Today's Military Research Articles

Impact of Live Tissue Training on Provider Confidence for Operative Trauma Management.

Readiness of military health care providers is essential to maintain a prepared fighting force and remains a central issue for today's military. Maintaining skills regarding operative management of trauma is becoming more difficult if not located at an urban trauma center. Live tissue training may be used to practice skills in a facility that does not have exposure to high acuity trauma. The goal of our live tissue skills course is to train health care providers and ancillary staff in the management of various injury complexes and improve confidence and familiarity with management using a porcine model. A live tissue skills course using a porcine model was offered to surgical residents, attendings, and operating room technicians. Before completing the course, each participant completed a survey assessing comfort level, previous training experiences, and deployments. Operative management was simulated with a standardized sequence of abdominal and thoracic injuries. After the course, each participant then completed a survey assessing comfort level, benefit of the course, and comparison to inanimate simulation training. Survey information was obtained via participant completion of a multiple-choice confidential questionnaire. Responses were collected from 34 participants at our institution. Average abdominal trauma comfort increased from 2.79 to 3.73, with no participants reporting feeling not comfortable at all post-lab. Average thoracic trauma comfort increased from 2.47 to 3.48, with one participant reporting feeling not comfortable at all post-lab. Overall, 85% of participants reported the course to be very beneficial in improving their knowledge, 83% reported the course to be very beneficial compared to inanimate simulators, and 92% reported high fidelity of the live tissue training course. Perceived as highly beneficial, live tissue training increased comfort with operative trauma management by surgical residents, attendings, and technicians supporting continued utilization. Further evaluation of live tissue courses would be advantageous in assessing surgical skill improvement, including comparison with simulation training.

Advanced Tactical Helmet for Military Use

Abstract: Advanced features on a tactical helmet designed for military use. Soldiers in today's military operations must have improved situational awareness, strong communication skills, and superior protection when fighting. A new generation of tactical helmets with enhanced features is required because the standard helmets now in use do not adequately fulfil these criteria. To improve army performance and survivability The helmet has several extra features in addition to its extensive ESP32 CAM for real-time data visualization, communication systems for seamless inter-squad communication, and improved ballistic protection materials. Among these characteristics include the incorporation of a helmet camera's First-Person-View (FPV) live video feed into a base station, along with the base station's face detection capabilities for enhanced identification. SolidWorks was used in the design process to produce a unique 3D-printed helmet, while ESP32 and ESP8266 were used to power a custom mainboard that effectively controlled the helmet's functions. this creative solution aims to significantly improve military operations, increase survivability, and ensure the safety of soldiers on the battlefield.

Penanggulangan Tindak Pidana Desersi di Oditurat Militer (Studi Kasus di Oditurat II-07 Jakarta)

Soldiers of the Indonesian National Army (TNI) are expected to be ready to carry out their duties and obligations and obey the rules and traditions of the command, but it has become a common thing in the military today if soldiers leave their unit without giving reasons or permission from their superiors. In addition to law enforcement activities, the purpose of this study is to identify the factors that contribute to the occurrence of the crime of desertion of TNI members. The method used in this research is Juridical-Empirical research, where information is collected through interviews with people involved in desertion criminal cases as well as by accessing literature data related to this research. The results showed that there are two main factors that cause the criminal act of desertion of TNI members, namely internal factors including mental and emotional states. External factors include the work atmosphere, family environment and economic factors in general which cause TNI to break the law by deserting. In the settlement carried out by the Unit, namely making a Military Police report, the Military Police conducts an investigation and investigation, then the Military Oditur issues an indictment, demands and the Military Court gives a decision. Based on this research, the author provides advice to the Government to pay more attention to the welfare of the TNI and to Military Units that receive applicants for the Indonesian National Army to pay more attention to physical and psychological conditions so that TNI members are more characterized and reflect an authoritative military attitude in the future.

Applying the humanity of President Ho Chi Minh’smilitary discipline to managing the ideology of discipline in the military today

The article focuses on clarifying the humanity of President Ho Chi Minh’s military discipline. This is an idea with profound theoretical and practical value, practically contributing to fostering each soldier’s revolutionary nature and noble qualities and personalities of “Uncle Ho’s soldiers”. The discipline of the Vietnamese People's Army is a principle and regulation in the national legal document system, which is concretised into regulations, regulations, and regulatory systems, ensuring the direction and unity of all military activities. The characteristics of military discipline include: self-discipline, strict, based on orders, charters, and regulations. At the same time, it promotes the role and the value of people, all for people, taking education, persuasion, and perfecting human personality as the center. Based on a general assessment of the current situation, the authors propose a number of main measures to continue promoting humanity in strengthening army discipline to meet the requirements of the task of building and protecting the fatherland in the current situation.

