The Military Supervision in the Northern Region of Korea Carried Out by Russian Officers A.I. Zvegintsov and N.A. Korf

An effective disaster response is crucial to any organizations. When a disaster happens, the response must be fast, coordinated and appropriate so that it will minimize the human and economic cost of disaster. In Malaysia, several states of the Peninsular are frequently affected by flooding during the monsoon season. The military has played a crucial role in disaster management and relief. The Malaysian Army are well trained in terms of combat. However, little is known about their effectiveness in handling disaster operations. The objective of this research is to examine Malaysian Army Infantry Officers’ morale, training, safety and commitment to disaster responses in the context of flood disasters in Malaysia. This research found that training, commitment, morale and safety are the critical factors that influence effective disaster responses in the Malaysian Army. This study’s methodology is descriptive and exploratory, using qualitative methods. Data collection was carried out through conducting interviews and focus groups with Malaysian Army Infantry Officers located in the Central region, Northern region, Southern region and East Coast who have been involved in flood disaster operations for the past three years. Data collected were transcribed, categorized and grouped into themes. This research found that even without specific training in disaster relief, the Malaysian Army Infantry officers are inspired, positive and ever ready to take up the responsibilities given, and that they execute them wholehearted during disaster responses. In addition, in terms of safety, the Malaysian Army has safety guidelines and protocols to protect its soldiers during disaster missions.

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Recording sonic booms with the Romanian infrasound arrays

10.5194/egusphere-egu21-1366 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Daniela Ghica

Keyword(s):

Aegean Sea ◽

Northern Region ◽

Spatial Distance ◽

Sonic Booms ◽

Supersonic Aircraft ◽

East Region ◽

Signal Characteristics ◽

Frequency Components ◽

Element Array ◽

The Military

Two infrasound stations are currently in operation on the Romanian territory: IPLOR 4-element array of 0.6 km aperture, in the central part, and BURARI 6-element array of 0.7 km aperture, in the northern region.Automatic processing of continuous data recorded by the two arrays has revealed many impulsive signals generated by repeating sources confined in certain directions, i.e., sonic booms induced by supersonic aircraft activity. The approximate origins of the infrasound found by cross bearing the detections of IPLOR and BURARI arrays are typically pointed to the military air bases located in Romania and across Europe and Near East region. In some cases, the observed azimuths need to be corrected for the deviating effects of zonal cross-winds as the direction of stratospheric winds changes seasonally.The distances to the sources of sonic booms range from 140 km (Romania) to 2200 km (North Sea, Northern Norway, Germany, France, Ukraine-Russia border, Aegean Sea, Turkey etc.). The signal characteristics varies when time and spatial distance increase: from short-spiked to long-pulsed shape, from higher amplitudes (1 Pa) to lower ones (0.01 Pa). In case of short-range propagation, high frequencies (above 1 Hz) predominate, while for long-range propagation, the lower frequency drops below 1 Hz and higher frequency components are attenuated.

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February 1920 in the Arkhangelsk Gubernia: Chain Reaction of the “Bloodless Revolution” in Arkhangelsk

Herald of an Archivist ◽

10.28995/2073-0101-2021-1-259-274 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 259-274

Author(s):

Tatyana I. Troshina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Local Community ◽

Armed Forces ◽

Northern Region ◽

Front Line ◽

Original Plan ◽

Red Army ◽

Soviet Russia ◽

The Military ◽

Military Units

The article analyses the situation in Arkhangelsk when the Armed Forces of the Northern Region were preparing to leave the region, after the majority of the population of the gubernia (via delegates of the Zemstvo-city assembly) had expressed their desire to make peace with Soviet Russia. All garrisons and front-line units received an order to leave warehouses with weapons and food in the hands of local authorities and those of military servicemen who wished to stay; those who wished to leave were to move in an orderly manner towards railway for evacuation. The original plan was violated, since most military units reacted negatively to the order to retreat. Uprising began in order to prevent the departure of the main forces. In these circumstances, the command announced dissolution of the disciplined units, offering them to leave voluntarily for the West (to Murmansk, and from there to Norway). Thus, the servicemen were disorganized and fell prey to the “military revolutionary committees” that were springing up on the ground. The goals of these organizations were to “restore the Soviet power” and to disarm those few volunteer units that did not want to capitulate before the arrival of the Red Army. Military revolutionary committees co-opted most authoritative local figures into their memberships and transformed into “revolutionary committees,” which were to maintain order and to prepare grand welcome for the Red units. Before decisions were made at the command level, fraternization began at the front and later delegations exchange between military units on opposite sides of the front. Scanty and scattered sources, on the basis of which the described events have been reconstructed, show that the role of garrisons in the "change of power" was less significant in the uezd centers located far from the front line. The local community sought to create loyal new government as it had happened several times in 1917 and in 1918: by peacefully transferring their power to the “Soviets of deputies” in a manner similar to the transfer of power to the “Zemstvo bodies” in August 1918. The material of the article and its main conclusions provide an opportunity to take a fresh look at the seemingly well-known events of the Civil War, namely, “the liberation of the Soviet North from the White Guards.”

