Deployment Surveillance Summary, U.S. Army Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn/Operation Enduring Freedom, 2010

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Considerations for Acute and Emergent Deployed Mental Health Patient Management and Theater Transports: A Scoping Review

“…Publications contributing to the theme of suicide-related events management ( n = 8) 21 , 22 , 25 , 32 , 55 , 62 , 69 , 70 confirmed that the most severe mental health AEs are for suicidal ideation and suicidal gestures, 7 , 22 that self-harm is the strongest predictor for AE, 25 and that self-harm is a serious contributor to in-theater mortality. 21 , 32 , 70 Furthermore, epidemiologic surveillance methodology may not accurately capture the true burden of mental illness on AE and the military health system due to some suicides and suicide attempts coded as injury/poisonings per ICD-9/10 coding conventions.…”

“…Seven of the nine epidemiologic surveillance articles were MSMRs describing psychiatric AE rates during operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn. 1–4 , 21 , 32 , 57–60 The rates of AE from theater fluctuated over the decades, rising with associated mission activity. Psychological AEs increased by 50% from a rate of 6-9% in 2001-2005 to 16% by 2009 57 with a peak of 28% during 2018.…”

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“…Furthermore, the American triumph was largely attributed to the completely novel approach of conducting military operations aided by psychological operations (PSYOPS) at that time. Such coordinated action (kineticpsychological) effectively led to the surrender of many units without engaging the advancing enemy 467 . As a result, only a part of the Iraqi troops took up the fight, putting up relative resistance (including the tank battle of Basra, the battles for Al-Hilli and Karbala) and relatively strong resistance during the fights for Baghdad 468 threats and threats resulting from activities below the threshold of war with the use of military means.…”

The recruitment system for the Armed Forces and the effectiveness of the state's military security system in relation to the experience of the Russian-Ukrainian war 2022-2023

“…Furthermore, the American triumph was largely attributed to the completely novel approach of conducting military operations aided by psychological operations (PSYOPS) at that time. Such coordinated action (kineticpsychological) effectively led to the surrender of many units without engaging the advancing enemy 467 . As a result, only a part of the Iraqi troops took up the fight, putting up relative resistance (including the tank battle of Basra, the battles for Al-Hilli and Karbala) and relatively strong resistance during the fights for Baghdad 468 threats and threats resulting from activities below the threshold of war with the use of military means.…”