Navy Reserve Research Articles

Review: Elizabeth Scheu Close: A Life in Modern Architecture, Powerhouse: The Life and Work of Judith Chafee

Review: <i>Elizabeth Scheu Close: A Life in Modern Architecture</i>, <i>Powerhouse: The Life and Work of Judith Chafee</i>

Challenges of Security Guards in Selangor State Government Hospital

The process of strengthening defense and security has indeed begun since 1957, either from the aspect of physical or non -physical development. Generally, by the 1990s, it has become a starting point for Malaysia to accelerate and strengthen the strength of the defense and security system with the principle of forward defense. Several public security sectors have managed to strengthen good and mutually beneficial relations such as the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) and the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM). This job has a well-being structure as Employee Wellness Programs and Assistance Employee Programs such as the Auxiliary Police, Territorial Soldiers, Navy Reserve Force and others that have been provided to help address the needs and challenges in their work. In Malaysia, on the other hand, the private security sector does not have a mutually beneficial relationship, with no structure specifically designed to address the needs and challenges of employees.

Peter F. Merenda (1922-2019).

Presents an obituary for Peter F. Merenda (1922-2019). Peter received his bachelor of science in math and physics and master of arts in education at Tufts, where he was also in the Navy Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He became an ensign and served in the Navy during World War II. After the war he served as director of research at the Naval Training Center and earned his PhD in counseling and statistics at the University of Wisconsin in 1957. In 1960, Peter cofounded the Departments of Psychology and Computer Science/Statistics at the University of Rhode Island. He was chair of psychology for 12 years at the University of Rhode Island and president of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA), the Rhode Island Psychological Association (RIPA), and the International Council of Psychologists (ICP) as well as chair of ICP conventions in Norway, East and West Germany, England, and Paris. And Peter was a captain in the Navy, a position of which he was particularly proud. Inspired, in part, by his Sicilian heritage, Peter served for 5 years as codirector of Project Talent in Sicily. This project informed national development plans for manpower and priority occupations. Peter's contributions were honored by awards from his community; state (RIPA); region (NEPA); APA Karl Heiser Presidential Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions (Division 5); James McKeon Cattell Fellow Award; and awards from Portugal, the Republic of China, and Italy. Peter's contributions also included being influential in building an outstanding quantitative psychology specialty. Over the years, faculty like Wayne F. Velicer (1944 -2017), Lisa Harlow, and Joseph S. Rossi have been recognized as high-impact authors in quantitative and health psychology. Amazing it is that one person could accomplish so much and so well, while being so close to his wife, Rose, whom he met in elementary school when they were both 12. Rose (1922-2014) was a professor at Rhode Island College and an expert in early childhood education. Peter Francis Merenda was a remarkable individual who lived an extraordinary life, impacting people far and wide. In his 97-plus years, Peter accomplished much and gave back much to others- his family, friends, colleagues, students, community, country, and internationally. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Together: Navy Reserve's Response to COVID-19 Pandemic.

Under the direction of U.S. Northern Command for COVID-19 pandemic response efforts, approximately 500 Navy Reserve medical professionals were deployed to the New York City area from April to June 2020. Some of these providers were asked to serve in 11 overburdened local hospitals to augment clinic staffs that were exhausted from the battle against coronavirus. Two maternal/fetal medicine physicians were granted emergency clinical providers to assist in these efforts. KEY POINTS: · Maternal-fetal medicine physicians contributed significantly to the COVID-19 pandemic by managing ICU patients.. · Disparate, diverse medical professionals can pull together to form cohesive and functional teams.. · The Department of Defense can mobilize a large group of providers in a short amount of time..

Navy Reserve Humanitarian Missions - Optometry

The author, a Navy Reserve Optometrist for over thirty years, documents some humanitarian missions in which she participated between 2002 and 2018.

The Importance of Being a Reservist: The Royal Navy Reserve and the Highlands and Islands, c.1875–1939

In 1894, two-fifths of the men who served in the Royal Naval Reserves (RNR) were drawn from the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, despite the region containing only 0.5% of the total UK population. This was not an atypical spike in recruitment, however, but represents merely one moment in a relationship that lasted for nearly a century. Highlanders and Islanders had served in the RNR since its inception in 1859, and continued to do so in large numbers right up to the outbreak of war in 1939. This article explores the association between region and military institution that developed as a result, and the economic and social reasons that lay behind this. In doing so, it challenges the tendency for Scottish historians to focus overwhelmingly on questions of national identity when examining the British military. It also suggests that the historiography of the Highlands and Islands has focused too much on questions of land and land ownership, and not enough on the wider economic and social circumstances impacting on individual and community life across the region.

