-1) in order to create a methodology in order to develop a requirements-based financial model. This research report analyzes the number of LCUs required to perform assigned tasks based upon maintenance schedules, deployment cycles and training evolutions. In addition, this research report compares expenditures made to the maintenance fund code, operating hours, and the number of craft deployed in order to explain past expenditures. From this, a model was developed that takes into consideration the operational requirements of LCUs to forecast the resources needed to support the craft.

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Mock, Joshua P. Ruminski Michael D. Wallace L. Scott. "Combat Support Forces (1C6C) Naval Surface Forces requirements-based budget determination for Assault Craft Unit One." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2009. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA501375.

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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, June 2009."
Advisor(s): Euske, Kenneth ; Mutty, John. "June 2009." "MBA professional report"--Cover. Description based on title screen as viewed on July 14, 2009. DTIC Identifiers: LCU (Landing Craft Units). Author(s) subject terms: Budget, Model, Requirements-based, LCU, ACU-1, 1C6C, NBG-1, OPTAR, Operational Availability Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76). Also available in print.

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Bessemer, William G. "Transitioning to Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2666.

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The Air Force is currently developing Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAV). The UCAV is projected for initial testing by 2010. However, after reviewing the Office of Secretary of Defense's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap for 2005 2030
obtaining squadrons of UCAVs will cost billions of dollars and require decades to produce. The United States cannot afford to wait decades for unmanned weapons. Technology is spreading fast. Third world countries without stable economies and non-state actors are able to obtain/develop sophisticated weapons that are capable of destroying tactical aircraft. With sophisticated weapons easily obtainable, the risk of losing people in air combat is increasing significantly and that in turn is creating a level playing field for potential U.S. adversaries. Unmanned weapons technology can help America retain its military edge. However, since unmanned warfare capability is still decades away and is a multi-billion dollar project, America needs a quick fix. This study will argue that the most effective way to decrease risk-of-life and budget costs is to introduce F-16 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) aircraft for combat. This thesis will answer the question: How can the government seize the unmanned aircraft advantages and decrease defense spending until the UCAV is operational? The answer to this question will illustrate how an effective F-16 UAS force can synchronize resources to properly complete UCAV development while instantly reducing risk of life.

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Essenpreis, Thomas R. "Beaming Electricity Via Relay Satellites in Support of Deployed Combat Forces." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/17361.

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The logistics required to supply military forces based in remote hostile territory can be onerous. A major component of those supplies is the fuel required to operate generators that provide electrical power. This research sought to determine the feasibility for a space-based system using wireless power transfer technology to relay power to a remote base from a location with a commercial grid. The two wireless power transfer methods examined in this research both use electro-magnetic radiation. One method operates in the part of the spectrum known as radio using high power transmitters and the other operates in the near infrared using lasers. These two methods were integrated into architectures and modeled and analyzed to determine which one was the more feasible. The result is that while both methods are possible the radio wireless power transfer method loses far more power from end to end than does the laser method and also needs to be in a far lower orbit in order to operate at all, requiring more spacecraft for global coverage. The laser based relay does have many challenges however including weather effects and safety concerns.

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Faulkner, Richard Shawn. "The school of hard knocks : combat leadership in the American expeditionary forces." Diss., Manhattan, Kan. : Kansas State University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/871.

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Wilson, Gregory Ray. "Modeling and evaluating U.S. Army special operations forces combat attrition using Janus(A)." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA306736.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1995.
"September 1995." Thesis advisor(s): Bard K. Mansager, W.G. Kemple. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Bailey, Keolani W. "The PLA's combat leadership system time for a change? /." Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA490883.

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Ng, Jianhao. "A systems engineering approach in providing air defense support to ground combat vehicle maneuver forces." Thesis, Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/45233.

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Ground combat vehicles are susceptible to aerial threats. During maneuver, the formation may be in unfamiliar territory and without established local air defense support. Mobile air defense may be required to increase the survivability of ground combat vehicles during movement. Depending on the air capability of the adversary and operation area, the required architecture of mobile air defense systems may vary. There is an identified capability gap for mobile air defense in the U.S. Armed Forces in operating environments with terrain. Using a systems engineering approach, this study looks into the stakeholder needs and functions required to fulfill this capability gap. In defining the physical architecture, there are many factors that could affect the design of a mobile air defense system. Physically addressing all permutations of the attributes would be onerous and inefficient. For an identified concept of operations, a design of experiment was used to expedite the assessment process by identifying significant design factors. The objective is to provide program managers with a mobile air defense system assessment framework. The framework currently utilizes indicative responses in lieu of inaccessible combat data. When used in conjunction with real data, the framework would help make the acquisition process more efficient.

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Kirby, Jeffrey L. "Transformational budget considerations in pursuit of the total fleet concept." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Jun%5FKirby%5FJeff.pdf.

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Muldoon, Richard C., KheeLoon “Richard” Foo, Hoi Kok “Daniel” Siew, Cheow Siang Ng, Victor Yeo, Teng Chye ”Lawrence” Lim, Chun Hock Sng, et al. "CROSSBOW REPORT (CROSSBOW VOLUME 1_." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7279.

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Includes supplementary material.
Published as received: "volume 1" only.
Distributing naval combat power into many small ships and unmanned air vehicles that capitalize on emerging technology offers a transformational way to think about naval combat in the littorals in the 2020 time frame. Project CROSSBOW is an engineered systems of systems that proposes to use such distributed forces to provide forward presence to gain and maiantain access, to provide sea control, and to project combat power in the littoral regions of the world. Project CROSSBOW is the result of a yearlong, campus-wide, integrated research systems engineering effort involving 40 student researchers and 15 supervising faculty members. This report (Volume I) summarizes the CROSSBOW project. It catalogs the major features of each of the components, and includes by reference a separate volume for each of the major systems (ships, aircraft, and logistics). It also prresents the results of the mission and campaign analysis that informed the trade-offs between these components. It describes certain functions of CROSSBOW in detail through specialized supporting studies. The student work presented here is technologically feasible, integrated and imaginative. The student project cannot by itself provide definitive designs or analyses covering such a broad topic. It does strongly suggest that the underlying concepts have merit and deserve further serious study by the Navy as it transforms itself.

