The Effects of Exhaustive Military Activities in Man. The Performance of Small Isolated Military Units in Extreme Environmental Conditions

The aim of this article is to focus on selection criteria for duty in isolated areas, on factors relevant for such a duty, the importance and content of training, the role and duties of the back-up organization, and finally how this is accomplished in the operations of the Danish dog-sledge patrol i...

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Main Author: Vanggaard, Leif
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ARCTIC REGIONS
COLD TOLERANCE
COMPONENT REPORTS
DENMARK
ENDURANCE(PHYSIOLOGY)
EXHAUSTION(PSYCHOLOGICAL)
FATIGUE(PHYSIOLOGY)
FOREIGN REPORTS
ISOLATION
MISSIONS
NATO FURNISHED
PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
Psychology
Stress Physiology
WORKSHOPS
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Summary:The aim of this article is to focus on selection criteria for duty in isolated areas, on factors relevant for such a duty, the importance and content of training, the role and duties of the back-up organization, and finally how this is accomplished in the operations of the Danish dog-sledge patrol in the Northernmost Arctic. Operating small isolated military units especially under extreme climatic conditions present a series of problems. Most nations do have such units dedicated to these tasks. The problems will change from mission to mission, but there are certain general aspects. One way to define these is to look at specific groups and from these try to come to a conclusion and determination of the common problems. Many of these may present themselves as very different, but analyzed it may turn out, that the difference between operating in the cold of the high Arctic or the heat of the desert may less than expected. In Denmark the service of the Danish Sledge Patrol SIRES in the isolated parts of Northern Greenland may serve as the model for describing the problems in operating isolated military units. Pres: DRG Workshop, Oslo Norway 3-5 Apr 1995 (sponsor Human Factors and Medicine Panel, HFM of RTO), p9-1/9-10. This article is from ADA389235 The Effect of Prolonged Military Activities in Man. Physiological and Biochemical Changes. Possible Means of Rapid Recuperation (les Effets d'activites mi1itaires prolongees sur l'homme. Changements physiologiques et biochimiques. Moyens possibles de recuperation rapide.)