BACKGROUND Tobacco use is a major cause of chronic disease, disability and death among military personnel and veterans. However, civilian public health and tobacco control advocates have been relatively silent on the issue. Research on the tobacco industry shows a long history of interference in military tobacco policy through relationships with the United States (US) Congress. The military can...

OBJECTIVE Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of nontraumatic morbidity and mortality in military personnel. Most studies of the psychosocial impact of CAD have dealt with civilian populations. The purpose of this paper is to highlight differences between military and civilian populations with CAD in 4 areas: depression and anxiety, social support, return to work, and stress. METHO...

ABSTRACT This paper presents a solid normative approach in military ethics, which justifies the rule of law constitutional regime capable fixing proper role Armed Forces Brazil. Deploying this ethical framework, it analyzes relevant literature, especially authors who defend civilian supremacy for good functioning democratic society. Afterwards, some models civil-military relations are introduce...

The relationship between the president and military chief (known as Panglima) can be a useful proxy for understanding state of civil-military relations in Indonesia. This research note argues that, under President Joko Widodo, democratic norms have been further eroded with selection Panglima becoming increasingly politicised, rather than being guided by operational or service rotation needs. Al...

The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 put extreme pressures on the relations between the American defense and decision-making apparatuses. While the military pushed for a military intervention, President Kennedy and his advisors wished to safeguard nonmilitary options. The tensions between the two systems can be analyzed in terms of communication systems with different rationalities: whereas the pol...

Despite significant interest in the welfare of military service members and their families, there has been little scientific research on their household financial situations. More specifically, to the author’s knowledge, there have been very few comparative analyses between military members and their civilian counterparts, between members of the different military services or between different ...

Civil-military relations are characterized by a fundamental dilemma. To lower coup risk, leaders frequently empower the military, which satisfies armed forces with status quo and enables them to fight against threats challenging civilian leadership. Simultaneously, too powerful military itself constitutes potential threat that is capable of overthrowing government. Our research adds this debate...

By combining the dialectical and systemic structural method, purpose of article was to determine peculiarities in differences between service National Police Ukraine Military Public Order Service. As for their practical significance, there are three main types service: civilian, militarized specialized. It is shown that Ukraine, like Service, a state service, but Service purely military "parami...

OBJECTIVES SLAP (superior labrum anterior and posterior) lesions are a recognised cause of shoulder pain and instability. They can occur following a direct blow, biceps traction and compression injuries, and are commonly seen in overhead athletes. Military personnel are physically active and often subjected to trauma. We assessed the incidence of SLAP lesions within a military population presen...

Nitrogen dioxide exposure occurs in many civilian occupations as well as during military combat. Little interaction has occurred between the two communities in regards to the exchange of information about NO2 research. This presentation provides an overview of NO2 related epidemiology; available research models and issues of particular interest to both the civilian and military sectors; clinica...