Female military personnel in the navy - a paradox or a reality?

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 96-99
Author(s):  
S. A. Tsutsiev ◽  
Yu. V. Lizunov ◽  
L. P. Terentyev ◽  
M. G. Tsutsieva
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Military Women ◽  
Optimal Conditions ◽  
Sexual Structure

The reorganization of the Armed Forces, which has been realized for the last decade, touched over the sexual structure of defenders of our Motherland: one can witness an increasing tendency of employing women on military service.Legal equality of sexes doesnt allow to avoid the differences between the man and the woman, which are genetically conditioned. One of the actual problems of the Army today is the task of providing optimal conditions of military service for women. The realization of this task depends first of all on principal position of the commanders of all levels. This implies the necessity of hygienic education of the commanders under the management of hygienists with the aim of radical change of their attitude to military women.

Issues of medical examination and selection of citizens for military service under a contract in Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

2022 ◽  
pp. 48-52
Author(s):  
Sergey Aleksandrovich Kuzmin ◽  
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Lyubov Kuzminichna Grigorieva ◽  
Margarita Vadimovna Mirzaeva ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Medical Examination ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Stage System ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
The Military ◽  
Selection Of

In the context of the reform of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and a significant increase in the proportion of military personnel doing military service under contract, the issues of manning the troops with healthy, physically developed citizens with high moral and business qualities are of paramount importance. Of particular importance in the selection of candidates for military service under the contract is the conduct of laboratory and instrumental studies, professional and psychological selection, determination of the level of citizens’ physical fitness. The Federal Law «On Military Duty and Military Service» defines a two-stage system for medical examination of citizens entering military service under contract, which is necessary as a barrier in order to prevent citizenswho do not meet the necessary requirements for military personnel from entering the Russian Armed Forces. At the first stage (preliminary examination), the military and medical examination of citizens was carried out by specialist doctors working in medical organizations of the outpatient-polyclinic link of municipalities at the place of citizens’ permanent residence. Medical specialists of the regular military medical commission of the military commissariat of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation participated in the second stage (final examination) of the military medical examination. During the five-year period under study, 5,133 citizens (72.9 %) were selected out of 7,043 candidates for military service under contract, who fully met all the criteria for defenders of the Fatherland.

scholarly journals Primary morbidity of female military personnel serving in enterprises for disposing chemical weapons with organophosphate toxic substances (2007—2016)

2020 ◽  
pp. 48-59
Author(s):  
S. G. Grigoriev ◽  
V. I. Evdokimov ◽  
V. A. Sanzharevsky ◽  
G. G. Zagorodnikov
Keyword(s):  
Connective Tissue ◽  
Musculoskeletal System ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Women ◽  
Chemical Weapons ◽  
Toxic Substances ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Group 2 ◽  
Group 1

Relevance. On September 27, 2017, Russia announced the completion of disposal of chemical weapons with organophosphorus toxic substances. ahead of its international obligations. Besides men, military women also served in enterprises for disposal of these weapons.Intention. To assess the impact of occupational factors on the primary morbidity of female military personnel (n = 267) served in enterprises for disposal of chemical weapons with organophosphates in 2007-2016.Methodology. The object of the study was data on the primary morbidity of female military personnel employed in disposal of chemical weapons with organophosphates (group 1) and serving in support and service units (group 2). The results were compared with the indicators of primary morbidity of all female military personnel Armed Forces of Russia. Nosologies were correlated with the chapters of diseases by the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).Results and Discussion. In Group 1 of female military personnel, the primary morbidity for a number of disease categories was better than in Group 2 and all the female military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, which can be explained by careful preliminary selection before recruting, good work organization, and timely prevention of initial health disorders and rehabilitation of the functional reserves of the body. In military women of Groups 1 and 2, compared to all the female military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, a statistically significantly higher level of primary morbidity was revealed for mental disorders and behavioral disorders (Chapter V by ICD-10). This can be explained by the cumulative effect of mental tension during disposal of chemical weapons. Of note, the above disorders were not the leading category of primary morbidity in both female military personnel working in enterprises and in all the female military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. In female women of Group 1 compared to all the female military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces, there was a statistically significantly higher level of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (Chapter XIII by ICD-10). It can be assumed that negative memories of the likelihood of emergencies when moving weapons that require disposal create additional physical efforts and overstrain of individual muscles. It is appropriate to point out that diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue increased in female military personnel in all groups and overall in 2007-2016. In Group 1 of female military personnel, there was an increase in proportion of diseases from Chapter XIII vs certain stability of their percentage in all the female military personnel f the Russian Armed Forces.Conclusion. The results obtained showed a sufficient effectiveness of preventive and protective measures during the disposal of organophosphate weapons by female military personnel.

