An update on stress, fatigue and wellbeing: implications for naval personnel

The aim of the present article is to provide an update on recent research on stress, fatigue and wellbeing and discuss the implications for naval personnel. There is now considerable information on these topics in onshore civilian populations and some research on seafarers and other military personnel. This generic information can now be used to address these issues in naval personnel. In order to do this there is a need to consider specific naval contexts and to collect data to confirm the applicability of established methods and models to the navy

Nineteenth-Century Royal Navy Sailors From Africa and the African Diaspora: Research Methodology

The paper explains a methodology, where previously there was none, for identifying African and diasporan naval personnel hired by the British Royal Navy to serve in the West African Station in the mid-nineteenth century. The methodology employs a variety of naval documents including: ship\u27s musters, description books, daily sick lists, and medical journals to identify African and diasporan personnel. The Royal Navy employed four categories (Kroomen, Liberated Africans, Africans, Blacks) to describe and to differentiate the African and diasporan work force within the Station. By identifying African and diasporan naval personnel more can be learned about the ways in which race and ethnicity were constructed and applied during the age of abolition. It also provides a method capable of examining the shipboard lives and socio-economic niches carved out by \u27subject\u27 people within the British maritime Atlantic World

Knowledge of AIDS and HIV risk-related sexual behavior among Nigerian naval personnel

BACKGROUND: The epidemic of HIV continues to grow in Nigeria. Personnel in the military are at increased risk of HIV infection. Although HIV-risk related sexual behavior of Nigerian police officers has been studied, little is known about the sexual behavior of their counterparts in the Navy. This study describes knowledge of AIDS, and HIV-risk sexual behavior of naval personnel in Lagos Nigeria. METHODS: Four hundred and eighty personnel of the Nigerian Navy completed a 70-item questionnaire in 2002. Group discussion and in-depth interviews of four key informants were also conducted to gain insights into the context of risky sexual behaviors and suggestions for feasible HIV primary prevention interventions. RESULTS: The mean age of the respondents was 34 years. Although the overall mean AIDS knowledge score was 7.1 of 10 points, 52.1% of respondents believed that a cure for AIDS was available in Nigeria and that one can get HIV by sharing personal items with an infected person (25.3%). The majority (88.1%) had had lifetime multiple partners ranging from 1–40 with a mean of 5.1; 32.5% of male respondents had had sexual contact with a female sex worker, 19.9% did so during the six months preceding the survey. Forty-one percent of those with sexual contact with a female sex worker did not use a condom during the most recent sexual encounter with these women. Naval personnel who have been transferred abroad reported significantly more risky sexual behaviors than others. Group discussants and key informants believed that sex with multiple partners is a tradition that has persisted in the navy even in the era of AIDS because of the belief that AIDS affects only foreigners, that use of traditional medicine provides protection against HIV infection, and influence of alcohol. CONCLUSION: Many naval personnel report participating in high-risk sexual behavior which may increase their risk of acquiring and spreading HIV. Naval personnel live and interact freely with civilian population and are potential bridging group for disseminating HIV into the larger population. Interventions including sustained educational program, promotion of condoms, changes in transfer policies are recommended to address this problem

Milestone ODU-NPS Partnership strengthens higher education for naval personnel

A milestone partnership between Old Dominion University (ODU) and the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) was signed in Wshington, D.C. on Feb 12. The education and research agreement fosters greater collaboration between the two universities, increasing access to higher education for naval personnel, advances scientific and engineering capabilities of the Navy, and is a catalyst for the development of new Navy technologies

Constitutional Foundations of the United States Navy

The article examines the attention the navy received during the debate over the ratification of the Constitution in 1787-1788.1 It rests on the normative supposition that naval personnel who have taken an oath to uphold the Constitution will have a serious interest in the organic connection between their chosen branch of military service and the document they are sworn to uphold

Naval Medical Operations at Kingston during the War of 1812

Throughout the War of 1812 the practice of naval medicine in Kingston (the headquarters of British naval forces on the Great Lakes) was beset with adversity. Dependent for years upon the army, the Provincial Marine’s medical resources were minimal, with problems increasing exponentially after the expansion of the Royal Navy’s forces on the lakes in early 1813. Naval surgeons in Kingston faced almost constant shortages of personnel, supplies and facilities, issues which were not fully resolved until the very end of the war. Yet although the standard of care under these conditions has earned a poor reputation in the past, naval medical officers in fact strove to ensure the comfort and recovery of their patients. This article follows the development of naval medical infrastructure in Kingston during the conflict, demonstrating that despite adverse circumstances the care provided was often both sophisticated and effective

The French Navy and the Washington Conference

At the conclusion of the First World War the French Navy and the infrastructure which supported it were far weaker than in 1914. The warships of the navy were obsolete, the morale of naval personnel was low, and the Marine Ministry was under-financed. This was due largely to France\u27s necessary preoccupation with the Western Front during the war years, which had diverted the available military resources to the French Army

Impact of Senior Service College Education on Naval Officer Promotion

In the spring of 1960 some 160 naval officers received orders to attend one of the senior serviette colleges. Commanders were in the majority I but many selectees were already captains. Most were probably surprised, although pleased, with the orders. Surprised because the war college list is one of those closely held document\u27s at the Bureau of Naval Personnel, and pleased because natural reaction is that such orders are indicative of high standing among contemporaries. poraries

An analysis and evaluation of the relationship between civilian-Navy interest groups and the Navy's public information program.

Thesis (M.S.)--Boston Universit

Higher Education in the 21st Century

Presentation to the Naval Personnel Task Forcehttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/88784/1/2000_Naval_Personnel_Taskforce_1.0.pd