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Johnston, Peter. "Culture, combat and killing : a comparative study of the British armed forces at war in the Falklands." Thesis, University of Kent, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.604009.

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This thesis utilises the direct memories of combat veterans to, explore the importance of issues such as culture and combat arena and role to the experience of combat and killing. By utilising oral history, in conjunction with retrospective memoirs and contemporary documentary sources, I have compiled and collated a variety of experience in order to illustrate how war impacts at the personal level, and the social bonds and processes that become essential in combat. The thesis explores the role of men in combat, how they related to the act of killing, and how that experience differed in various combat arenas, be it land, sea or air. It is a comparative study of the social and cultural forces present in the British armed forces, and how they mediated and dictated the combat and killing, by comparing the experiences of soldiers, sailors and airmen. The variety of experience has allowed one to analyse and identify salient trends in military culture, and the long-term consequences and enduring nature of these aspects of military life on the individual. The conflict analysed in this study is the Falklands War of 1982. While short in duration, as the last war fought by the British outside of an international coalition, it was a truly British conflict, and as such the attitudes and reactions to the experience of war were not clouded by external cultures. It also involved all three branches of the armed forces in direct combat, providing the opportunity to analyse how combat environments and weapons shape experience. Significantly, the war was also fought by professionals, who had joined the military in a time of peace. While considerable work has been done in analysing combat experience, it is predominately dedicated to the First and Second World Wars, instances where the majority of participants were civilians in uniform. Yet the experiences of professional servicemen at war were remarkably different and merit further study. This dissertation seeks to continue the trend of analysis of individual combat experience, but in contrast this research seeks to place the experience of the professional British serviceman in its proper context, alongside his historical predecessor, in order to help chart how the cultural responses to combat have changed over the twentieth century for those who have experienced it in all of the combat arenas.

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Grotelueschen, Mark Ethan. "The AEF way of war: the American army and combat in the First World War." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/569.

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Many scholars of the First World War have examined the European armies in new ways that have shown not only how those armies actually fought along the Western Front, but how they changed their ideas and methods over time, and why they fought the way they did. This dissertation does the same for the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF). It examines how four AEF divisions (the 1st, 2nd, 26th, and 77th) planned and conducted their battles, what they learned about modern combat in those battles, and how they adapted their doctrine, tactics, and other operational methods during the war. Although this dissertation describes AEF training and operations, its focus is on ideas and methods, and the changes in both during the war. It shows that when the United States joined the war in 1917, the U.S. Army was doctrinally unprepared for the industrial combat of the Western Front. It demonstrates that General John J. Pershing and other AEF leaders accepted this inadequate prewar doctrine, with only minor modification, as the official doctrine of the AEF. Many early American attacks suffered from these unrealistic ideas, which retained too much faith in the infantry rifleman on a battlefield dominated by artillery, machine guns, and barbed wire. However, this dissertation also shows that AEF divisions adjusted their doctrine, tactics, and other operational methods, as they fought. Experienced divisions prepared more comprehensive attack plans, employed more flexible infantry formations, and maximized firepower to seize limited objectives. Although some of these adaptations were accepted by senior officers at AEF General Headquarters (GHQ), the American First Army, and the various corps, the lessons seem to have been learned first, and best, by officers and men within the combat divisions. Often the extent of these changes reduced the operational relevance of senior officers at GHQ, including Pershing, many of whom failed to make the same doctrinal adjustments. In short, this study exposes the battle of ideas waged within the AEF, between those who adhered to the traditional, human-centered ideas of the prewar army and those who increasingly appreciated the modern, industrial ideas then prevalent in the European armies.

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Henning, Victor. "Jungle warfare : According to the Armed Forces theory of fundamental capabilities." Thesis, Försvarshögskolan, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-4004.

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Aujourd'hui, les conflits s'enflamment vite et peuvent devenir importants dans un court laps de temps. La tendance des armées occidentales est d'avoir une capacité de déploiement rapide et d'être en mesure de mener des opérations militaires quelque soit le type d’environnement afin de stopper un conflit s’initialisant. La capacité de se battre dans la jungle est donc plus actuelle que jamais. Mon travail est une analyse de données qualitatives du combat en jungle dans laquelle j’utilise les principes fondamentaux des forces armées suédoises1 afin de décomposer le sujet et d’obtenir un meilleur aperçu de la guerre dans la jungle. J'utilise également comme méthode l'observation participante en vue d’obtenir une meilleure compréhension de cette dernière. Mon travail est surtout basé sur le plan tactique afin de voir comment une section agit dans ce milieu. J’ai abouti à quatre conclusions: - Pour être en mesure de mener une guerre dans la jungle, vous devez être formé, acclimaté et préparé. Si vous ne l'êtes pas, votre pire ennemi sera la jungle elle-même. - Dans la jungle, la façon de faire guerre revient aux chefs de groupe et aux soldats plus que quiconque, en raison des courtes distances et des difficultés à poser un appui-feu. - Gagner les coeurs et les esprits2 des indigènes est la clé de la mobilité afin de recueillir des renseignements ainsi qu’une certaine autonomie. - Il est important d'avoir la suprématie aérienne et d’être en mesure d'utiliser les rivières, en raison de l'avantage gagné par l’utilisation des hélicoptères et des bateaux. En outre, l’ennemi aura un gros désavantage s’il ne peut pas les utiliser.

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Doty, James L. III. "“With A Little Help From Our Friends:” The Development of Combat Intelligence in the American Expeditionary Forces, 1917-1918." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275499860.

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McCarthy, Marjorie M. "An Exploration of Moral Injury as Experienced by Combat Veterans." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1474746080725332.

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Yang, Ang Information Technology &amp Electrical Engineering Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "A networked multi-agent combat model : emergence explained." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38823.