Neither fish nor fowl: Mercantile seamen on armed merchant cruisers in the Great War

Recent scholarship has re-focused attention on British economic strategy in the Great War, and the role of armed merchant cruisers in blockading Germany’s maritime trade, mainly through the ‘Northern Patrol’. Armed merchant cruisers were crewed by regular Royal Navy sailors and by volunteers from the Royal Navy Reserve or Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, but also by ordinary merchant seamen who were not necessarily volunteers and who were transferred over with their ships as Royal Navy auxiliaries through T124 agreements. Their particular status as neither regular Royal Navy ratings nor civilian merchant seamen gave rise to problems which occasionally spilled over into industrial action, interpreted as mutiny. This article identifies the main causes of these problems and analyses the relationship between Royal Navy officers and these merchant seamen, who served together in these hybrid warships.

The Mental Health Mission of Rep. Tim Murphy

The Mental Health Mission of Rep. Tim Murphy

What do you mean, save a soldier from war?

Life has a way of placing us in unplanned situations, often the result of seemingly small decisions that we made long before. During my final year of neurology residency, I joined the Navy Reserve while trying to decide between a career in academic medicine or military medicine. I chose academic medicine but continued my affiliation with the Navy Reserve.

We Have Lost a Titan

It is with sadness that I report on the passing of one of our distinguished colleagues. Morris D. Kerstein, MD, Rear Admiral, US Navy (Ret), 75, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died in February from renal failure complications. He was a well-respected academic vascular surgeon and leader in the wound care field. Dr Kerstein served on the peer-review panel for Advances in Skin & Wound Care for several years. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Dr Kerstein graduated from Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, and earned his medical degree from the University of Chicago Medical School in Illinois in 1963. Dr Kerstein was a renaissance man—being a physician was his job and medicine was his hobby, and he also loved music. He was active in military medicine, vascular surgery, and was a quintessential mentor—his humanity was bigger than his ego. His true passion, though, was teaching and mentoring his medical residents and fellows, said his son, Lars. “He took such pride in the success of his students and fellows and kept in touch with them throughout their careers.” Dr Kerstein held academic appointments at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; the University of Chicago; Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, where he was also associate dean; Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was chairman of surgery; and Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, New York, New York, where he was vice chairman and director of research in the department of surgery. He was adjunct professor at Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Academic Career Dr Kerstein’s publications number more than 700, representing manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and abstracts. He has edited and published multiple books and numerous book chapters, periodicals, monographs, and supplements. He was a member of many professional societies and also served as a distinguished visiting professor nationally and internationally. His various leadership roles over the years included the presidency of the Vascular Society and the Wound Healing Society. Dr Kerstein was also a member of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. His research funding has totaled more than $1 million. In 2005, Dr Kerstein was honored by the Association of Women Surgeons, who recognized him for his advocacy of women in surgery and mentoring of women trainees. Dr Kerstein expressed that he never intended to become an advocate for women in surgery. “I never thought that women in my field could be any different than men,” he stated. “My only advice to a woman considering surgery is to follow your heart.” Dr Kerstein was an early adopter and leader in the concept of interprofessional education and practice.Morris D. Kerstein, MDService to Our Country Dr Kerstein’s ability to excel in dual career tracks was exemplified by his sustained meritorious service to our country in the US Navy Medical Corps, which he joined in 1963, serving 2 years in the Vietnam Theater of Operations as a US Navy trauma surgeon. In addition, he served in the US Navy Reserve, in support of operations in Beirut and during Desert Storm. While in the US Navy, Dr Kerstein’s research paper titled, “Water as a Tactical Weapon: A Doctrine for Preventing Heat Casualties,” was instrumental in setting new guidelines for rapid deployment of troops in hot climates. After a distinguished career in military medicine, Dr Kerstein retired in 1993 at the rank of Rear Admiral. He was also on the faculty of the Uniformed Service University in Bethesda, Maryland. His last assignment in support of our veterans was as chief of staff at the VA Medical Center in Wilmington, Delaware. Dr Kerstein was a life member of the Association of Military Surgeons and was a member of the Naval Order of the United States, which includes many prominent admirals who have distinguished themselves in the annals of our nation’s naval history. He was a recipient of many awards and decorations including the Association of Military Surgeons Medal of the United States. Personal Life In addition to his son Lars, Dr Kerstein is survived by his wife of 32 years, Margaret Schwedler-Kerstein, MD, who is a clinical associate professor of anesthesia and director of Ambulatory Anesthesia, Jefferson Surgery Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and 1 grandchild. Dr Kerstein will be laid to rest with full military honors on April 11, 2013, at Virginia’s Arlington National Cemetery. We will greatly miss him in the wound care community, but his contributions to surgical medicine, wound care, and national service will continue to exemplify a higher standard that we can all strive to achieve.FigureRichard “Sal” Salcido, MD

