Preparing the Human Weapon System: Promoting Warrior Resiliency

Abstract

Promoting resiliency, or hardiness, must occur early on in a members career to provide a foundation of skills that can be built upon across the life-span. This must occur at the individual level with reinforcement through a unit and leadership culture that equates the importance of mental preparedness with physical preparedness. Embedding hardiness training within basic training, technical school, and professional military education would enable members to develop a set of coping skills that would not only enhance mental preparedness, but also optimize military performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 17, 2010
Accession Number
AD1018564

Entities

People

  • Jill R. Scheckel

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Department Of Defense
  • Education
  • Health Services
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Education
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Students
  • Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.