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Simulation has been used to model combat for a long time. Recently, it has been accepted that combat is a complex adaptive system (CAS). Multi-agent systems (MAS) are also considered as a powerful modelling and development environment to simulate combat. Agent-based distillations (ABD) - proposed by the US Marine Corp - are a type of MAS used mainly by the military for exploring large scenario spaces. ABDs that facilitated the analysis and understanding of combat include: ISAAC, EINSTein, MANA, CROCADILE and BactoWars. With new concepts such as networked forces, previous ABDs can implicitly simulate a networked force. However, the architectures of these systems limit the potential advantages gained from the use of networks. In this thesis, a novel network centric multi-agent architecture (NCMAA) is pro-posed, based purely on network theory and CAS. In NCMAA, each relationship and interaction is modelled as a network, with the entities or agents as the nodes. NCMAA offers the following advantages: 1. An explicit model of interactions/relationships: it facilitates the analysis of the role of interactions/relationships in simulations; 2. A mechanism to capture the interaction or influence between networks; 3. A formal real-time reasoning framework at the network level in ABDs: it interprets the emergent behaviours online. For a long time, it has been believed that it is hard in CAS to reason about emerging phenomena. In this thesis, I show that despite being almost impossible to reason about the behaviour of the system by looking at the components alone because of high nonlinearity, it is possible to reason about emerging phenomena by looking at the network level. This is undertaken through analysing network dynamics, where I provide an English-like reasoning log to explain the simulation. Two implementations of a new land-combat system called the Warfare Intelligent System for Dynamic Optimization of Missions (WISDOM) are presented. WISDOM-I is built based on the same principles as those in existing ABDs while WISDOM-II is built based on NCMAA. The unique features of WISDOM-II include: 1. A real-time network analysis toolbox: it captures patterns while interaction is evolving during the simulation; 2. Flexible C3 (command, control and communication) models; I 3. Integration of tactics with strategies: the tactical decisions are guided by the strategic planning; 4. A model of recovery: it allows users to study the role of recovery capability and resources; 5. Real-time visualization of all possible information: it allows users to intervene during the simulation to steer it differently in human-in-the-loop simulations. A comparison between the fitness landscapes of WISDOM-I and II reveals similarities and differences, which emphasise the importance and role of the networked architecture and the addition of strategic planning. Lastly but not least, WISDOM-II is used in an experiment with two setups, with and without strategic planning in different urban terrains. When the strategic planning was removed, conclusions were similar to traditional ABDs but were very different when the system ran with strategic planning. As such, I show that results obtained from traditional ABDs - where rational group planning is not considered - can be misleading. Finally, the thesis tests and demonstrates the role of communication in urban ter-rains. As future warfighting concepts tend to focus on asymmetric warfare in urban environments, it was vital to test the role of networked forces in these environments. I demonstrate that there is a phase transition in a number of situations where highly dense urban terrains may lead to similar outcomes as open terrains, while medium to light dense urban terrains have different dynamics

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Nguyen, Triet M. ""Little Consideration... to Preparing Vietnamese Forces for Counterinsurgency Warfare"? History, Organization, Training, and Combat Capability of the RVNAF, 1955-1963." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/23126.

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This dissertation is a focused analysis of the origins, organization, training, politics, and combat capability of the Army of the Republic of Viet Nam (ARVN) from 1954 to 1963, the leading military instrument in the national counterinsurgency plan of the government of the Republic of Viet Nam (RVN). Other military and paramilitary forces that complemented the army in the ground war included the Viet Nam Marine Corps (VNMC), the Civil Guard (CG), the Self-Defense Corps (SDC) and the Civil Irregular Defense Groups (CIDG) which was composed mainly of the indigenous populations in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. At sea and in the air, the Viet Nam Air Force (VNAF) and the Viet Nam Navy (VNN) provided additional layers of tactical, strategic and logistical support to the military and paramilitary forces. Together, these forces formed the Republic of Viet Nam Armed Forces (RVNAF) designed to counter the communist insurgency plaguing the RVN. This thesis argues the following. First, the origin of the ARVN was rooted in the French Indochina War (1946-1954). Second, the ARVN was an amalgamation of political and military forces born from a revolution that encompassed three overlapping wars: a war of independence between the Vietnamese and the French; a civil war between the Vietnamese of diverse social and political backgrounds; and a proxy war as global superpowers and regional powers backed their own Vietnamese allies who, in turn, exploited their foreign supporters for their own purposes. Lastly, the ARVN failed not because it was organized, equipped, and trained for conventional instead of counterinsurgency warfare. Rather, it failed to assess, adjust, and adapt its strategy and tactics quickly enough to meet the war’s changing circumstances. The ARVN’s slowness to react resulted from its own institutional weaknesses, military and political problems that were beyond its control, and the powerful and dangerous enemies it faced. The People’s Army of Viet Nam (PAVN) and the People’s Liberation Armed Forces (PLAF) were formidable adversaries. Not duplicated in any other post-colonial Third World country and led by an experienced and politically tested leadership, the Democratic Republic of Viet Nam (DRVN) and the National Front for the Liberation of Southern Viet Nam (NFLSVN) exploited RVN failures effectively. Hypothetically, there was no guarantee that had the US dispatched land forces into Cambodia and Laos or invaded North Vietnam that the DRVN and NFLSVN would have quit attacking the RVN. The French Far East Expeditionary Corps (FFEEC)’ occupation of the Red River Delta did not bring peace to Cochinchina, only a military stalemate between it and the Vietnamese Liberation Army (VLA). Worse yet, a US invasion potentially would have unnerved the People’s Republic of China (PRC) which might have sent the PLAF to fight the US in Vietnam as it had in Korea. Inevitably, such unilateral military action would certainly provoke fierce criticism and opposition amongst the American public at home and allies abroad. At best, the war’s expansion might have bought a little more time for the RVN but it could never guarantee South Vietnam’s survival. Ultimately, RVN’s seemingly endless political, military, and social problems had to be resolved by South Vietnam’s political leaders, military commanders, and people but only in the absence of constant PAVN and PLAF attempts to destroy whatever minimal progress RVN made politically, militarily, and socially. The RVN was plagued by many problems and the DRVN and NFLSVN, unquestionably, were amongst those problems.

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Lee, Youngjae. "Effects of Fall Technique Training on Impact Forces when Falling from Standing." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89931.