Albert Warner Overhauser

Albert Warner Overhauser

The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army

After criticizing the Clinton Administration for overdeploying and overusing the US military in the 1990s, the Bush Administration is now doing exactly the same thing--except on a much larger scale. Having made the decision to overthrow Saddam Hussein, and having badly underestimated the difficulty as well as the force requirements of accomplishing the post-Saddam stabilization effort successfully, the Bush Administration or its successor now needs to get serious about making ends match means. At present, the latter are insufficient. The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established. So far the problem has not become acute. Stop-loss orders that prevent some military personnel from leaving the service at the scheduled end of their tours, together with a surge of patriotism after 9/11, together with limited awareness to date of just how long the Iraq mission is likely to last, have limited the fallout of overdeployments. But there can be no assurance that this state of affairs will continue. Avoiding a personnel crisis in the all-volunteer military has become the chief force management challenge for Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld or his successor, much more so than transforming the armed forces or relocating overseas bases. The problem is most acute for the US Army, which numbers only a half million active-duty troops, though it is also significant for the Marine Corps. The Air Force and Navy have benefited considerably from not only the end of the Iraq invasion but also from the end of the no-fly zone and sanctions enforcement operations that characterized the 1991-2003 period. However, US ground forces still have about 140,000 personnel in Iraq, another 30,000 or so in Kuwait and other parts of the Persian Gulf region, and nearly 20,000 in Afghanistan. More than 25,000 soldiers remain in Korea (even if several thousand of those are now slated to go to Iraq); nearly 2,000 are still in the Balkans; several thousand marines are on Okinawa; dozens here and hundreds there are on temporary assignments around the world. Virtually all of these soldiers, most of them married, are currently separated from their home bases and families. (1) This total of some 225,000 deployed troops must be generated from an Army of just over one million and a Marine Corps of just over 200,000 total personnel. The strain is greatest on the Army, with about 190,000 soldiers deployed out of its million-soldier total strength. As noted in Figure 1, the active-duty Army numbers just under 500,000, of which only about 320,000 soldiers are easily deployable at any given moment. The Army Reserve and Army National Guard together include 550,000 troops, a quarter or more of whom typically have been activated in recent times. For example, in late 2003, 156,000 Army reservists were mobilized out of a total of 558,000, and in June 2004 the number stood at 130,000. Cumulatively since 11 September 2001,213,000 Army reservists had been mobilized at least once by the end of the 2003-04 winter, just under 40 percent of the total. Roughly 30 percent of Air Force Reserve or National Guard personnel have been mobilized as well, just under 25 percent of Navy reserve personnel, and more than 50 percent of the Marine Corps' small reserve. But by now the reserve activations of those other services have dropped quite substantially, whereas the Army's remains at a high level. (2) Deployment demands are likely to remain great, even if Secretary Rumsfeld and President Bush hope otherwise. Foreign coalition partners in Iraq continue to provide about 25,000 troops, but that number is not trending upward. That makes it likely that US troop strength there will have to remain substantial for a long time to come. Indeed, the US military is preparing for the possibility that its current strength in Iraq of just over 140,000 may have to remain at that level for years. …

Off to Afghanistan

Author Affiliation: Lieutenant, Navy Reserve Nurse Corps, Operating Room Nurse Mentor/Regional Support Command North Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan, and Master's degree student, Regis University, Denver, Colorado.Kathryn A. WilgusThe author declares no conflicts of interest. Correspondence: Ms Wilgus, Navy Reserve Nurse Corps, PO Box 161114, Altamonte Springs, FL 32716 ([email protected]). Supplemental digital content is available for this article. Direct URL citations appear in the printed text and are provided in the HTML and PDF versions of this article on the journal's Web site (www.nurseeducatoronline.com).

