Research Paper Title Cardiorespiratory responses to heavy military load carriage over complex terrain. Background This study examined complex terrain march performance and cardiorespiratory responses when carrying different Soldier loads. Methods Nine active duty military personnel (age, 21 ± 3 yr; height, 1.72 ± 0.07 m; body mass (BM), 83.4 ± 12.9 kg) attended two test… Read More
“In [1814], Lieutenant Frederick Young, … [led 2000 irregulars against 200] Gurkhas in the hills. Their first showing, when not yet drawn together by any marked esprit de corps, was a poor one. The Gurkhas attacked on sight, whereupon the irregulars incontinently fled, leaving the chagrined Young with a handful of officers where he stood.… Read More
Events 875: Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, is crowned as Holy Roman Emperor Charles II. 1427: The Ming army begins its withdraw from Hanoi, ending the Chinese domination of Đại Việt. 1503 – The Battle of Garigliano (1503) was fought between a Spanish army under Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba and a French army… Read More
Introduction Finding it hard to decide whether getting a military education might be a good idea? Then this article can help you make the right call. Do you feel safe sitting wherever you are right now, reading to this article? You might be sitting on the sofa or lying in your bed, but one thing that… Read More
Events 1655: Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege. 1703: Portugal and England sign the Methuen Treaty which gives preference to Portuguese imported wines into England. 1814: War of 1812: The American schooner USS Carolina is destroyed. It was the last of… Read More
Research Paper Title Effect of heavy load carriage on cardiorespiratory responses with varying gradients and modes of carriage. Background The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of different uphill and downhill gradients on cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses of soldiers while carrying heavy military loads in two different modes. Methods Eight physically fit male… Read More
“War is much to brutal a business to have room for brutal leading; in the end, its only effect can be to corrode the character of men, and when character is lost, all is lost. The bully and the sadist serve only to further encumber an army; their subordinates must waste precious time clearing away… Read More