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Dynamics of changes in the structure of mental illnesses among servicemen treated in the hospital of the psychiatric department of the military medical clinical center of the northern region

Psychiatry Neurology and Medical Psychology ◽

10.26565/2312-5675-2020-15-01 ◽

2020 ◽

Keyword(s):

Behavioral Disorders ◽

Somatoform Disorders ◽

Northern Region ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Drug Problem ◽

Military Conflict ◽

Clinical Center ◽

Number Of Patients ◽

Drug Problems ◽

The Military

Against the backdrop of growing military conflict, hostilities are the most stressful factor in deteriorating mental health. For 7 years (from 2012 to 2019) a study of data from 3587 inpatients who served in peacetime, participated in hostilities and served during the armistice. The average age of servicemen differed significantly depending on the period of service, was 26.5 years in 2012 and increased to 34.2 years in 2019. In peacetime, diseases predominantly related to neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48), adult personality disorders and behavioral disorders (F60-F69). The drug problem comes to the fore during the fighting in late 2014 and 2015. The total number of patients with drug problems was 46.2% among all hospitalized in 2014 and 2015. During the same period, 24.2% of all hospitalized patients had neurotic stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48). As active hostilities decreased, the number of these disorders increased. In 2019 and amounted to 50.8% of servicemen treated in hospital. In the hospital, we observed an increase in mental and behavioral disorders due to the use of psychoactive substances (mainly alcohol, opiates), the number of such patients increased in the overall structure of diseases to 21.5% in 2019. For the first time, a significant amount of data from servicemen was analyzed and the obtained material demonstrates the need to involve narcology specialists in the rehabilitation process.

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POLÍTICOS E IMIGRANTES: os primeiros anos da imprensa em Vilhena-Rondônia (1975-1950)

Revista Observatório ◽

10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2016v2n5p57 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (5) ◽

pp. 57

Author(s):

Sandro Adalberto Colferai ◽

Nicola Nicolielo

Keyword(s):

Northern Region ◽

Palabras Clave ◽

The Press ◽

The Military ◽

The City ◽

Medios De Comunicacion

Este artigo aborda as primeiras duas décadas da imprensa na cidade de Vilhena, Rondônia, entre meados da década de 1970 e meados da década de 1990. Este período coincide com a formação da cidade durante o período de intensa imigração para a Região Norte do Brasil, no contexto da política de ocupação promovida pelos governos militares. São estes imigrantes que vão instalar os primeiros jornais, inicialmente motivados pelo interesse em apresentar veículos de comunicação para a nascente sociedade. Após este breve primeiro período os jornais tornam-se arrimos de diferentes projetos políticos, quase sempre conflitantes, o que motiva o surgimento de diferentes publicações. É neste contexto, que procuramos resgatar no artigo, que jornais circulam durante o período abordado. Para isso nos valemos principalmente de fontes orais e apresentamos reproduções de algumas das publicações citadas. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: História; imprensa; colonização; Rondônia; Vilhena. ABSTRACT This article addresses the first two decades of the press in the city of Vilhena, Rondônia, between the mid-1970s and the mid-1990s. This period coincides with the formation of the city during the period of intense immigration to the Northern Region of Brazil, in the context of the occupation policy promoted by the military governments. It is these immigrants who are going to install the first newspapers, initially motivated by the interest in presenting communication vehicles to the nascent society. After this brief first period, the newspapers become the support of different political projects, almost always conflicting, which motivates the appearance of different publications. It is in this context, that we try to rescue in the article, that newspapers circulate during the period covered. For this we rely mainly on oral sources and present reproductions of some of the publications cited. KEYWORDS: History; press; colonization; Rondônia; Vilhena. RESUMEN Este artículo analiza las dos primeras décadas de la prensa en la ciudad de Vilhena, Rondônia, entre mediados de la década de 1970 y mediados de la década de 1990 Este período coincide con la formación de la ciudad durante el tiempo de intensa inmigración en el norte de Brasil, en el contexto de la política de ocupación promovido por los gobiernos militares. Estos son los inmigrantes que van a instalar los primeros periódicos, motivados inicialmente por el interés en la presentación de los medios de comunicación a la sociedad naciente. Después de este primer tempo los periódicos se convierten en el sostén de distinguidos proyectos políticos, a menudo contradictorios, lo que motiva la aparición de distinguidas publicaciones. En esta condición, buscamos rescate en el artículo, que los periódicos circulan durante el tiempo cubierto. Para ello nos basamos principalmente en fuentes orales y reproducciones actuales de algunos de los periódicos citados. PALABRAS CLAVE: La historia; prensa; la colonización; Rondônia; Vilhena.

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Democrazy—Dem Go Craze, O: Monitoring the 1999 Nigerian Elections

Issue A Journal of Opinion ◽

10.1017/s1548450500005862 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 29-33

Author(s):

Darren Kew

Keyword(s):

Transition Program ◽

The Political ◽

High Stakes ◽

Political Class ◽

Soccer Match ◽

The Public ◽

The Military

In many respects, the least important part of the 1999 elections were the elections themselves. From the beginning of General Abdusalam Abubakar’s transition program in mid-1998, most Nigerians who were not part of the wealthy “political class” of elites—which is to say, most Nigerians— adopted their usual politically savvy perspective of siddon look (sit and look). They waited with cautious optimism to see what sort of new arrangement the military would allow the civilian politicians to struggle over, and what in turn the civilians would offer the public. No one had any illusions that anything but high-stakes bargaining within the military and the political class would determine the structures of power in the civilian government. Elections would influence this process to the extent that the crowd influences a soccer match.

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