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As falls and fall-related injuries are a major cause of injuries, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether, and to what extent, the stage combat fall technique training could reduce the impact forces of falls from standing. Twenty-six healthy young adults (14 males and 12 females) participated in our study, and were randomly assigned to either a training group or non-training (control) group. Both groups completed a pre-intervention and a post-intervention fall testing session, separated by two weeks, in which they performed naturalistic falls. The training group performed identical pre-intervention fall testing as the control group, and was then required to receive four 1-hour training sessions in the course of two weeks, led by a certified stage combat fall technique training instructor. The training group then completed a post-intervention fall testing session where they performed naturalistic falls and also falls using the fall technique they learned. Falls were induced in both forward and backward directions using a tether-release protocol. Differences between control and training groups at pre-training, and group differences in the change in dependent measures with training, were examined using Mann-Whitney U tests. The results showed that, following stage-combat fall training, the training group exhibited 32% and 35% reduction in median impact forces for forward and backward falls respectively, while the control group exhibited 5% and 2% reductions (p = 0.002 and <0.001). In addition, the training group showed shorter backward fall duration as well as longer impact time, larger impulse, and longer or larger center-of-pressure based measures for both directions of falling than the control group. However, training was not associated with reduced impact force during the naturalistic falls of the training group. To our knowledge, this was the first study to investigate the stage combat fall technique training and demonstrate its effectiveness as an intervention to reduce impact forces of falls, thereby exploring the potential to reduce the number of fall-related injuries. While these falls were induced from standing, whether these results would transfer to an unanticipated fall while walking due to a slip/trip remain to be explored.
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As falls and fall-related injuries are a major cause of injuries, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether, and to what extent, the stage combat fall technique training could reduce the impact forces of falls from standing. Twenty-six healthy young adults (14 males and 12 females) participated in our study, and were randomly assigned to either a training group or non-training (control) group. Both groups completed a pre-intervention and a post-intervention fall testing session, separated by two weeks, in which they performed naturalistic falls. The training group was required to receive four 1-hour training sessions in the two-week intervention period, led by a certified stage combat fall technique training instructor. The training group then completed a post-intervention fall testing session where they performed naturalistic falls and also falls using the fall technique they learned. The results showed that, following stage-combat fall training, the training group exhibited nearly a 1/3rd reduction in impact forces for both forward and backward falls, while the control group only exhibited 5% and 2% reductions respectively. Our analysis also showed that the training group achieved this reduction in impact force by increasing the impact time and spreading out their bodies more, to distribute the impact over a larger area. To our knowledge, this was the first study to investigate the stage combat fall technique training and demonstrate its effectiveness as an intervention to reduce impact forces of falls, thereby exploring the potential to reduce the number of fall-related injuries.

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Buttsworth, Sara. "Body count : the politics of representing the gendered body in combat in Australia and the United States." University of Western Australia. History Discipline Group, 2003. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2004.0023.

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This thesis is an exploration of the construction of the gendered body in combat in the late twentieth century, in Australia and the United States of America. While it is not a military history, aspects of military history, and representations of war and warriors are used as the vehicle for the analysis of the politics of representing gender. The mythic, the material and the media(ted) body of the gendered warrior are examined in the realms of ‘real’ military histories and news coverage, and in the ‘speculative’ arena of popular culture. Through this examination, the continuities and ruptures inherent in the gendered narratives of war and warriors are made apparent, and the operation of the politics of representing gender in the public arena is exposed. I have utilised a number of different approaches from different disciplines in the construction of this thesis: feminist and non-feminist responses to women in the military; aspects of military histories and mythologies of war specific to Australia and the United States; theories on the construction of masculinities and femininities; approaches to gender identity in popular news media, film and television. Through these approaches I have sought to bring together the history of women in the military institutions of Australia and the United States, and examine the nexus between the expansion of women’s military roles and the emergence of the female warrior hero in popular culture. I have, as a result, analysed the constructions of masculinity and femininity that inform the ongoing association of the military with ‘quintessential masculinity’, and deconstructed the real and the mythic corporeal capacities of the gendered body so important to warrior identity. Regardless, or perhaps because of, the importance of gender politics played out in and through the representations of soldier identity, all their bodies must be considered speculative.

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Pulvertaft, Amelia. "Examining Discourses of Women in Ground Close Combat : How the potential for gender equality in the British Armed Forces has been limited by the construction of gender differences." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Tema Genus, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-166721.

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In 1997, 70% of British Armed Forces roles were opened to women. Women were still excluded from ground close combat (GCC) roles, where the primary purpose is to close in on and kill the enemy at short range, usually under 30 metres, using weaponry or hand to hand combat. Excluding women from GCC roles in the military was covered under Section 85(4) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975. In order to legally retain the exclusion, the European Community Equal Treatment Directive stipulated that a review of the role of women in certain ground close combat environments should be undertaken every eight years. In this study I will be using post-structural policy analysis to examine the ways the 2010 and 2016 reviews on women in ground close combat have constructed gender difference. The findings have shown that cohesion and physical capacity have been deemed essential to combat effectiveness, therefore in this study I argue that the subtexts of these “essential” factors of combat are actively limiting the potential for gender equality in the British Armed Forces.

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Cline, John D. "Under new management : will America's dedicated CSAR Forces finally thrive in AFSOC? /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2004. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/04Dec%5FCline.pdf.

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Moorcroft, Harold Sean. "The relationship between experiences in the South African special forces and current levels of well-being and sense of coherence." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2006. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-05152007-144204.

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Stack, Wayne. "A New Zealand Style of Military Leadership? Battalion and Regimental Combat Officers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of the First and Second World Wars." Thesis, University of Canterbury. History, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10568.

