This paper describes HICAP (Hierarchical Interactive Case-based Architecture for Planning), a general purpose planning architecture that we have developed and applied to assist military commanders and their staa with planning NEOs (Noncom-batant Evacuation Operations). HICAP integrates a hierarchical task editor, HTE, with a conversational case-based planning tool, NaCoDAE/HTN. In this applicat...

This paper addresses a new approach to the longstanding problem of interoperating military command and control with combat simulations. There is great potential benefit in such a capability, both for more effective training and as a “what if” capability during military operations. We describe the Battle Management Language, an unambiguous means of describing military operations to people, simul...

Lethal weaponry and tactics used by enemy forces in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom have resulted in complex multisystem injury patterns among US allied military personnel engaged in combat operations. Military medical personnel deployed in support of these campaigns have had to maintain a high degree of clinical skill to effectively render care to wounded combatants, a necessity ...

Western governments to legitimize a new and sometimes controversial security agenda. The use of humanitarian reasons to justify international military interventions, combined with the fact that the governments involved in these military operations are usually also the main financiers of the humanitarian system, has led to revived discussions among international humanitarian organizations and NG...

The relevance to the investigation stems from fact that during military operations in Ukraine there are psychological complications both among servicemen and population. most common type of is fear as one mysterious contradictory emotions. Formed process evolution a signal warning human reaction danger, often misinforms people about extent external danger. Fear complication powerful catalyst ph...

Appraisals of Russian military performance during the armed conflict with Georgia in August 2008 noted, among other deficiencies, poor performance in Information Warfare (IW). This led to calls in informed commentary for the creation of dedicated “Information Troops” within the Russian armed forces, whose duties would include what we would define as cyber operations. This stemmed from a percept...