This paper will document the development of the Combat Identification (CombatID) System. The CombatID System was designed to create a platform agnostic payload that could be attached to any fielded Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) to assist the Soldier in contingency basing operations. This paper will describe the approach taken to develop the system and provide a detailed description of the syste...

Traumatic Brain Injury. ● Relationship provisions, self-efficacy and youth well-being in military families. ● Relationship provisions, self-efficacy and youth well-being in military families. ● Longitudinal determinants of mental health treatment-seeking by US soldiers. and depressive symptoms. ● Meta-analysis of risk factors for secondary traumatic stress in therapeutic work with trauma victim...

BACKGROUND Among military personnel alcohol consumption and binge-drinking have increased but cigarette smoking has declined in the recent past. Although there is a strong association between smoking and PTSD the association between combat exposure and smoking is not clear. METHODS This cross sectional study was carried out among representative samples of SLN Special Forces and regular forces...

OBJECTIVES To assess the distribution and risk factors of depleted uranium uptake in military personnel who had taken part in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. METHODS Sector field inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SF-ICP-MS) was used to determine the uranium concentration and (238)U/(235)U isotopic ratio in spot urine samples. The authors collected urine samples from four groups iden...

ED FROM MacManus D, Dean K, Jones M, et al. Violent offending by UK military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan: a data linkage cohort study. Lancet 2013;381:907–17. Correspondence to: Dr Deidre MacManus, Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Kings College London, Institute of Psychiatry, P 23, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AE, UK; [email protected] Sources of...

Combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common among returning veterans, and is a serious and debilitating disorder. While highly effective treatments involving trauma exposure exist, difficulties with engagement and early drop may lead to sub-optimal outcomes. Mindfulness training may provide a method for increasing emotional regulation skills that may improve engagement in trau...

OBJECTIVES Units deployed to armed conflicts are at high risk for exposure to combat events. Many battle casualties (BCs) have been reported in the recent deployment to Afghanistan. The long-term impact of these combat injuries, at their five-year end point, is currently unknown. To date, no systematic inventory has been performed of an identified group of BCs in comparison to non-injured servi...

BACKGROUND Interest in the mental health of women deployed to modern military campaigns is increasing, although research examining gender differences is limited. Little is known about experiences women have had on these deployments, or whether men and women respond differently to combat exposure. METHOD The current study used data from a representative sample of UK Armed Forces personnel to e...