Looking Into the Mirror of Time: Reflections on the Life and Work of Edwin T. Layton Jr., 1928-2009

Looking Into the Mirror of Time:Reflections on the Life and Work of Edwin T. Layton Jr., 1928-2009 Eda Kranakis (bio) Looking into the mirror of time, back to the fall of 1975, the first reflection I see in my mind's eye is the image of Ed Layton's guardian angel—Albrecht Dürer's Melencolia—looking down from his office wall at the University of Minnesota. That autumn he was a newly appointed professor at the university, and I was a new Ph.D. student intent on studying the history of technology. It seems long ago, and it seems like yesterday. Ed explained to me that the angel depicted the essence of the historian's life: the quest for knowledge combined with the inevitable loneliness of scholarly work. Looking back from thirty-five years, I see that Dürer's print also captures some of the deepest characteristics of Ed Layton as a scholar. On one level, this Northern Renaissance masterpiece expresses the great humanistic spirit that pervaded his life and teaching. On another level, the angel's paraphernalia—from mathematical shapes to measuring instruments and [End Page 543] workmen's tools—convey his love of technology, science, and mathematics, which directed the corpus of his scholarly work. And on still another level, the image's Neoplatonic, allegorical character reflects Ed's philosophical side, his unrelenting desire to discover the deeper, simpler truths and structures beneath the complex surface of historical events. Ed was as much philosopher as historian, which partly explains the enduring impact of his contributions to the history of technology. Ed Layton was not only a great humanist and brilliant scholar and teacher; he was also a leader of the Society for the History of Technology's institutional and intellectual development, serving on all the major prize committees, on the executive council, and finally as vice president and president between 1983 and 1986. For more than two decades he was an advisory editor for Technology and Culture or a key member of the SHOT editorial committee. In 1971 he received the society's Dexter Prize for The Revolt of the Engineers: Social Responsibility and the American Engineering Profession, cited as "a model of research and synthesis in the social history of technology," and nineteen years later he was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci Medal. Through his intellectual contributions, Ed influenced our understanding of technological knowledge, the interaction of science and technology, issues related to engineering design, ethics, and ideology, and the nature and history of engineering professionalization. Yet the scope of his interests ranged much further. Indeed, few have matched the depth and breadth of his knowledge of human culture and society from ancient times to the present. In his last year of life, despite declining health, he was still reading voraciously in subjects as diverse as ancient and medieval music, cosmic physics, poetry, film, astronomy, and naval history. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Edwin Thomas Layton Jr. rose above a childhood that left him with a sense of abandonment. His father and namesake was an Annapolis-trained naval officer who became the head of intelligence for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, reaching the rank of rear admiral, and who gained fame posthumously from his book And I Was There (1985), which recounted events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Ed had only limited personal interaction with his father, however. Layton senior was sent overseas when his son was less than one year old, and his parents soon divorced, both of them eventually remarrying and founding new families. At the age of seven, when his mother remarried, Ed was left without explanation to be raised by his grandmother. His mother remained emotionally aloof, and, though he tried several times throughout his life to establish a personal relationship with his father, he was rebuffed. Still, Ed always took a keen interest in naval affairs. He joined the U.S. Navy Reserve while still a teenager, leaving only when he got his first full-time teaching position, and later presented talks on naval intelligence relating to his father's career. Ed's psyche also bore the imprint of growing up during the Great...

Arthur L. Benton, Ph.D.: Pioneer, Colleague, Mentor, and Friend

Arthur Benton, 97, died in Glenview, IL on December 27, 2006. He was born October 16, 1909 in New York City. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Oberlin College, where Raymond Stetson was his mentor, and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Columbia University in 1935 under the mentorship of Carney Landis of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Benton completed his training as a psychologist at the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic of New York Hospital. Early in 1941, he volunteered for service in the United States Navy and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the medical department. His active duty lasted until 1945, followed by many years of service in the United States Navy Reserve, retiring at the rank of Captain. During his assignment at the San Diego Naval Hospital, Benton worked closely with neurologist Morris Bender and examined servicemen who had sustained penetrating brain wounds during combat. The experience of assessing servicemen with brain injury and Bender's influence led Benton to develop the Visual Retention Test, which still bears his name and continues to be widely used in clinical neuropsychological assessment.

