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Kramer, Eric-Hans; Moorkamp, Matthijs; Visser, Max – Learning Organization, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide insight in how military expeditionary task forces cope with the dual challenge of organizing and learning, by reflecting on the experiences of Dutch expeditionary task forces in post-conflict missions in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. Design/methodology/approach: This paper reflects on the outcomes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Armed Forces, Military Personnel
Armstead, Stanley K. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In today's dynamic military environment, information technology plays a crucial role in the support of mission preparedness and operational readiness. This research examined the effectiveness of information technology security simulation and awareness training on U.S. military personnel in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, the study analyzed whether…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Foreign Countries, Computer Security, Information Security
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Frain, Michael; Torres, Ayse; Bishop, Malachy; Sakala, Kelly; Khan-Jordan, Cindy; Schoen, Barbara – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2016
Purpose: To understand the level of acceptance of disability by veterans and rehabilitation counselor's role in that acceptance. Method: The Acceptance of Disability Scale-Revised was given to 117 veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq who acquired disabilities. Their experiences working with certified rehabilitation counselors was also…
Descriptors: Rehabilitation Counseling, Counselor Role, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
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Jervis, Kathe – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2016
This article explores a little-known footnote in the history of the U.S. military occupation in Iraq. In mid-2007, when the war in Iraq was at its height, the author accepted a job to document the beginnings of a school designed and operated by the U.S. military in Iraq. Although this school was in many ways like any other, every aspect ultimately…
Descriptors: War, Educational Practices, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Sander, Libby – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
As colleges add services for the growing number of student veterans, they find that many women in that population seem reluctant to participate. On many campuses, officials find that only a sprinkling of women take part in programs and services designed to support veterans. The low turnout appears to be at odds with the number of female veterans…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Campuses, Social Support Groups
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Blackmore, Tim – Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 2012
This article examines 50 films produced and released between the years 2001 and 2012 that are concerned with the American wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Using Jacques Ellul's theories set out in his book "Propaganda," the article argues that while the films have failed at the box office, they were intended to function as integration…
Descriptors: Films, Propaganda, War, Foreign Countries
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Furtek, Diane – College and University, 2012
As a result of President Obama's drawdown of military troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, many service members will be returning to the United States. With service members returning to civilian life and to campuses, the relevance to a changing education environment is enormous both for this population and for today's higher education institutions.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Military Personnel, Foreign Countries, Military Service
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Kayes, D. Christopher; Allen, Nate; Self, Nate – Journal of Management Education, 2013
This article presents a model and case study used to teach crisis leadership as a management education topic. The materials emerge from studies of U.S. Army leaders (company commanders and platoon leaders) working in Iraq and Afghanistan. The authors explain how examples and cases from military combat provide tools to teach about crisis…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Models, Case Studies, Crisis Management
Cole-Morton, Gladys S. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Since the Post-9/11 GI Bill an increasing number of veterans and military students are seeking to complete degrees online and through enrollment at campuses across the nation (Brown 2011). The increased number of military students in postsecondary education settings presents challenges and opportunities for both the veteran student and institution…
Descriptors: Males, African Americans, Veterans, Educational Attainment
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Karney, Benjamin R.; Loughran, David S.; Pollard, Michael S. – Journal of Family Issues, 2012
Since military operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, lengthy deployments have led to concerns about the vulnerability of military marriages. Yet evaluating military marriages requires some benchmark against which marital outcomes in the military may be compared. These analyses drew from personnel records from the entire male population of the…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Foreign Countries, Military Personnel, Marital Status
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Morey, Leslie C.; Lowmaster, Sara E.; Coldren, Rodney L.; Kelly, Mark P.; Parish, Robert V.; Russell, Michael L. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
The present study examined the normative scores and psychometric properties of the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI; Morey, 1991) within a non-treatment-seeking sample of soldiers deployed to combat zones in Iraq, compared with a sample of community adults matched with respect to age and gender. Results indicate the scores and properties of…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Adults, Personality Measures, Profiles
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Heydari, Fatemeh; Ghanei, Mostafa – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
Sulfur mustard is an alkylating agent with highly cytotoxic properties even at low exposure. It was used widely against both military and civilian population by Iraqi forces in the Iraq-Iran war (1983-1988). Although various aspects of mustard gas effects on patients with chemical injury have been relatively well characterized, its effects on…
Descriptors: Injuries, Physiology, Patients, Foreign Countries
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Dietz, A. Steven; Schroeder, Eric A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2012
Perhaps now more than ever before the U.S. military is called on to perform tasks that are outside its normal/traditional purview. Recent wars--Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq, for example--have demonstrated the need for the U.S. military to do more than find and defeat a clearly defined enemy. At all levels of the war theater (conflict area), the…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Armed Forces, Critical Thinking, Occupational Information
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Carr, Coeli – Community College Journal, 2010
As community colleges welcome an influx of veterans returning from combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, administrators must focus on helping these soldiers--many who are pursuing higher education for the first time--obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to thrive in a changing economy. The process starts the moment these men and women set foot on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Credits, Foreign Countries, Veterans
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Novaco, Raymond W.; Swanson, Rob D.; Gonzalez, Oscar I.; Gahm, Gregory A.; Reger, Mark D. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The involvement of anger in the psychological adjustment of current war veterans, particularly in conjunction with combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), warrants greater research focus than it has received. The present study concerns a brief anger measure, Dimensions of Anger Reactions (DAR), intended for use in large sample studies…
Descriptors: Validity, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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