OBJECTIVE Despite advances in our understanding of mental health issues among military forces, a large proportion of military personnel continue to exhibit deployment-related psychological issues. Recent work has identified symptoms of guilt and shame related to moral injury as contributing significantly to combat-related mental health issues. This systematic scoping review explores the associa...

As we commemorate the centenary of World War 1 and the offi cial withdrawal of UK military troops from Afghanistan, the fate of former armed forces personnel has come into sharp focus once again. Most of the current generation of personnel who leave service make successful transitions back into civilian life. However, some personnel do not. A proportion will develop mental health problems, and ...

this essay with a historical look reviews the use of chemical weapons in the world wars i and ii and other limited wars before this imposed war against iran. then, it explains the international regulations on prohibition and non-proliferation of chemical weapons. regarding iran-iraq war, the use of these weapons against iranian military forces and civilians as well as iraqi people is discussed....

Information fusion is a key factor to enable Homeland security and military protection systems. Applications have to detect, track, classify and identify objects in real time. Sensor resources must be allocated to these objects of interest and the whole situation has to be analyzed concerning threats. Whenever necessary counter measures have to be initialized.

Military computer generated forces (CGFs) continue to increase in fidelity and breadth of capability, which has resulted in increasing adoption of these systems in military simulation environments in order to increase exercise fidelity. The success and fidelity of CGF software and data are making them increasingly popular targets for software piracy, reverse engineering, and other forms of misu...

Debates over how or how not to display intrinsically controversial subjects in a museum setting have been part of museum life for decades. And the Smithsonian Institution on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., has more often than not been a ‘flash point’ [1] for episodes ranging from the interwar controversy over the Langley Aerodrome and Wright Flyer, to the so-called ‘rerun of the Scopes t...

This article analyzes civil–military relations and the issue of civilian control through lens new managerialism. It illustrates that means mechanisms applied by governments to govern military actually shape its organization affect functions in ways not always acknowledged debate. We start illustrating gradual introduction management reforms Swedish Armed Forces growing focus on audit evaluation...