Black Disability Politics in Black Military Service: A Perspective from Nineteenth-Century Fort Davis, Texas

ABSTRACT This article considers the role of the military in debilitating Black soldiers, focusing on the men who served in the Western Frontier immediately following the end of the Civil War, with particular attention to the men who served at Fort Davis, one of a string of posts located in West Texas. We frame this archaeological and archival research with critical disability studies to show how these men were motivated by what has recently been termed “Black Disability Politics,” acting both individually and collectively for their community’s care. The men, popularly known as the “Buffalo Soldiers,” occupy an important space in heritage narratives around citizenship rights, valor, and masculine achievement among African-descended people. Understanding fully the circumstances they endured and overcame contributes nuance and dimensionality to that history, while also providing a lens through which to understand the challenges faced by women and Black and Indigenous People of Color in the military today.

An Approach Utilizing The Intuitionistic Fuzzy TOPSIS Method To Unmanned Air Vehicle Selection

The intuitionistic fuzzy TOPSIS method is one of the popular multi-criteria decision making methods today, as it allows decision makers to reflect their views objectively. In this study, an intuitionistic fuzzy based decision making mechanism was created for the selection of UAVs, which have a very important place in today's military and civil sense. Experts in the field that is decision makers determined the criteria that are important in the selection of UAVs in this method. Afterward, they expressed their opinions about the UAVs to be evaluated according to these criteria, provided that each criterion is independent of each other. The most suitable UAV was selected among the target-oriented UAVs. The method used in the study and the mechanism established will shed light on many studies.

İNSANSIZ HAVA ARAÇLARI İÇİN U-NET TABANLI ARAÇ TESPİT YÖNTEMİ

With the developments in computer hardware technology, studies in the fields of computer vision and artificial intelligence has accelerated. However, the number of areas where autonomous systems are used has also increased. Among these areas are unmanned aerial vehicles, which are one of the most important parameters of today's military technology. In this study, which includes two different scenarios, we aimed to improve the vision capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicles based on artificial intelligence. Within the scope of Scenario-1, the U-Net model suitable for binary semantic segmentation method was trained with the help of images taken by unmanned aerial vehicle camera. Within the scope of Scenario-2, which is designed for moving or stationary vehicle detection, the U-Net model is trained in accordance with multi-class semantic segmentation method. In all these training processes, a publicly available dataset was used. The model trained for Scenario-1 reached mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) value of 84.3%, while the model trained for Scenario-2 reached 79.7% mIoU. In this study, approaches were shared about the use of high-resolution images in model training and testing stages. Applying such studies in the field can help improve precision and reliability in arms industry.

USE OF PROPERTY OF FLOATING BRIDGE NZHM-56 CONSIDERING TODAY'S MILITARY CHALLENGES

Purpose. The purpose of this work is to analyze the use of the property of the floating railway bridge NZM-56 for the technical cover of important transport facilities and the rapid restoration of road traffic through water obstacles in the territories of Ukraine affected by the hostilities, taking into account the challenges of the military today. Methodology. Studying the experience of guiding and operating automobile pontoon crossings from the property of the floating railway bridge (NZM-56) by units of the State Special Service of Transport across the Desna River in the Chernihiv region. Findings. The result of this work is collected data on the advantages and problematic issues that arose during the construction and operation of floating bridges, development of directions for further research to improve technical and operational characteristics. The use of available material resources, namely the property of the floating railway bridge (NZM- 56), for the construction of bridge crossings with floating bridges on the short bypass of the bridges destroyed as a result of the hostilities made it possible to quickly restore the movement of road transport on the roads of state importance. The identified weaknesses in the operation of floating bridges are the wooden bridge deck, which cannot withstand the intense wheel load and the small distance between the floating supports (pontoons) along the facade, which requires continuous maintenance of the crossing. Development of directions for further research to improve technical and operational characteristics. It is proposed to consider the possibility of using steel-reinforced-concrete span structures with a high percentage of factory production to cover the spans of floating bridges. Originality. The scientific interest lies in the fact that for the quick and high-quality restoration of traffic through wide and deep water obstacles, the available material resource (NZM-56) was used to guide road crossings, which significantly improved the transport logistics of the regions of Ukraine affected by the hostilities. Practical value. Based on the learned experience of floating (pontoon) bridges, it is possible to conclude that floating bridges are an effective way of providing transport logistics, have low advantages, therefore the use of these structures can ensure effective restoration of traffic.

