Taking part in military-style fitness and TV programmes is all the rage at the moment. Just started showing here in Australia on Tuesday nights is a new TV programme ‘The Selection’ – or The Selection: Special Operations Experiment to give the full title – which is a reality documentary taking 30 men and women with no military… Read More
Newspaper Article Title An ex special forces soldier has launched a commando theme park on the Gold Coast. Outline IN a storage estate off the main drag at Yatala is what looks to be just another big square box warehouse. Until you step inside. What greets you is impressive and intriguing. Right in front of… Read More
“Unlike conventional field battles, where tactics are more flexible and largely dictated by the terrain and the enemy’s deployment, special forces anti-terrorist assaults are a combination of physical might and technology working in a swift syncopation, pre-planned and finely choreographed. Once initiated, they move relentlessly into the heart of the problem with precision timing, not… Read More
For those of you who found the Channel 4 TV show ‘Special Forces – Ultimate Hell Week’ to be over to quickly, then it’s your lucky day! Starting tonight on the BBC is the 5-part series ‘SAS: Who Dares Wins.’ It aims to recreate the SAS Selection process (which is really a joint SAS/SBS process).… Read More
Research Paper Title Alcohol Use in a Military Population Deployed in Combat Areas: A Cross Sectional Study. Background Alcohol misuse is more prevalent among military populations. Association between PTSD and heavy drinking have been reported in many studies. Most of the studies on alcohol use among military personnel are from US and UK. The aim… Read More
Research Paper Title Smoking among Troops deployed in Combat Areas and its Association with Combat Exposure among Navy Personnel in Sri Lanka. Background Among military personnel alcohol consumption and binge-drinking have increased but cigarette smoking has declined in the recent past. Although there is a strong association between smoking and PTSD the association between combat… Read More
Research Paper Title Delayed Memory Effects after Intense Stress in Special Forces Candidates: Exploring Path Processes between Cortisol Secretion and Memory Recall. Abstract The aim of this paper was twofold. First, it explored delayed effects of high endogenously evoked cortisol concentrations on visuo-spatial declarative memory. Subsequently, it applied multiple mediation (MM) analyses to reveal path… Read More
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