The mental health of the UK Armed Forces is a topic much debated by healthcare professionals, politicians and the media. While the current operations in Afghanistan, and the recent conflict in Iraq, are relevant to this debate, much of what is known about the effects of war upon the psyche still derives from the two World Wars. This paper will examine the historical and contemporary evidence ab...

Terror is a modern war strategy which uses violence as a means of communication in order to achieve political objectives. In today’s security environment narrowing the propaganda field of terrorist organization is the primary goal for the security forces. In this sense, providing and maintaining public support is the most necessary ability for security units. Rather than enemy and threat-orient...

The global attention focused on sexual violence in the DRC has not only contributed to an image of the Congolese army as a vestige of pre-modern barbarism, populated by rapists, and bearing no resemblance to the world of modern armies; it has also shaped gender and defence reform initiatives. These initiatives have become synonymous with combating sexual violence, reflecting an assumption that ...

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A s the United States draws down its military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan and increasing numbers of servicemembers reintegrate back into civilian life, the military health system must identify and treat the physical and mental health consequences of war that can persist long after deployments have ended.

17–21 October 2016, Chicago, IL, USA Sandhya Vasan, Tanyaporn Wansom, Alexandra Schuetz, Shelly Krebs, Rasmi Thomas, Gustavao Kijak and Christina Polyak* 1 Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Bangkok, Thailand 2 US Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD USA 3 Henry M Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, B...

The post 9/11 new security paradigm requires military forces to be prepared with robust capabilities to support the response to terrorist attacks against people and critical infrastructures. This paper describes a new R&D program, called MUSKETEER, that will develop decision support and knowledge exploitation tools and demonstrate how these tool sets can significantly improve the military force...

BACKGROUND International social networking is eminent in medical practice, mainly in sharing knowledge and mutual inspiring and in social and professional bonding. Since 2006, the International Medical Course is taking place in Commander Branch at the Military Medicine Academy of the Medical Corps, Israeli Defense Forces; in which medical officers from other military forces are participating al...