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Abstract: This thesis examines the origins, selection process, training, promotion and general performance, at battalion and regimental level, of combat officers of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces of the First and Second World Wars. These were easily the greatest armed conflicts in the country’s history. Through a prosopographical analysis of data obtained from personnel records and established databases, along with evidence from diaries, letters, biographies and interviews, comparisons are made not only between the experiences of those New Zealand officers who served in the Great War and those who served in the Second World War, but also with the officers of other British Empire forces. During both wars New Zealand soldiers were generally led by competent and capable combat officers at all levels of command, from leading a platoon or troop through to command of a whole battalion or regiment. What makes this so remarkable was that the majority of these officers were citizen-soldiers who had mostly volunteered or had been conscripted to serve overseas. With only limited training before embarking for war, most of them became efficient and effective combat leaders through experiencing battle. Not all reached the required standard and those who did not were replaced to ensure a high level of performance was maintained within the combat units. Casualties were heavy among the battalion officers, especially with platoon commanders. The constant need for replacements during both wars led to the promotion of experienced non-commissioned officers from the ranks who had proven their leadership abilities in the turmoil of fighting on the front line. Such measures further enhanced the performance of the New Zealand divisions, where a team ethos, reflective of the character of New Zealand society, was embraced. The opportunities for promotion on merit at all levels, regardless of previous civilian social class or occupation, provided a sense of egalitarianism seldom found in professional military forces. This, together with the familiarity between the officers and other ranks within the regional-based infantry battalions that formed the foundations of the forces, led to a preferred style of leadership that the New Zealanders responded well to. It was these officers who provided this leadership in the cauldron of battle who helped forge the expeditionary forces into elite fighting formations.

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Benson, Kathleen M. "Suicide Resilience Among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans: Sense of Coherence as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Traumatic Experiences and Suicidality." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1381007889.

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Dickey, Scott. "Brigade aviation element : providing the brigade combat team with the ability to plan and synchronize aviation assets into the ground commander's scheme of maneuver /." Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College, 2007. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA471279.

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Veldtman, Sazi Livingston. "Gender discrimination in the SANDF : women as combat soldiers in the South African Army with reference to the Western Province Command." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52283.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: As early as the unification of South Africa in 1910 enforced discrimination in the military has been an issue that affected both race and gender. The advent of democracy in South Africa has brought fundamental changes in spheres of governance. One of these changes is the transformation of the public service of which the Department of Defence, in particular the South African National Defence Force, is part. The constitutional and judicial imperatives stipulated to the government departments to be representative of the demographic composition of the population of South Africa. The Department of Defence has provided a policy on equal opportunity and affirmative action to redress the racial and gender imbalances of the past, to protect individual and groups against unfair discrimination andto work towards achievement of employment equity. The study seeks to establish the extent and influence of gender discrimination in the South African National Defence with particular reference to the SA Army's Western Province Command. To achieve this, the attitude of the middle and top management of the WP Command towards the utilisation or employment of women in combat roles were assessed. The study also investigated whether the mentioned management does encourage women to be involved or participate in combat roles. Data was collected from respondents by means of a structured questionnaire consisting of 58 questions (plus 8 unstructured questions). The sample was drawn from the SA Army's WP Command and the focus was on middle and top management. Findings of the study indicate that the SA Army's WP Command's middle and top management supports the equality of men and women in general, but is reluctant to allow women to participate in combat roles side by side with their male counterparts. Although there seems to be an understanding and support for the policies of addressing equal opportunities, traditional cultural beliefs or stereotypes about women still shape and influence the acceptance and the non-acceptance of women in combat roles Finally, recommendations highlight issues of consideration when drafting policy vis-a-vis the utilisation of women as combat soldiers.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Reeds so vroeg as Uniewording van Suid Afrika in 1910 was geforseerde diskriminasie binne die weermag 'n kwessie wat beide ras en geslag beïnvloed het. Die totstandkoming van 'n demokrasie in Suid Afrika het fundamentele veranderinge in die sfeer van Staatsbestuur te weeg gebring. Een van hierdie veranderinge het betrekking op die transformasie van die staatsdiens, waarvan die Suid Afrikaanse Nasionale Weermag 'n deel is. Daar rus 'n konstitusionele en juridiese verpligting op staatsdepartmente om die demografiese samestelling van die bevolking van Suid Afrika te weerspieel. Die Department van Verdediging het 'n beleid van gelyke geleenthede en regstellende optrede ontwikkelom die rasse- en geslagsongelykhede van die verlede aan te spreek. Die beleid poog om individue en groepe teen onregverdige diskriminasie te beskerm en om billikheid in die werksomgewing te verseker. Hierdie studie poog om die omvang en invloed van geslagsdiskriminasie in die Suid- Afrikaanse Nasionale .Weermag te bepaal, met spesifieke verwysing na Kommandement Westelike Provinsie in die Suid-Afrikaanse Leer. Ten einde die omvang en invloed te bepaal is die houdings van middel- en topbestuur van Kommandement WP beoordeel met betrekking tot die aanwending of benutting van vrouens in 'n gevegsrol. Die studie poog om te bepaal of genoemde bestuurders vrouens aanmoedig om betrokke te raak by, of deel te neem in 'n gevegsrol. Data insameling het geskied deur middel van 'n gestruktureerde vraelys wat 58 vrae bevat het (Daar was ook 8 ongestruktureerde vrae ingesluit). Die steekproef is getrek uit lede van die Suid Afrikaanse Leer verbonde aan Kommandement Westelike Provinsie, met die spesifieke fokus op middel- en topbestuur. Bevindings van die studie dui daarop dat middel- en topbestuur van Kommandement Westelike Provinsie (SA Leer) oor die algemeen gelykheid tussen mans en dames ondersteun. Hulle is egter onwillig om vrouens toe te laat om sy aan sy met hul manlike eweknie in 'n gevegsrol te funksioneer. Alhoewel dit blyk dat daar begrip en steun bestaan vir die beleid wat gelyke geleenthede voorskryf, bepaal tradisionele kulturele oortuigings of stereotipes met betrekking tot vroue steeds die aanvaarding of nie-aanvaarding van vrouens in 'n gevegsrol. Die finale aanbeveling beklemtoon dat daar sekere kwessies is wat oorweging moet geniet wanneer 'n beleid ten opsigte van die benutting van vroue as soldate in 'n gevegsrol, opgestel word.

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Cnossen, Christine Lisa. "Token or full member of the team? : an examination of the utilization and status of women in combat arms positions in the armed forces of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America." Thesis, University of Hull, 1994. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:3491.

