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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"combat readiness"”.
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An investigative study on the Namibian defence force's combat readiness focusing on alternative policy of termination and retention of expertise in the military services
… immensely on the perceived security dimension of combat readiness. As such, world nations frequently modernise their armed forces in order to achieve a sufficient level of competitive combat readiness in order to act as deterrence against external threats. These actions, however, frequently cause …
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Identifying Criteria to Predict Army Rifle Marksmanship Proficiency
… marksmanship proficiency in an effort to achieve combat readiness. Soldiers currently develop marksmanship proficiency through Basic Rifle Marksmanship (BRM) training, but significant skill deficiencies are apparent at the end of training. These skill deficiencies remain throughout training …
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Investigation of the effects of increased flying hours on Naval Postgraduate School aviator skill, knowledge, and satisfaction: a comparative analysis.
… skill, and satisfaction of aviators in combat readiness training (CRT) flight status, was collected. The aviator sample consisted of one group flying the T-1A aircraft at a rate of 4-hours per month and another flying 8-hours per month. The data collection methods are described, and the …
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The Carrier Readiness Team realizing the vision of the Naval Aviation Enterprise
… and an ingrained tension between generating combat readiness for current operations and procurement funds for future capabilities. Naval aviation leadership has developed an enterprise approach to managing these often competing requirements that uses modern business process tools under the …
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A method for developing a criterion for combat performance of naval aviators
… a considerable financial loss and a lessening of combat readiness . A critical incident study, using 30 aviators who have combat experience, indicates that there are 10 categories of behavior which characterize effective and ineffective Naval aviators. Procedures to identify these categories early …
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Monitoring and Assessment of Military Installation Land Condition under Training Disturbance using Remote Sensing
… to sustain long term training missions and Army combat readiness, the environmental conditions of the military installations need to be carefully monitored and assessed. Furthermore, the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) and the U.S. Army Regulation 200-2 require the DoD to …
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Toward a more responsive consumable materiel supply chain: leveraging new metrics to identify and classify items of concern
… unexpected shortages that directly affect Navy combat readiness. We propose a new metric, customer time limit (CTL), which normalizes the requisition fulfillment time according to priority level and the physical location of the customer. Using this metric, we essentially classify inventory items …
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Critical Velocity is Associated with Combat Specific Performance Measures in a Special Forces Unit
… of being able to predict operational success and readiness through the development of simulated operational tasks measuring the physical limits of the soldier. Therefore, to properly prepare the tactical athlete for the demands and rigor of combat, accurate assessment of baseline physical …
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Return to Duty Readiness Questionnaire
… is the leading cause of disability and reduced combat readiness in the U.S. Army. Unidimensional pain management systems are not effective in addressing the complex phenomenon of pain-related disability. Growing evidence has supported use of the Fear Avoidance Model as a suitable model to …
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Agreement in the Army's Circumference Measurements and Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry
… military has two primary outcomes for fitness: combat readiness and physical appearance. In response to the Army Weight Control Program, height-weight tables were put forth to evaluate soldiers’ body fat percentages and screen for overweight individuals. However, few studies have examined the …
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Exploration of Sports Nutrition Knowledge, Nutrition Practices and Physical Performance on Standardized U.S. Navy Physical Fitness Assessments in an ROTC Population
… physical fitness is regarded as a determinant of combat readiness, more than two-thirds of American military personnel are considered overweight or obese. While the U.S. Army recognizes nutrition as a priority with the development of the Performance Triad, nutrition education in the U.S. Navy …
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Command Climate and Ethical Behavior: Perspectives from the Commandant's of the Marine Corps
… focused on ethics may negatively affect combat readiness and warfighting effectiveness. To date, however, little scholarly work, if any, has been done that examines the role that command climate plays in influencing the ethical behavior of Marines.</p> <p>To begin to fill this void in the …
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Modeling Aspects of Military Readiness
… military performance assessment focuses on combat readiness. This thesis focuses on applying tools from operations research to inform and optimize strategic design decisions as well as operational decisions related to military readiness. In particular, we use a variety of optimization …
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Objectively Defining Scenario Complexity: Towards Automated, Adaptive Scenario-Based Training
… to the performance of the trainee, gaps in combat readiness and fiscal responsibility could grow large. In 2010, the author developed an algorithm intended to computationally define scenario complexity (Dunne, Schatz, Fiore, Martin & Nicholson, 2010) and conducted a proof of concept study to …