scholarly journals ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF PREVENTION OF SUICIDE IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATIO

2019 ◽  
pp. 50-58
Author(s):  
V. K. Shamrei ◽  
K. V. Dnov ◽  
V. I. Evdokimov
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Early Detection ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Somatoform Disorders ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
International Classification Of Diseases ◽  
Addictive Disorders ◽  
The Military

Relevance. The level of suicides, according to several authors, is one of the most significant indicators of mental health in society, including in the armies of the world.Intention. To analyze suicides and their existing prevention system in the Russian Federation population and Armed Forces in 2007–2018.Methodology. Mental disorders and behavioral disorders (F00–F99 by Chapter V, the International Classification of Diseases of the 10th revision) were analyzed according to 3/MED Form in the military units, where ≥ 80 % of the military personnel served. The longterm trends of the main statistical indicators of suicides and mental disorders among military personnel compared to the Russian population have been established.Results and Discussion. In 2007–2018, the level of suicides in the Russian Armed Forces was (12.00 ± 1.35) per 100 thousand military personnel and was 1.7 times lower than in the population of Russia (20.12 ± 1.56) per 100 thousand (p < 0.001). The level of suicides seems to decrease among the military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces. When analyzing the longterm incidence of mental disorders and the level of suicides in the personnel of the Armed Forces of Russia, no significant correlation was found. At the same time, in a cohort of officers and ensigns, a statistically significant correlation was established between the level of suicides and the general incidence of the Chapter V diseases (r = 0.87; p < 0.01), including stressrelated neurotic and somatoform disorders (F40–F48; r = 0.72; p < 0.01), mental and behavioral disorders associated with the use of psychoactive substances (F10–F19; r = 0.89; p < 0.001). In the military conscripts, there was a correlation between the level of suicides and general morbidity related to Chapter V diseases (r = 0.72; p < 0.05), including personality and behavior disorders in adulthood (F60–F69; r = 0.81; p < 0.01) and organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders (F00– F09; r = 0.76; p < 0.05). It was revealed that among the officers and military personnel under the contract, family and domestic causes of suicide prevailed in contrast to the draft servicemen. Meanwhile somatic and mental diseases as a predominant cause of suicide accounted for a relatively small proportion.Conclusion. Psychoprophylactic measures should be aimed at early detection of servicemen prone to suicidal behavior, effective assistance in resolving militaryprofessional difficulties and domestic problems, as well as at improving their adaptation to military service. Special attention should be paid to the early detection of people with addictive disorders, especially alcohol abusers.

Keeping Faith with Immigrant Military Personnel and Veterans

2019 ◽  
pp. 79-117
Author(s):  
Michael J. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Problem ◽  
Normative Argument ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Normative Content ◽  
The U.S

This chapter considers why immigrant military personnel and veterans should be granted unconditional naturalization immediately upon enlistment. It makes a normative argument for reviving the connection between the obligations of military service and the rights of citizenship. It applies this argument to the political problem of deporting noncitizen military personnel and veterans. In the U.S., military service currently does not immediately result in naturalization. Nor does it protect a noncitizen veteran from deportation. The normative content of the oath of enlistment should be construed as creating a permanent reciprocal relationship of rights and obligations between the U.S. government and a soldier regardless of citizenship status. Noncitizens who serve in a nation’s armed forces during a period of declared hostilities should be rendered immune from deportation for the rest of their lives. If they commit an offense, they should be punished for their crimes without being deported or denaturalized.

scholarly journals The injured mind in the UK Armed Forces

2011 ◽  
Vol 366 (1562) ◽  
pp. 261-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Greenberg ◽  
E. Jones ◽  
N. Jones ◽  
N. T. Fear ◽  
S. Wessely
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Service Personnel ◽  
Psychological Injuries ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Effects Of War