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It is argued in this thesis that because of the androcentric nature of the military institution women in combat arms positions in the armed forces of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America are or will be tokens. In order to investigate and support the hypothesis several areas of literature had to be examined and interviews undertaken with military policy-makers/advisers, recruiters and retired female brigadier generals.Chapter One examines the broad body of literature in the field of military sociology. This chapter details the history of the evolution of the military from a mercenary force to mass armies sustained by conscription through to all-volunteer forces. It also exammes the effect of technology on the military, the changing role of the military in society, and theories of occupationalization versus the institutionalization/professionalization of the armed forces.Chapter Two examines and critiques the notions of inherent female pacifism and inherent male aggression expounded within some of the feminist literature. By detailmg a cross-cultural history of women warriors and female combatants the aforementioned notions are dismissed as untenable. Chapter Three continues with a presentation of the history of the utilization of women in the armed forces of the three countries from their first unofficial presence as "camp-followers" to the present day expanded roles in combat positions.In Chapter Four the theories of tokenism utilized in this thesis are detailed. This chapter presents and assesses the definitions of "token" and "tokenism". A review of the literature of women in male-dominated occupations and women in the military as "tokens" is also undertaken.The fifth chapter details the methodology utilized in this thesis. The fieldwork and questionnaire developmental processes, the interview questionnaires, details of the respondents and the locations of the interviews, and problems encountered in the research are presented.Chapter Six involves a presentation of the results of the interviews with military policymakers/ advisers, recruiters and retired female general officers. The results are presented on a person-by-person basis followed by overall generalizations and generalizations based on country and occupational category all of which provide the impetus for the supporting of the hypothesis.It is in the eighth chapter that theory is applied to practice in that the theories and definitions of tokens and tokenism are applied to the results of the interviews and supplemented by defence document studies to support the hypothesis that because of the androcentric nature of the military institution women in combat arms positions in the armed forces of Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States of America are or will be tokens.

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Morse, Troy C. "Optimization of combat logistics force required to support major combat operations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2008. http://bosun.nps.edu/uhtbin/hyperion-image.exe/08Sep%5FMorse.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2008.
Thesis Advisor(s): Carlyle, W. Matthew. "September 2008." Description based on title screen as viewed on October 31, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 47-48). Also available in print.

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Harris, Sinclair M. "Comparison of three Combat Logistic Force models." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from the National Technical Information Service, 1989. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/1989/Mar/89Mar_Harris.pdf.

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Shinskie, Shannon L. "Reassessing the Individual Ready Reserve's role in the Marine Corps Total Force." Quantico, VA : Marine Corps Command and Staff College, 2008. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA490848.

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Salzer, David H. "Combat logistics force sizing to ensure endurance reliability." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1995. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA305963.

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Diaz, Andres. "Heuristics in Global Combat Logistics Force Operational Planning." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/5456.

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The United States Navy (USN) globally deploys to protect and sustain a peaceful international system of interdependent trade, information and social networks through a spectrum of capabilities, including humanitarian aid missions, multinational engagement, maritime domain awareness, and combat operations. In order to sustain maritime forces at sea, the Combat Logistics Force (CLF) provides logistical support via Underway Replenishments (UNREP) that maximizes deployed battle group on-station-time and endurance. We present an operational planning tool that uses a heuristic algorithm to plan Combat Logistics Force shuttle ship schedules to support forward deployed U.S. Navy battle groups operating globally. This algorithm prioritizes each battle group's replenishment requirements based on supply and determines an effective Combat Logistics Force shuttle ship pairing to execute at-sea replenishment. This determination is based on a variety of factors including range between shuttle ship and battle group, on hand commodity levels, and shuttle availability. The Replenishment-At-Sea schedules provided by the heuristic are face-valid, and can be used as initial feasible solutions for more complex and time-consuming algorithms.

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Diaz, Andres. "Heuristics in global combat logistic force operational planning." Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://edocs.nps.edu/npspubs/scholarly/theses/2010/Mar/10Mar%5FDiaz%5FAndres.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2010.
Thesis Advisor(s): Carlyle, W. Matthew. Second Reader: Burson, Patrick. "March 2010." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 26, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Optimization, Navy Logistics, Operational Logistics, Navy Mission Planner, Combat Logistics Force Planner, Ship Scheduling, Optimization Decision Aid, Combat Logistics Force, Heuristics. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53). Also available in print.

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Jacobi, Loren, Rick Campbell, Chee Nam Chau, Chin Chuan Ong, Szu Hau Tan, Hock Hin Cher, Cory Alexander, et al. "Tailorable Remote Unmanned Combat Craft." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/15434.

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U.S. military and civilian vessels are critically vulnerable to asymmetric threats in littoral environments. Common asymmetric weapons such as Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles (ASCM), Low Slow Flying (LSF) aircraft and Fast Attack Craft (FAC) / Fast Inshore Attack Craft (FIAC) threaten U.S. strategic goals and can produce unacceptable losses of men and material. The SEA-18B team presents an operational concept for a family of Unmanned Surface Vessels USV) capable of defending ships from asymmetric swarm attacks. This USV, the Tailorable Remote Unmanned Combat Craft (TRUCC), can operate in concert with the next generation of capital surface vessels to combat this critical threat with maximum efficiency. Critical performance criteria of the TRUCC family were determined through agent-based simulation of a Straits of Hormuz Design Reference Mission. Additional models addressed ship synthesis and operational availability. A Technology and Capability Roadmap outlines areas of interest for investment and development of the next-generation USV. Interim technology and capability milestones in the Roadmap facilitate incremental USV operational capabilities for missions such as logistics, decoy operations and Mine Warfare. The TRUCC operational concept fills a critical vulnerability gap. Its employment will reduce combat risk to our most valuable maritime assets: our ships and our Sailors.

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Babilot, Michael. "Comparison of a Distributed Operations force to a traditional force in urban combat /." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Sep%5FBabilot.pdf.

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Babilot, Michael J. "Comparison of a Distributed Operations force to a traditional force in urban combat." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/2017.

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uction efforts. This thesis explores whether a DO is suitable for urban combat operations by analyzing the results of simulations created in Map Aware Non-uniform Automata (MANA). The employment of a DO is compared to employment of a traditional Marine infantry platoon in an urban combat scenario based upon data obtained from Operation al-Fajr, conducted in Fallujah, Iraq, in November 2004. The study also examines the effects caused by varying the terrain to that of Range 200, constructed at the Marine Air Ground Training Command, Twentynine Palms, California. Modeling insights, obtained by surveying Marines with urban combat experience in Iraq, tie into the research effort. This research indicates that the DO is marginally more effective than a Traditional Platoon in urban combat. DO also shows a greater sensitivity to combat outcomes due to urban density, and produced significantly better results in terrain with a lesser density of urban structures.