Development and Automation of Fixed Wing UAV for Reconnaissance Mission with FPV Capability

Today's military missions require pre-emptive knowledge of hostile activities in and around the conflict zone. Using a multi rotor UAV for Reconnaissance has many disadvantages, such as cost, range, reduced maneuverability and much more. The main objective is to make the UAV completely autonomous, with the transmitter on standby. By entering the flight plan into the Ground Control System, the UAV will complete the assigned mission autonomously and will be guided by an operational flight plan wherein active waypoints are plotted in the GCS. The GCS can be linked to the Telemetry and the Global Positioning System to have a complete knowledge of the UAV location.

Competition and festival movement in Ukraine during the Russian-Ukrainian war

The article analyzes the peculiarities of conducting contests and festivals in Ukraine in the conditions of a full-scale invasion of Russian troops into Ukraine. Significant security risks, which are still present in many regions of the country, led to the search for new formats of events. It was found that the key tasks of artistic events were: support of the moral spirit of society, accumulation of aid for the Armed Forces, promotion of Ukrainian culture both in Ukraine and abroad. The change in the format of the event itself is due to the specified tasks: the theme of war has become an important part of the theme of the festivals, and the charitable focus of the events has acquired key importance. Territorial changes are associated both with a threatening situation in some regions and with cooperation and support from other events located in safer places. The purpose of the article is to create a comprehensive archive of materials that will allow analyzing the functioning of the competition-festival movement of Ukraine during the time of Russian military aggression, understanding the cultural strategies determined by the tasks of the military today. Methodology of work. The article uses the following general scientific approaches, principles and methods that made it possible to consider the peculiarities of the functioning of the competition and festival movement of Ukraine during the war from different vector positions, thus, with the help of the comparative method, the formats for the task of events are compared, the phenomenological method is applied at the stage of revealing the essence of the phenomenon of competition festival movement of Ukraine and its transformation during the military invasion of Russia.

The Satellite Coverage Analysis is Based on a Combination of STK and MATLAB

In maritime military operations, reconnaissance satellites can provide all-around and efficient reconnaissance and surveillance of target areas in established orbits, regardless of territorial, airspace, and territorial sea restrictions, and are a beneficial means of leadership in today's military. STK can construct satellite motion models, and MATLAB can invoke the STK function module to achieve complex scene generation. The two are combined, respectively, with Walk Constellation grouping and single-satellite simulation of specific target areas at sea, resulting in coverage analysis reports with good results.

NuWar: A Prototype Sketch-Based Strategy Game

Today's military strategy games provide unrealistic interfaces for players to interact with their units: Commanders don't use mice and menus, they sketch. Developing strategy games currently involves grafting AI capabilities on top of a separate simulation engine, with new hand-crafted strategies for each game. We are experimenting with a novel approach for solving both problems. We started with nuSketch Battlespace, a knowledge-rich sketch understanding system developed for military users, and built a game engine, nuWar, on top of it. nuWar is a prototype two-player tactical war game which can be played either hot-seat or over a network. nuWar uses sketching as the primary way for players to express their intent to their subordinate commanders. The underlying ontology used by nuSketch Battlespace is used in both the simulation engine and in the bots which serve as subordinate commanders. We describe the architecture of nuWar, focusing on how it uses sketching, how the simulation engine is built upon the rich representational facilities of nuSketch Battlespace, and how the bots work. We discuss the tradeoffs we have found in this approach so far, and describe our plans for future work.

