Deployment Threats to Rapid Deployment Forces

Abstract

This paper is one of a series of occasional, informal accounts of work in the Division of Neuropsychiatry at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. The reports generally address topics in Army preventive medicine for which implementation responsibility lies significantly outside the Medical Department. Contents includes: Jet Lag and Biological Rhythms; Conceptual and Technical Framework; Pre-Notification Period; Preparations for Deployment; Peer and Dependent Support Systems; Continuing Medical Activities; Preliminary Dietary Countermeasures; Drugs; Preparing for Embarkation; Embarkation: Shelter and Rest; Embarkation: Dietary Discipline; In-Flight Problems; Supporting the Countermeasures In-Flight; Delays Enroute; Arrival Countermeasures; Planning Shiftwork in a Sustained Operation; and Evaluating a Post's Social Supports.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA131299

Entities

People

  • C. Frederick Tyner
  • Frederick W. Hegge

Organizations

  • Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Biological Rhythms
  • Chemistry
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Combat Readiness
  • Digestive System Processes
  • Diseases And Disorders
  • Health Services
  • Human Behavior
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Jet Lag
  • Management Personnel
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Operations
  • Military Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Rapid Deployment

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.