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Wilson, K. Craig. "Using marginal analysis to load Combat Logistics Force (CLF) ships." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA293136.

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Thesis (M.S. in Management) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1994.
Thesis advisor(s): Paul J. Fields, Katsuaki L. Terasawa. "December 1994." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

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Mock, Philip J. "Measuring Combat Logistics Force (CLF) Adequacy in Supporting Naval Operations." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6837.

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We uses the existing outputs of the Combat Logistics Force (CLF) Planner tool to (1) assess the minimum level of support required for a specified force in a multi-stage naval combat scenario and (2) compare CLF adequacy, surplus mission capability, and logistics shortfalls that a minimum level of support provides to combat forces of varying compositions. We examine the potential impact of the transition from a traditional nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike group to a more distributed conventionally-powered one. We find that the logistical demands of a small conventionally powered carrier strike group with comparable striking power require significant increases in CLF end strength, and therefore that logistical supportability must be an integral part of future fleet planning.

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DeGrange, Walter C. "Optimizing global Combat Logistics Force support for Sea Base Operations /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2005. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/05Mar%5FDeGrange.pdf.

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Nilsson, Josefine. "Veteransoldatutredningen : en granskning av dess förslag till förbättring i frågan om psykisk ohälsa." Thesis, Swedish National Defence College, Swedish National Defence College, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-150.

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14 juni 2007 beslutade regeringen att tillkalla en särskild utredare med uppdrag att utforma förslag till en svensk veteranpolitik, som skulle innefatta ansvaret för personalen före, under och efter internationella militära insatser. Utredningen, som tog namnet Veteransoldatutredningen, lämnade i oktober 2008 sitt slutbetänkande. Syftet med denna uppsats var att kritiskt granska utredningens förslag till förbättring i frågan om psykologisk ohälsa, stressprevention, inför insats och med utgångspunkt i litteraturen försöka förutsäga om förslaget skulle komma att ge effekt

Metodvalen i denna uppsats har utgjorts av kvalitativ textanalys samt deskription. Tyngdpunkten i essän ligger i att definiera stressreaktioner samt åtgärder för stressprevention. Därefter följer analysen för att kunna se om det finns en förankring i aktuell forskning, och mot slutet granskas om förslagen kommer att ge effekt.

I uppsatsen söktes svar på följande frågeställningar:

- Finns det en förankring i förslagen från Veteransoldatutredningen i aktuell forskning med inriktning på preventiva åtgärder?

- Är det rimligt att anta att med stöd av aktuell forskning att förslagen kan förebygga psykisk ohälsa efter internationell insats?

De viktigaste slutsatserna som har dragits från denna studie är:

Förslagen från veteransoldatutredningen finns till del förankrade i aktuell litteratur. De förslag som väntas kunna förebygga psykisk ohälsa efter internationell insats är som följer.

- En förbättrad och mer effektiv rekrytering genom större personlig kontakt medger en noggrannare rekrytering som gör att man får rätt människor, på rätt plats med godkända vitsord samt psykisk lämplighet och detta minskar i sin tur risken för stressreaktioner.

- Utökad och bättre information till allmänheten från den politiska ledningen och från Försvarsmakten om missioner minskar förhoppningsvis samhällets opposition genom att öka förståelsen för Försvarsmakten och dess uppgifter. Detta nedbringar i sin tur den kumulativa stress i soldatens vardag p g a externa stressorer från samhälle och media.

- Ytterligare utbildning i mänskliga rättigheter och krigets lagar bidrar till att skapa trygghet i vad soldater får - och inte får - göra. Genom dylik utbildning kan frustrationen, som uppstår då soldaterna inte vet hur de skall hantera specifika situationer, minskas.

This essay - Veteransoldatutredningen – a review of its proposals for improving the matter of mental ill-health – is written by cadet Josefine Nilsson. The aim is to study the Veteransoldatutredning’s suggestions for improvement when it comes to e.g. stress prevention and psychological ill-health ahead on an international mission.

The methods used are description and trial of a hypothesis. Through a study of the immediate literature and by analyzing the proposals, my conclusions are that an improved and more efficient recruitment allows for a more accurate recruitment; increased and better information to the public from the political body and from the Armed Forces will reduce external stress that the soldiers sometime feel, and also that additional education in human rights and the law of war contributes to create a security in what the soldiers can, and can not do.

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Poindexter, Kenneth M. "Private contracting of U.S. Air Force combat capabilities in future conflicts." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/10675.

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This thesis examines the increasing role and growing dependence on private military companies (PMCs) by the U.S. government, in particular, the U.S. Air Force (USAF). It highlights potential areas of concern when using PMCs to provide combat capabilities, and offers possible solutions for solving or mitigating these problems in future conflicts. The main argument of this thesis is that the role of PMCs has become blurred with traditional governmental functions, and that their use in future conflicts should be evaluated based on monetary, personnel, and material savings for the USAF and its abilities to balance international and domestic political needs and objectives, while accomplishing its national security mission. This thesis will answer the following questions: How does the USAF use PMCs in aspects of control, oversight, and accountability during conflicts, and what are the main challenges for the USAF concerning contracting PMCs to provide combat capability?

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Tadié, Benoît. "L'expérience moderniste anglo-américaine (1908-1922) : formes, idéologies, combats." Paris 3, 1994. http://www.theses.fr/1994PA030110.