Implementation of NATO standards in the training system for the Security Service of Ukraine

Incorporation of North Atlantic Alliance standards into domestic legislation, that governs relations in the security and defense sector is one of the key requirements for Ukraine to obtain a NATO Membership Action Plan and further deepen Euro-Atlantic integration with a view to acquiring Alliance membership. An Important condition for these tasks is the implementation of NATO standards and procedures in the legislation governing military education. In the process of standardizing and achieving the state of compatibility of the security and defense sector of Ukraine with the relevant NATO forces, the specificity of the application of standards in improving the system of training specialists for the Security Service of Ukraine should be highlighted separately. According to this development course, military education today includes formal and informal (general training) components, and the improvement of professional competence (special training). Professional training of military specialist according to NATO standards is carried out at the appropriate levels of management: operational, tactical, strategic. It remains compulsory for officers to have received a higher education in the relevant educational programs. Taking into account the specific nature of the professional activities of the members of the special service, the tasks assigned to them and the functions performed for that purpose, namely, countering intelligence and subversive activities, combating terrorism, counter-intelligence and defending national statehood, Ensuring the security of the State in cyberspace, etc., the training system for the Security Service may be differentiated according to its functional direction and institutionalized in the military education system or outside it. At the same time, an important basis for the development of the educational component in the Security Service of Ukraine will remain the recruitment of teaching staff from among persons with practical experience. Despite the format of the model chosen, training for the security forces should be based on NATO standards, with a conceptually new piece of legislation.

A STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE APPROACH TO LEADING DIVERSIFIED TEAMS: A CASE STUDY OF THE U.S. MILITARY

Leadership is an essential - even defining - part of military institutions. Sincemodern militaries are firmly hierarchal organizations defined by regulations and expectations, the context intricately tends toward transactional leadership. Moreover, the modern American military sees little criticism or externaloversight compared with the past, a circumstance that may lead to the development of deficient or even toxic leadership practices in a substantial minority of situations. On the other hand, the very notion of transformational leadership arose in part from observing the successes of charismatic military leaders such as General Eisenhower. The idea of transformational leadership has risen to the forefront of leadership research in business and the overall organizational context due to certain advantages concerning motivating and empowering followers. However, despite its military roots, it has rarely been applied to the military background in recent research. Transformational leadership has the potential to offer advantages in crucial areas such as job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and desire to stay. However, transactional leadership also provides some benefits. Therefore, this mixed-methods exploratory study seeks to explore the leadership styles that are present in the U.S. military today and their effect on the critical outcome variables of satisfaction, organizational commitment, and desire to stay among the military personnel. Given the high cost of turnover in a context as training-intensive as the military, these are essential outcomes with evident practical importance.

“Protect someone, become yourself”: How the Japanese military reinvents childhood for the 21st century

Military establishments the world over invest in multi-faceted and paradoxical relationships to children and childhood. This article aims to examine how the Japanese military today engages children and childhood in order to mold their public image, legitimize their missions, appease parents, and recruit the young.

GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY: GENDER-NEUTRAL STANDARDS AND COED SPORTS

This paper focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of gender integration in the Armed Forces, arguing for gender-neutral standards. It begins with a detailed literature review relevant to women’s integration in the military, subsequently focusing on Greece, and in the final analysis arguing that coed military sport participation and exercises serve as a means of bridging the gender-divide and eliminating gender harassment. Though coed sport (mixed-gender teams) as a tool for women’s inclusion and integration in the military seems to be part of the solution, it is a topic on which research is scarce (Kefi Chatzichamperi, 2018, 2019). This study does not examine physiologic attributes: biological and anatomical differences or research on sex hormones and how they affect the nervous system and physical strength, and subsequently soldier performance (Tenan, 2017). Using a qualitative theoretical approach, it discusses the social dimensions of evidence-based research on why and how gender integration is relevant. It includes current and ongoing studies presented at the 14 th Conference of the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS), hosted by the Hellenic Army Academy in Athens, indicating that a main challenge in the military today is to ensure a gender balance through women’s inclusion, active engagement and retention. Research emphasizes the need for change in the military culture on all levels—legal and organizational—including gender-awareness and diversity training, especially on the complimentary skills that both genders bring to the table as opposed to the "wastage of talent" (Kamberidou, 2013). Certainly, establishing gender-neutral standards to eliminate sexism, and promote inclusion and integration is a complex and multifaceted process, the reason researchers in the social sciences use a variety of theoretical approaches (Patsantaras, 2015, 2013; Seagrave, 2016). The results indicate that the gender participation gap continues in all current military organizations : Hungary holding the highest female participation rate (19.3%) and Turkey the lowest (0.8%). Article visualizations:

