Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr Timothy Harrison Place ◽  
Timothy Harrison Place
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
British Army

Running to breaking point? The relationship between 1.5-mile run time and injury risk in female recruits during British Army basic training

2019 ◽  
Vol 166 (E) ◽  
pp. e3-e7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie Heller ◽  
H Stammers
Keyword(s):  
Injury Risk ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Military Training ◽  
P Value ◽  
British Army ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Best Effort ◽  
Fitness Assessment ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Run Time

IntroductionThe 1.5-mile best-effort run is used in the British Army to assess the fitness of all recruits and trained service personnel by means of the physical fitness assessment (PFA). The 1.5-mile run is a basic measure of fitness and slower times have been associated with an increased risk of musculoskeletal injury (MSkI), particularly during this early stage of training. The aim of this study was to establish whether 1.5-mile run times were associated with subsequent MSkIs among female recruits during their 14-week basic training.MethodRetrospective data were analysed from female recruits who had undertaken basic military training between June 2016 and October 2017. This included retrieving the results of their week 1 PFA; recording the type, cause and week of MSkI if they had sustained one; and noting down their outcome from basic training. Run times were statistically analysed in relation to MSkI occurrence of 227 female recruits using binomial logistic regression with an accepted alpha level of p value <0.05.Results1.5-mile run time predicted risk of MSkI (χ2 (1)=12.91, p<0.0005) in female recruits. The mean run time for injury-free recruits was faster than for injured recruits (12 min 13 s compared with 12 min 43 s). Every 10 s increase in run time was associated with an 8.3% increase in risk of injury.ConclusionSlower 1.5-mile best-effort run time, as a surrogate of aerobic fitness, is associated with increased risk of MSkI in female recruits during basic training.

Hormonal contraceptive use, bone density and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in British Army recruits

2021 ◽  
pp. bmjmilitary-2020-001745
Author(s):  
Charlotte V Coombs ◽  
T J O'Leary ◽  
J C Y Tang ◽  
W D Fraser ◽  
J P Greeves
Keyword(s):  
Bone Density ◽  
Bone Metabolism ◽  
Cortical Bone ◽  
Biochemical Markers ◽  
Contraceptive Use ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Hormonal Contraception ◽  
Hormonal Contraceptive ◽  
British Army ◽  
Army Recruits

IntroductionHormonal contraceptive use might impair bone health and increase the risk of stress fracture by decreasing endogenous oestrogen production, a central regulator of bone metabolism. This cross-sectional study investigated bone density and biochemical markers of bone metabolism in women taking hormonal contraceptives on entry to basic military training.MethodsForty-five female British Army recruits had biochemical markers of bone metabolism, areal bone mineral density (aBMD) and tibial speed of sound (tSOS) measured at the start of basic military training. Participants were compared by their method of hormonal contraception: no hormonal contraception (NONE), combined contraceptive pill (CP) or depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) (20±2.8 years, 1.64±0.63 m, 61.7±6.2 kg).ResultsaBMD was not different between groups (p≥0.204), but tSOS was higher in NONE (3%, p=0.014) when compared with DMPA users. Beta C-terminal telopeptide was higher in NONE (45%, p=0.037) and DMPA users (90%, p=0.003) compared with CP users. Procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide was higher in DMPA users compared with NONE (43%, p=0.045) and CP users (127%, p=0.001), and higher in NONE compared with CP users (59%, p=0.014). Bone alkaline phosphatase was higher in DMPA users compared with CP users (56%, p=0.044).ConclusionsDMPA use was associated with increased bone turnover and decreased cortical bone integrity of the tibia. Lower cortical bone integrity in DMPA users was possibly mediated by increased intracortical remodelling, but trabecular bone was not affected by contraceptive use.

