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Showing 1 to 20 of 67 for “"Marines"”.
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An ethnography of 'courage' among U.S. Marines
… among combat infantry, specifically U.S. Marines. U.S. infantry combat soldiers conceive of the cultural value courage in its many manifestations and formulations. I maintain that courage manifests itself in both vocal signs, as directly or indirectly referenced spoken discourses, and in …
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Helmand: The U.S. Marines and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan, 2010-2012
… Province was under the combat control of the Marines from 2010 to 2014, and during the first two years, operations near the town of Marjah and the district of Sangin closely followed principles laid out in 3-33.5. Although the withdrawal of American units in 2014 did not bode well for the …
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Predictors of post-deployment mental healthcare utilization among active duty Marines
… Data were collected from 447 active duty U.S. Marines one week, three months, and six months following return from Afghanistan. A four-stage analytic approach was used to test predictors of service use, examine latent measurement models, investigate the longitudinal associations between …
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The psychological impact of physical injury on recovery in Royal Marines’ recruit training
… have never been examined in the context of Royal Marines’ training. In addition, implicit measures have never been applied in a specific health psychology context, nor have they ever been developed in such a bespoke way. Thus it is concluded that this thesis has made a theoretical as well as …
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Testing the Effectiveness of the iRelate Program on Marines: An Enhanced Program Evaluation
<p>Junior enlisted Marines are getting married at a faster rate than their civilian counterparts and nearly twice that of senior personnel (Gomulka, 2010; Cohen, Passel, Wang, & Livingston, 2011). With the high rate of marriage, these same junior Marines have a disproportionately high divorce rate. …
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Impact of quality of life on the reenlistment intentions of junior enlisted United States marines
… intentions of junior enlisted United States Marines. Data were extracted from the FY 2001 USMC Retention Survey. The data set was restricted to junior enlisted Marines in paygrades E2 through E4 with Active Duty Base Dates of calendar year 1998 and 1999 and was further stratified by gender. A …
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Potentialités et limites de la gestion participative des Aires Marines Protégées : Le cas de Joal-Fadiouth, Sénégal
Increasingly, there is a strong international consensus on the fact that the participation of resident communities is one of the conditions for successful MPA (Marine Protected Area) governance. Thus, this thesis aims to contribute to this emerging debate on MPA governance through reflections about …
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Ús de deep learning i imatges de drons per a la detecció de tortugues marines en entorns naturals
… a l'estudi i protecció de les tortugues marines en zones on es troben en perill de desaparèixer. La monitorització realitzada per humans en aquestes zones és costosa i requereix una gran quantitat d'hores de treball. L'ús d'algorismes d'aprenentatge profund requereixen menys temps i …
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The Hip and Lower Limb Movement Screen: Is it a valid tool to assess movement control in Royal Marines
… laboratory was built at 45 Commando Royal Marines and 32 Royal Marines were recruited and took part in intensive data collection over a 2 week period. Each individual performed the HLLMS followed by the Military Functional Movements, each with and without a 55lb load carriage. Both of these …
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Swords and ploughshares: an analysis of the origins and implementation of the US Marine Corps' counterinsurgency strategy in Vietnam between March 1965 and November 1968
… source records maintained by the United States Marines to produce an assessment of the effectiveness of the strategy. It provides a useful corollary to the diplomatic and military histories of the war because not only does it examine operational-level thinking about the war but it analyses the …
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The edifice complex : a study of the causes and effects of conflict between generations of marines, and of cultural changes in the United States Marine Corps
… figuratively killing the older generations of Marines--their forefathers in uniform. In the second metaphor, the edifice is the structure of informal folklore and recorded history; the complex is the rites of passage or maze traversed in time by Marines. As Marines are indoctrinated in the …
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Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman: Honour and Dishonour in the Court Martial Records of the Marines Ashore, 1783-1793
This dissertation is an examination of the Marine Corps during the late eighteenth century. The main focus of the research is upon the officer corps and specifically examines the connections of masculine interactions, through the use of the charge ‘conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman’, in …
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Operation Transition: Post-9/11 Combat Marines Transitioning to Civilian Life and the Role of Higher Education in their Identity Formation
… of the experiences of Post-9/11 combat Marines, who have been Honorably Discharged, as their transition to civilian and student life. The work of Operation Transition was conducted with a group of Marines, called The Unit, and presents the variety of stories that exist among Veterans, …
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Assignment problem for the U.S. Marine Corps: regional, culture, and language familiarization program
… is no formal process established in assigning Marines to one of the 17 regions. The assignment is done manually and oftentimes, by random allocation without a standard operating procedure. We developed two integer-programming models and a matching algorithm that utilizes top trading cycle and …
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REPLACING POWERPOINT WITH EXTENDED REALITY FOR MARINE CORPS PLANNING, CONCEPTS OF OPERATIONS, AND AFTER ACTION REPORTS
Marines in the combat arms are severely limited in the planning phase of operations due to outdated briefing methods and limited technology. For that reason, this research investigates alternative methods for modernizing operational briefs in the Marine Corps combat arms community. The author …
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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma-Related Guilt: The Perspective of a Counselling Psychologist within the Military
… help. Currently operating within the Royal Marines is Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) a peer-support system embedded within the operational units, promoting recognition of psychological illness. This current research aims to evaluate the effects of TRiM on two individual units, one from the …
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An investigation into the use of multi-agent systems in marine simulator instructor stations
… Navigators' Educational Simulators" (MARINES), the software is a MAS providing much of the functionality of a marine simulator instructor station; basic functions are encapsulated into the instructor environment and additional features are provided by processes that connect to the …
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Transition to Civilian Life: Exploring that of the Fewer, the Prouder, and Female Marine
… a group that intersects two at-risk populations, Marines and female veterans, and the potential struggles associated with them. Marine veterans have among the highest rates of suicide after transition, as well as one of the highest military sexual trauma (MST) rates. Studies indicate that women …
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Perceived Deployment Stressors And Well-Being Among Veterans Of Iraq And Afghanistan
… and well-being.</p> <p> Thirty eight U. S. Marines and Sailors that deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan were recruited for the study. Using the Deployment Risk and Resilience Inventory (DDRI) questionnaire and the General Well-being Schedule (GWB), the following research questions were …
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