GENDER INTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY: GENDER-NEUTRAL STANDARDS AND COED SPORTS

This paper focuses on the socio-cultural aspects of gender integration in the Armed Forces, arguing for gender-neutral standards. It begins with a detailed literature review relevant to women’s integration in the military, subsequently focusing on Greece, and in the final analysis arguing that coed military sport participation and exercises serve as a means of bridging the gender-divide and eliminating gender harassment. Though coed sport (mixed-gender teams) as a tool for women’s inclusion and integration in the military seems to be part of the solution, it is a topic on which research is scarce (Kefi Chatzichamperi, 2018, 2019). This study does not examine physiologic attributes: biological and anatomical differences or research on sex hormones and how they affect the nervous system and physical strength, and subsequently soldier performance (Tenan, 2017). Using a qualitative theoretical approach, it discusses the social dimensions of evidence-based research on why and how gender integration is relevant. It includes current and ongoing studies presented at the 14 th Conference of the European Research Group on Military and Society (ERGOMAS), hosted by the Hellenic Army Academy in Athens, indicating that a main challenge in the military today is to ensure a gender balance through women’s inclusion, active engagement and retention. Research emphasizes the need for change in the military culture on all levels—legal and organizational—including gender-awareness and diversity training, especially on the complimentary skills that both genders bring to the table as opposed to the wastage of talent (Kamberidou, 2013). Certainly, establishing gender-neutral standards to eliminate sexism, and promote inclusion and integration is a complex and multifaceted process, the reason researchers in the social sciences use a variety of theoretical approaches (Patsantaras, 2015, 2013; Seagrave, 2016). The results indicate that the gender participation gap continues in all current military organizations : Hungary holding the highest female participation rate (19.3%) and Turkey the lowest (0.8%). Article visualizations:

ПАТРІОТИЧНА СКЛАДОВА В СУЧАСНОМУ ОСВІТНЬО-ВИХОВНОМУ ПРОЦЕСІ ПІДГОТОВКИ ОФІЦЕРІВ ЗБРОЙНИХ СИЛ УКРАЇНИ

In the scientific article the components of the theory of education are revealed: content, principles, methods and regularities of educational, patriotic training of future officers in the system of military education of Ukraine in accordance with modern political realities. The patriotism of soldiers, their feelings of love for the Fatherland, embodied in serving its interests, is of fundamental importance for the development of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The main goal of higher military education today is to facilitate the forming of an officer - a national patriot, a high-level professional in his business, who can independently put up and solve professional problems in the so-called society of risk.The methodological basis of the process of patriotic education of officers is the scientific theory of knowledge, which involves the unity of the historical and logical in the pedagogical process, the methodological analysis of didactic concepts, facts, phenomena in combination with the content of the methodology of training military officers, is the knowledge of the theoretical foundations of normative disciplines, the use of the cycle practical and tactical training. Objective point of this theory is recognition of objectivity and materiality of the surrounding world, its existence in constant motion, change and development, knowledge of the world and its laws. The basis of knowledge is the entire set of human practice, the means of human influence on nature and production relations.Key words: the theory of education of officers, patriotism, maintenance and principles of education, training of military personnel.

Toward a Process for Engineering the Army Training System

Training is a fundamental human activity practiced by corporations, governments, and the Army. In today's military, training management is based on processes developed in WWII. Training is managed as a collection of similar activities, much the way it has been done for over 60 years. However, military training is more than a collection of activities, it is an enterprise system. This paper uses the emerging field of enterprise systems engineering (ESE) to develop a model that emphasizes the systems aspects of the training enterprise, while verifying the linkage from the strategic and operational goals of the Army to producing trained soldiers with the necessary skills. ESE includes the socio-economic-politico-technical context of complex systems while maintaining the rigor of systems engineering analysis. The result is a structured framework that highlights the importance of well-articulated training requirements and linking of those requirements to the implementation of training through the fundamental systems activities of systems analysis and training design.

Are we trying to prevent injuries or prevent disability? Why it matters

Introduction: Predicting risk for musculoskeletal injury (MSKI) is often tied to human performance, whereas predicting risk for disability has broader, mostly fiscal, implications, such as downstream costs and long term utilization of healthcare resources. Fiscal factors are often used to describe the burden and the severity of the problem. However, most patients with MSKI seek very little healthcare and contribute minimally to ongoing healthcare costs. Yet, the remaining, much smaller percentage suffering from chronic MSKI problems are the highest contributors to healthcare utilization in today's military. The purpose of this session is an in-depth exploration of the question: Should injury prevention and prediction models focus on optimizing human performance or minimizing disability?