Aerospace medicine and Project Mercury Navy participation.

Betting preferences and personality characteristics of Navy divers.

Criteria for design of the Mercury environmental control system, method of operation and results of manned system operation.

P R O J E C T MERCURY, under the direction of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, is the United States' effort to place a man in orbital space flight. The major requirements for the program include the Army Redstone and the Air Force Atlas boosters, the McDonnell Capsule the payload t and the ground complex which includes the pad operation, tracking stations and recovery system. ...

Naval Postgraduate School Monterey , California Mba Professional Report Navy Additive Manufacturing : Adding Parts , Subtracting Steps

This study examines additive manufacturing (AM) and describes its potential impact on the Navy’s Supply Chain Management processes. Included in the analysis is the implementation of 3D printing technology and how it could impact the Navy’s future procurement processes, specifically based on a conducted analysis of the automotive aerospace industry. Industry research and development has identifi...

The effects of an augmented and the standard recruit physical training program on fitness parameters.

An investigation was conducted to compare fitness changes elicited by standard Navy recruit physical training with a similar but more intense version of standard training. The sample population included 224 Navy recruits between the ages of 17-30 (means = 19.7 years) participating in 8-week Navy basic training at the Recruit Training Command, San Diego, CA. Subjects were drawn from three recrui...

A 6-month assessment of sleep during naval deployment: a case study of a commanding officer.

BACKGROUND Sleep deprivation is known to be a common problem in the U.S. Navy and has been documented using wrist-worn actigraphy in various operational studies that typically span 2 to 4 wk in duration. However, sleep patterns over an extended period of time have not been objectively measured. CASE REPORT This 6-mo study used actigraphy and the Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool (FAST) to qua...