From “weekend warrior” to active duty Navy: Three nurses’ experience during Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom

From “weekend warrior” to active duty Navy: Three nurses’ experience during Noble Eagle and Enduring Freedom

EMS success story at Naval Air Station in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania: How an EIMS supports effective EMS implementation

AbstractThis is a success story about a U.S. Navy concurrent implementation of an ISO 14001 environmental management system (EMS) and a World Wide Web (Web)‐based environmental information management system (EIMS) under a pilot program at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (NASJRB) in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. The EIMS is a unique approach within DOD to take advantage of Knowledge Management (i.e., the collaborative sharing of work products, data, procedures, reports, and communications to make better business decisions faster).The challenge of complying with Executive Order (E.O.) 13148, requiring EMS implementation by October 2005, was complemented by the desire to capture and leverage knowledge to improve systems accuracy, reliability, and accessibility so business decisions could be made better and faster. Working with the NASJRB Willow Grove Environmental Division, the project team developed a concurrent approach to the EMS and EIMS implementation as a pilot program for the U.S. Navy Reserve Force Command (COMNAVRESFOR) based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The EMS implementation followed the approach used by industry to comply with ISO 14001. Modifications to a typical ISO 14001 EMS implementation approach were made to adapt to Navy chain‐of‐command issues and to comply with a well‐developed institutional environmental program (Navy Operations Instructions and Regulations‐OPNAVINST 5090.1B).The EIMS consists of several components housed in one moderately powerful Web server at the Air Station. One part of the system taps unwieldy “legacy” databases to prepare routine and ad hoc management reports for users on demand via a simple Web browser approach. Another component of the EIMS consists of a knowledge‐based decision support system using commercial‐off‐the‐shelf (COTS) software to perform Environmental Division task assignment and tracking, project financial control, document management, and scheduling/planning on a shared calendar. Information housed in the EIMS, including administrative/management functions, is available to Environmental Division employees and can be made available to collaborators and higher level Command users over the Internet using simple Web browser access. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Career focus: Medical officer in the Royal Navy Reserve

The adventure of service life, the advantages of civilian practice. Surgeon commander Don Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, says he has the best of both worlds

Medical Officer Training in the Royal Navy Reserve — Past and Present

Medical Officer Training in the Royal Navy Reserve — Past and Present

"Children, don't forget me": a resource and support group for deployed parents during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

“Children, Don't Forget Me”: A Resource and Support Group for Deployed Parents During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm Get access James H. Kleiger, James H. Kleiger James H. Kleiger, PsyD, was lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and is staff psychologist, Menninger Clinic, Box 829, Topeka, KS 66601. David Kennedy, MSW, ACSW, is lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Social Work Department; David J. Becker, RN, MS, is lieutenant commander, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Psychiatric Nursing Division; and Shawn Smith, RN, BSN, is lieutenant, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and staff psychiatric nurse, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar David Kennedy, David Kennedy James H. Kleiger, PsyD, was lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and is staff psychologist, Menninger Clinic, Box 829, Topeka, KS 66601. David Kennedy, MSW, ACSW, is lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Social Work Department; David J. Becker, RN, MS, is lieutenant commander, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Psychiatric Nursing Division; and Shawn Smith, RN, BSN, is lieutenant, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and staff psychiatric nurse, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar David J. Becker, David J. Becker James H. Kleiger, PsyD, was lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and is staff psychologist, Menninger Clinic, Box 829, Topeka, KS 66601. David Kennedy, MSW, ACSW, is lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Social Work Department; David J. Becker, RN, MS, is lieutenant commander, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Psychiatric Nursing Division; and Shawn Smith, RN, BSN, is lieutenant, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and staff psychiatric nurse, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Shawn Smith Shawn Smith James H. Kleiger, PsyD, was lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and is staff psychologist, Menninger Clinic, Box 829, Topeka, KS 66601. David Kennedy, MSW, ACSW, is lieutenant commander, Medical Service Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Social Work Department; David J. Becker, RN, MS, is lieutenant commander, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy, and head, Psychiatric Nursing Division; and Shawn Smith, RN, BSN, is lieutenant, Nurse Corps, U.S. Navy Reserve, and staff psychiatric nurse, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Health & Social Work, Volume 18, Issue 3, August 1993, Pages 237–240, https://doi.org/10.1093/hsw/18.3.237 Published: 01 August 1993 Article history Accepted: 24 January 1992 Published: 01 August 1993