The mental health of the UK Armed Forces is a topic much debated by healthcare professionals, politicians and the media. While the current operations in Afghanistan, and the recent conflict in Iraq, are relevant to this debate, much of what is known about the effects of war upon the psyche still derives from the two World Wars. This paper will examine the historical and contemporary evidence about why it is that some Service personnel suffer psychological injuries during their military service and others do not. The paper will also consider some of the strategies that today's Armed Forces have put in place to mitigate the effects of sending military personnel into danger.

scholarly journals Actual issues of the implementation of social security of military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in modern conditions

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serhii Diachenko ◽  
Liudmyla Tsiukalo
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The Military

The article deals with the modern legal framework that regulates the issues related to social security of the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. One of the components of the personnel social security - pension - is analyzed. Peculiarities of pension provision of personnel retired from military service are considered. The focus is on the issues of recalculation of pensions due to changes in legislation. Ways to improve the pension provision of persons retired from military service considered are proposed.

“The Army is a Service, Not a Job”: Unionization, Employment, and the Meaning of Military Service in the Late-Twentieth Century United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-52
Author(s):  
Jennifer Mittelstadt
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Leaders ◽  
American Federation ◽  
United States Armed Forces ◽  
Public Unions ◽  
Institutional Benefits

AbstractThis article tells the story of an often-forgotten attempt to unionize the United States armed forces in the 1970s. The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), an AFL-CIO-affiliated union representing federal employees, voted to allow military personnel to join its union in 1976. Military personnel proved far more open to the bid than expected. Nursing grievances from threatened congressional cuts to their institutional benefits, between one-third and one-half welcomed the union. Though a worried Congress, a powerful military leadership, and skeptical public opinion quashed unionization within the year, the brief episode nevertheless left an influential legacy. Coming just after the difficult transition from the draft to the volunteer force, the union bid forced military leaders, soldiers, and supporters in Congress to defend both military service and military benefits from encroachments of an “occupational” model symbolized by unionization. Their successful distinction between military service and employment elevated the former as uniquely honorable and arduous—and thus deserving of unwavering congressional support. Public unions, the embodiment of the occupational threat to military service, emerged bruised by the comparisons to vaunted military service and endured a decades-long decline in membership and congressional protection.

scholarly journals Issues of prevention of suicidal behavior in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-77
Author(s):  
V K Shamrey ◽  
K V Dnov
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Steady Increase ◽  
Addictive Disorders ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The Russian Federation

The issues of prevention of suicidal incidents in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are considered. The analysis of suicide prevalence among military personnel of various categories and their prevailing causes for the period from 2013 to 2017 is indicated. Indicates a change in the percentage ratio of various categories of military personnel who committed suicide, with a steady increase in the proportion of privates and sergeants serving in military service under the contract (from 24,6% in 2011 to 57,4% in 2017). It was established that among the servicemen under the contract family and everyday reasons for suicide prevailed, while conscripts were military professional. A comparison was also made of the long-term (2007-2017) dynamics of suicide rates and the incidence of mental disorders among military personnel, and certain patterns were identified. Thus, in the group of officers and ensigns, a significant correlation was noted between the long-term dynamics of suicide rates with neurotic (r=0,74) and addictive disorders (r=0,86), as well as general mental morbidity (r=0,83), and for conscripts, with personality disorders (r=0,79) and organic mental disorders (r=0,71). A comparison of the long-term dynamics of the overall incidence of mental disorders and the suicide rate among conscripts also showed a positive correlation (r=0,69). Analyzed the system of prevention of suicidal incidents in military personnel, which currently exists and proposed measures for its improvement, including the areas of activity of officials for the prevention of suicidal incidents in the military. It also indicates the need to shift the focus from specific prevention (direct detection and prevention of suicidal actions in military personnel with mental disorders) to non-specific (prevention of general mental distress and suicidal tendencies in mentally healthy people).

scholarly journals POSAMEZNIKOVO ODLOČANJE ZA ZAPOSLITEV V POGODBENI REZERVI SLOVENSKE VOJSKE

2013 ◽  
pp. 85-102
Author(s):  
ERIK KOPAČ ◽  
JANJA VUGA
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Descriptive Norms ◽  
Economic Stimulation ◽  
Personal Attitude ◽  
Efficacy Assessment ◽  
The Military

