Is Smoking Associated with Injury in Military Training?

Research Paper Title Smoking and Injury in Royal Marines’ Training. Background Training for the Royal Marines (RMs) is considered to be one of the most arduous military training regimes in the world. Approximately 16% of the annual intake of recruits suffer an injury. Smoking has been found to be a predisposition to injury. Objective To… Read More

14/08/2013 by Andrew Marshall

Physiotherapy Records to Characterise Musculoskeletal Injuries: Any Good?

Research Paper Title Review of Physiotherapy Records to Characterise Musculoskeletal Injury in Australian Soldiers in the 16th Air Defence Regiment. Background There is scant information on the types of musculoskeletal injuries, their causes and injury patterns that are sustained by Australian garrison soldiers (a permanent military post or place where troops are stationed). Rigorous physical… Read More

30/07/201327/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

We Need To…

28/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

New Sub-sections

Two new sub-sections ‘Principles of Good Instruction’ and ‘Qualities of a Good Instructor’ can be found under the main page heading of ‘Training Framework’.

26/07/201322/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

The Operational Effectiveness of Hunter Company

Research Paper Title Investigation of the Operational Effectiveness of Hunter Company, Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines. Background The aim of the study was to investigate the operational effectiveness of Hunter Company, Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (RM) in rehabilitating injured RM recruits, through the collection of demographic, medical, and performance data for 1 year’s intake… Read More

23/07/201322/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

Indicators of Performance for Elite Units

Research Paper Title Physiological Variables and Performance Markers of Serving Soldiers from Two “Elite” units of the British Army. Background The aim of this study was to compare selected physiological variables and performance markers of soldiers from two “elite” units of the British Army. Methods Ten soldiers from each of the two units were recruited… Read More

18/07/2013 by Andrew Marshall

Military Fitness: An Award-winning Bloggers View

The link below leads to an article, written by writer and award-winning blogger Alastair Coleman, which gave me Cognitive Dissonance (having two opposing thoughts at the same time), I wanted to both heartily laugh and angrily shout: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/alistair-coleman/military-fitness-just-say-no_b_1817045.html I shall leave it to you to decide how you feel about it.