Sex differences in physical performance and body composition adaptations to British Army basic military training

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S80
Author(s):  
Thomas O’Leary ◽  
Samantha Saunders ◽  
Stephen McGuire ◽  
Sarah Kefyalew ◽  
Michelle Venables ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Sex Differences ◽  
Physical Performance ◽  
Military Training ◽  
British Army

‘The only privilege we have’: Wartime Officer Appointment

2020 ◽  
pp. 176-198
Author(s):  
Timothy Bowman ◽  
William Butler ◽  
Michael Wheatley
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Military Training ◽  
British Army ◽  
Officer Training ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Training Corps ◽  
Do So

There was a well-established tradition of the Anglo-Irish gentry serving as officers in the British army and this continued into the war. The British army, pre-war, was very class conscious with officers requiring a private income. The costs associated diminished in wartime but officers were still generally from upper and middle-class backgrounds. As with other recruitment in Ireland, officer recruitment was politicised. Officer Training Corps units pre-war were, almost exclusively, at Protestant schools and universities, which meant that few Catholics presenting themselves for commissions could claim previous military training. The War Office quickly commissioned large numbers of Ulster Volunteer officers, who had enlisted with their men in September 1914. Nationalists felt that they were less favoured by the War Office though the National MPs who sought commissions did not do so before 1915. Lieutenant General Sir Lawrence Parsons established a cadet company in the 16th (Irish) Division but this did not assuage Nationalist concerns. An Officer Selection Board was established in Dublin in the Summer of 1915 and, throughout the remainder of the war, it had some success in attracting Catholic recruits for officer training.

Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944: From Dunkirk to D-Day

2002 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 602
Author(s):  
Colin F. Baxter ◽  
Timothy Harrison Place
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
British Army

scholarly journals Timing of Energy and Macronutrient Intake of British Army Officer Cadets during Military Training

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (5S) ◽  
pp. 639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Edwards ◽  
Steve D. Myers ◽  
Andrew G. Siddall ◽  
Jane E.S Thompson ◽  
Steven D. Powell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
Macronutrient Intake ◽  
British Army ◽  
Army Officer

Basic Training

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-53
Author(s):  
Dan Evans
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
British Army ◽  
Embodied Experience ◽  
Basic Training ◽  
Affective Experience ◽  
Army Reserve

This chapter adds to an increasing body of work on the embodied sociology of war and militarism by detailing the affective experience of basic training and the insights this provided into the nature of habitus formation within the British Army and how bodies react to and are transformed by military training. Unlike more dramatic insights into the embodied experience of soldiering, however, this account of basic training mainly focuses on the banal, everyday ways that recruits learn what Stephen Atherton calls the domestic element of soldiering – the embodied routine and rhythm of barracks life. The chapter is a reflection on a centrally important part of the author’s own enactive ethnographic research into life in the British Army reserve and the ‘enduring modification of the bodily schema’ (in Loïc Wacquant’s words) that basic training entailed.

Changes in iron status of British Army recruits in basic military training

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. S164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jackson ◽  
Neil Walsh ◽  
Sam Oliver ◽  
Rachel Izard ◽  
Jon Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iron Status ◽  
Military Training ◽  
British Army ◽  
Army Recruits

scholarly journals Evolution of First Aid Training in the British Army

2021 ◽  
Vol 186 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 808-813
Author(s):  
Martin C M Bricknell ◽  
Brigadier T J Hodgetts
Keyword(s):  
Medical Training ◽  
Military Training ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
First Aid ◽  
Prehospital Emergency Care ◽  
British Army ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
First Aid Training ◽  
Army Personnel

ABSTRACT Introduction This article describes the evolution of first aid in the British Army from the Crimean War to the present day in order to interpret the processes of innovation, implementation, and diffusion of ideas to improve the clinical outcomes for military casualties. Materials and Methods The article is an analysis of policy and practice for training in first aid published in King’s/Queen’s Regulations for the Army, the Field Service Pocket Book, or generic military training policy. This is complimented by a review of medical training manuals and a search of articles in the Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC). Most sources have been accessed from the Museum of Military of Medicine and the Wellcome RAMC Muniments Collection. Results The narrative summarizes the evolution of clinical concepts in first aid and their translation for Army personnel; starting with RAMC stretcher bearers, extended to soldiers assigned to medical duties at unit level, and finally simplified into first aid training to be taught to all soldiers. Alongside this story of training is a secondary story of the development of field first aid equipment, principally dressings, tourniquets, and analgesia. The final part of the story is the transfer of knowledge from military first aid training into the civilian, community setting. The following themes were identified: the reality of conflict wounds, battlefield first aid is different from civilian first aid, progressive transfer of training from medics to soldiers, transfer of knowledge to civilian sector and internationally, and specific clinical innovations: first field dressings, tourniquets, and prehospital analgesia. Discussion The current generation of soldiers are at the highest ever standard of first aid training and equipment. This must be maintained through gathering of evidence in effectiveness and outcomes in prehospital emergency care in both military and civilian settings.

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