OBJECTIVE To examine factors associated with self-reported unintended weight change in (ex-) military personnel of the UK Armed Forces. DESIGN A cohort study whereby a self-report questionnaire was administered at baseline (2003-2005) and follow-up (2007-2009). PARTICIPANTS A total of 6352 former and serving military personnel of the UK Armed Forces. SETTING United Kingdom. MAIN OUTCOME...

Load carriage is an inevitable part of military life both during training and operations. Loads carried are frequently as high as 60% bodyweight, and this increases injury risk. In the military, load is carried in a backpack (also referred to as a Bergen) and webbing, these combined form a load carriage system (LCS). A substantial body of literature exists recording the physiological effects of...

Contemporary civil-military relations are marked by new social phenomena, by democratic movement evolution as well as by new emerging forms of threats and aggression. The traditional vision and mission of armed forces has to be changed. Transformation requires a complex process of learning and organizational changes that should create new capabilities and competencies. Army should develop its c...

BACKGROUND For years there has been a tremendous gap in our understanding of the mental health effects of deployment and the efforts by military forces at trying to minimize or mitigate these. Many military forces have recently systematized the mental support that is provided to support operational deployments. However, the rationale for doing so and the consequential allocation of resources ar...

operation kheibarin which the war engineering supporting of jihad played an important role is one of the major military operations in the eight-year war implemented in hawr al-azimarea in the winter of 1981 with the aim of achieving the basra-to-al-amara road. building a13-km floating bridge named kheibar as thewaterrearsof the units on the forward edge of battle area, construction a 14-km road...

For many hundred of years, military forces have included chaplains of various faiths. Although these personnel mainly concentrate on providing for the religious and spiritual needs of the armed forces, they also contribute to the mental health of service personnel. This article provides a historical overview of military chaplains, examines their contributions to the psychological health of alli...

since the victory of the islamic revolution in 1979 shiite islam has been adopted as state ideology in iran. this paper is concerned with the impact of islam on iranian strategic culture. more specifically, it examines the impact of islam on the manner iran employs force in self-defense. to shed light on the influence of ideology, the article has relied heavily on ayatollah khomeini's spee...