Ob prehodu na poklicno popolnjevanje je proučevanje posameznikovega odločanja za različne oblike vojaške službe postalo zelo pomembno, saj so se oborožene sile soočile s konkurenčnimi iskalci delovne sile, s katerimi pogosto glede na ugodnosti, ki jih lahko ponudijo, in glede na posebnosti in zahtevnost dela težko tekmujejo. V primerjavi s proučevanjem pridobivanja in zadrževanja kadra za stalno sestavo oboroženih sil so analize, ki se ukvarjajo s pridobivanjem in zadrževanjem kadra za rezervno sestavo, predvsem zaradi pomanjkanja podatkov, veliko redkejše. S socio- -psihološkim proučevanjem smo tako pri pogodbenih pripadnikih rezerve sestave Slovenske vojske preverili, kateri so ključni dejavniki odločanja za zaposlitev v pogodbeni rezervi. Pri tem smo prišli do ugotovitve, da imajo poleg ekonomskih spodbud pri odločitvah posameznikov za zaposlitev v pogodbeni rezervi pomembno vlogo tudi dejavniki, ki izhajajo iz osebnega odnosa posameznika do zaposlitve v pogodbeni rezervi, normativnih pritiskov oziroma podpore, deskriptivnih norm in ocene samoučinkovitosti, pa tudi številni drugi, bolj oddaljeni dejavniki, kot sta de- mografija in informiranost. During the transition to professional armed forces, the study of individual’s motives for various forms of military service became increasingly important. The profession- al armed forces have been confronted with competitive employers, who are often hard to compete with, considering the benefits they can offer as well as the charac- teristics and complexity of the work. Compared to the studies regarding the recruit- ment and retention of permanent military personnel, the analysis of the recruitment and retention of reserve military staff are much rarer, mainly due to the lack of data. With the help of socio-psychological framework applied to Slovenian Armed Forces contract reserve members, we thus determine the key factors triggering decisions for the employment in the contract military reserve. In doing so, we came to the con- clusion that, in addition to the economic stimulation, the factors contributing to the individuals’ decision to seek employment in the contract reserve are the following: factors resulting from individual’s personal attitude towards the employment in the military contract reserve, normative pressures or support, descriptive norms, self- efficacy assessment, and many other more remote factors, such as demographics and information.

scholarly journals Epidemiological and pharmacoeconomic aspects of HIV infection in military

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Yu. I. Bulankov ◽  
M. A. Bulygin ◽  
A. V. Bespalov ◽  
K. V. Zhdanov ◽  
A. A. Murachev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Detection ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
World Health ◽  
Service Members ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Life Years ◽  
Wide Variability

The goals of the research are to determine the latent morbidity and financial losses of the Russian Ministry of Defense due to the dismissal of service members with HIV infection at symptomatic stages; to establish the supposed clinical and pharmacoeconomic effectiveness of the early detection and treatment of service members.The materials compile 379 case histories of patients of the only specialized department for HIV-positive military personnel in the Armed Forces for 2017–2019, as well as various reporting forms. The study uses the following methods for the analysis: Markov chains are employed to calculate QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years), “cost-effectiveness”, and “willingness to pay”. The research compares two competitive models: “Current Situation” - without the introduction of algorithms for early detection and treatment of HIV infection, and “Prognosis” - with the introduction of these algorithms.The following results are obtained: implementing a mandatory triennial screening for HIV-antibodies among military personnel allows to raise the detection of HIV-positive military personnel in the early stages of the disease by 55%. At the same time, early administered antiretroviral therapy prevents the progression of HIV infection, while the number of military personnel who have reached symptomatic stages of HIV infection and the number of deaths decreases by 35,6% and 80,2% (six-fold), respectively. The economic effectiveness of these measures includes a reduced cost of treatment and an increased length of military service. The sensitivity analysis of the method shows that the proposed measures remain pharmacoeconomically highly effective with a wide variability of the initial data.Conclusion. The results of the study demonstrate that a significant improvement of the epidemiological situation in the field of HIV infection in the Armed Forces is achievable at very low economic costs. With the full implementation of the proposed measures, the cohort of military personnel of the Armed Forces is able to achieve the World Health Organization’s “90-90-90”criteria of in 3–5 years.

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