Automated Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) is a requirement for advanced military aircraft. PHM is the key to achieving true condition-based maintenance. PHM processing strategies include modules for the processing of known nominal and fault conditions. However in real operations there will also occur faults and other off-nominal operations that were never anticipated nor ever encountere...

Recent closure or loss of overseas bases and assets now requires a greater dependence on deploying forces from the continental United States (CONUS), thus requiring efficient deployment planning. At the same time, widely scattered and increasingly numerous low-scale operations result in a greater pace of military deployments than ever before. Deploying from home station directly into theaters t...

Wildlife–aircraft collisions (wildlife strikes) with civilian and military aircraft pose notable risks and economic losses. The 4 military services within the U.S. Department of Defense maintain records regarding wildlife strikes with military aircraft. Although rotary-wing aircraft operations comprise important mission components within all 4 military services, no assessment of wildlife strike...

FeatuReS | 33 American-led interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan are drawing to an end and the political climate inside the Beltway has turned decidedly hostile toward large deployments of U.S. troops and civilians overseas. Consequently, stability operations have dropped off the radar for many analysts and commentators. The policy community that once feverishly tackled questions over how to st...

The increasing complexity of today’s information environment is reflected in the increasing complexity of military operations. A brief look at the evening news reveals organizational and technological complexity that was unheard-of even a generation ago: Improved explosive devices detonated via cel phones; unmanned vehicles both ground and air; handheld communication devices on virtually every ...

Recent military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have involved multiple deployments and significant combat exposure, resulting in high rates of mental health problems. However, rates of treatment-seeking among military personnel are relatively low, and the military environment poses several obstacles to engaging in effective clinical interventions. The current paper first reviews barriers and...

Biotechnology has an increasingly extensive use for military purposes. With the upcoming age of biotechnology, military operations are depending more on biotechnical methods. Judging from the evolving law of the theory of command, the command of biotechnology is feasible and inevitable. The report discusses some basic characteristics of modern theories of command, as well as the mature possibil...

Since 1991, the U.S. Department of Defense has conducted deployment occupational and environmental health surveillance activities in the geographic combatant commands for major conflicts, military exercises, and humanitarian and peace-building missions. The DoD has made significant improvements in documenting and assessing deployment environmental hazards and threats since 1991, illustrated by ...