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L'objet de la these est d'etudier certains auteurs d'expression anglaise, dits modernistes - notamment t. S. Eliot, t. E. Hulme, james joyce, wyndham lewis, ezra pound, william carlos williams -, en cherchant a les envisager comme un groupe et a redefinir, a partir de ce groupe, la notion de modernisme. Ce travail se divise en trois parties. Dans la premiere, intitulee "echanges et revendications", on etudie l'intervention des auteurs dans les revues ou ils ont commence a publier. On les confronte ainsi, non seulement les uns aux autres, mais a l'intelligentsia de l'epoque. Ce qui permet d'analyser l'activite et les revendications de groupes actiofs (l'imagisme, le vorticisme). Dans la deuxieme ("des auteurs sans autorite"), on etudie les strategies textuelles mises au point par les auteurs modernistes pour contester les modeles ideologiques dominants de l'epoque. Enfin, la troisieme partie ("les incertitudes du langage") a pour objet le traitement du langage propre aux textes modernistes, notamment dans son opposition entre l'universel et le dialectal, et cherche a analyser la perception de l'histoire qu'il vehicule
The aim of this thesis is to study a group of so-called "modernist" writers (such as t. S. Eliot, t. E. Hulme, james joyce, wyndham lewis, ezra pound, william carlos williams), and at the same time to redefine the very notion of modernism. This work is divided into three parts. In the first section, entitled "exchange and programs", we analyse the contribution of the authors to the little magazines of the time, thus comparing them, not only to one another, but also to the intelligentsia at large. This enables us to underline the importance of the activities and programs of aggressive groups (imagism and vorticism). In the second section ("authors without authority"), we center on the textual strategies used by modernist authors in order to criticize the ideological norms of the period. Finally, in the third part ("the uncertainties of language"), we study the particular use of language which characterises modernist texts (and particularly the opposition between dialects and the idea of a universal language), and analyse the perception

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Darnell, Karen M. "Analysis of weather forecast impacts on United States Air Force combat operations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Mar%5FDarnell.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Meteorology)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): Tom Murphree, David Smarsh. "March 2006." Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99). Also available online.

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Poser, Whitney McKenzie Larsen. "Strength and Rate of Force Development Needs for Effective Combat Casualty Evacuations." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28429.

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The purpose was to examine the necessary strength and rate of force development to complete a modified fireman?s carry in unweighted and weighted conditions. Eighteen male participants from North Dakota State Universities Army Reserve Officers Training Corp (ROTC) participated in this study. An isometric deadlift was performed on an AcuPower force plate to determine maximum peak force and rate of force development. The unweighted trial used a 75kg dummy, and the 50m course. The weighted trial added 9.09kg weight vests onto the dummy and the participant. Participants (n=13) that completed the fireman?s carry for both weighted and unweighted conditions had significantly (p <0.05) greater peak force (145 ? 17 kg) compared to participants (n=15) that could not complete both trials (109 ? 26 kg). Peak force significantly correlated to lean muscle mass (R=.51, p<0.05) Peak force is a positive predictor to determine soldier?s capability for combat casualty evacuation task.

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Menat, Candice. "Réflexions sur la guerre motorisée dans l'espace européen à travers la presse et la littérature militaire : étude comparative France-Allemagne-Grande-Bretagne, 1919-1935." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM1003.

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Par le biais d'une analyse exhaustive de la presse et de la littérature ouverte produite durant les années charnières 1919-1935 en France, en Allemagne et en Grande-Bretagne, on étudie chronologiquement le fonctionnement des canaux de transmission dans l'élaboration des doctrines d'emploi des forces motorisées. Les impasses tactiques de la Grande Guerre ont suscité l'invention d'armes nouvelles telles le char et l'avion utilisant la dynamique du moteur. On s'efforce de comprendre l'incidence sur les organisations militaires du rattachement des chars à telle ou telle arme. Contrastant avec le paradigme des fronts statiques cultivé par les Français vainqueurs, les penseurs militaires britanniques inaugurent une rupture dont les Allemands, tétanisés par l'idée de la revanche, tirent tout le parti possible dans les limites particulièrement strictes posées par le Traité de Versailles. On verra comment s'établit une éventuelle articulation entre les combats au sol et la guerre aérienne. On se propose de mesurer les échanges en utilisant notamment la grille de la technique, en s'interrogeant sur la capacité de certains officiers à imposer leurs idées dans un contexte politique et social donné. Dans le cadre de la progression différenciée vers la professionnalisation des armées en Europe, on suivra l'évolution de la relation de l'homme à la machine induite par la remise en cause du rôle de la cavalerie
Through an exhaustive analysis of newspapers and the literature within the public domain produced during the pivotal years 1919-1935 in France, in Germany and in Great Britain, we will chronologically study how transmission channels function in the development of doctrines on the use of motorized forces. During the Great War, tactical deadlocks led to the invention of new weapons like aeroplane and tank, using the dynamic of the engine. We will try to understand the impact on military organizations of the annexation of tanks to a particular army corps. Contrasting with the paradigm of static front lines promoted by the victorious French, British military decide to change tactics. The Germans, longing for revenge, get the most out of this innovation within the limits of the particularly strict clauses in the Treaty of Versailles. We will study how a potentially functional interaction has developed between ground and air battlefields. We will examine the exchanges using particularly the scale of technique, questioning the ability of some officers to impose their ideas in a given social and political framework. As part of the differentiated advancement of professionalization of the army in Europe, we will monitor developments regarding the 'human-machine' relationship driven by questioning the role of the cavalry

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LeMay, Malcolm B. "Intranet-based decision support for the Marine Air Ground Task Force Aviation Combat Element." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA354294.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1998.
Thesis advisor(s): Suresh Sridhar, Barry Frew. "September 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213). Also available online.

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Shenk, Michael L. "Development of a test mechanism for analyzing force attrition methodologies within aggregated combat simulations." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA348434.

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Thesis (M.S. in Applied Mathematics) Naval Postgraduate School, June 1998.
Thesis advisor(s): Bard K. Mansager, James G. Taylor. "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 61). Also available online.

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Lenhardt, Thomas A. "Evaluation of combat service support logistics concepts for supplying a USMC Regimental Task Force." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397174.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, Sept. 2001.
Thesis advisors: Buss, Arnold H. ; Bradley, Gordon H. "September 2001." Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-99). Also available online.

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Doyle, David E. "Evaluation of fleet ownership versus global allocation of ships in the Combat Logistics Force." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2006. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion/06Sep%5FDoyle.pdf.

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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 2006.
Thesis Advisor(s): W. Matthew Carlyle. "September 2006." Reproduced by NTIS : ADA456929 Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-77).

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