Current smoking is associated with a higher risk if type 2 diabetes, and the most beneficial thing anyone with this condition can do is to give up smoking. However, it is not quite that simple. A retrospective cohort study of 10,692 adult smokers with type 2 diabetes that used the Health Improvement Network, a large… Read More
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Abraham Maslow said self-actualization is? “…to become everything that one is capable of becoming,” which sounds very similar to the old U.S army recruitment slogan, “Be All (That) You Can Be.” My interviews with Canadian Veterans of Afghanistan support the idea that the military can facilitate self-actualization; the problem…
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All too often I encounter the idea that the military promotes blindly following orders, rigid conformity, and a dictatorship style of leading. This is understandable since most people nowadays don’t have any contact with the military world and likely don’t have close relationships with those who have served. Before…
The US Army Basic Instructor Course (ABIC) is a five module course as outlined below: Module 1: Course Introduction Explain the goals of the ABIC Course and the role of instructor in the Contemporary Operating Environment (COE) Explain course goal, map, and requirements Explain role of the instructor Module 2: ATED Overview Define the Army… Read More
This study concerns the identification of the particular competences required by education, training and development practitioners (ETD practitioners) in the South African National Defence Force to develop suitable and appropriate career and training strategies. An applied research approach and a primarily quantitative approach were used. Questionnaires were completed by the commanding officers or the training managers, as well as… Read More
My Two Pence This is a story that tugged at my heart strings and thought it would be good to share. I believe there are a number of lessons that can be drawn from this story but I will leave it to the reader to decide which. The Background In the latest of a monthly… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 