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Combat Risk Management and Combat and Operational Stress Control
Combat Risk Management and Combat and Operational Stress Control Author:Department of Defense A great value! Two military manuals combine into one book. If you purchase both books separate you will pay more for the books plus shipping cost. Combat Risk Management: The manual is intended to help commanders,1 their staffs,leaders,2 and managers develop a framework to make risk management a routine part of planning, preparing, and execu... more »ting operational missions and everyday tasks. This framework will allow soldiers to operate with maximum initiative, flexibility, and adaptability. Combat and Operational Stress Control: n our own Soldiers and in the enemy combatants, control of stress is often the decisive difference between victory and defeat across the operational continuum. Battles and wars are won more by controlling the will to fight than by killing all of the enemy combatants. Uncontrolled combat stress causes erratic or harmful behaviors, impair mission performance, and may result in disaster and defeat of COSC preventive measures. The COSC preventive measures are aimed at minimizing maladaptive stress reactions while promoting adaptive stress reactions, such as loyalty, selflessness, and acts of bravery. This manual provides doctrinal guidance for controlling excessive stress in combat and other operational environments. It identifies command and leadership responsibilities for COSC. It identifies COSC consultation, training, and education assistance available for units. This manual provides definitive guidance to BH personnel and CSC units for their COSC mission and for management of COSR and other behavioral disordered patients (BDPs). It identifies the requirements for COSC consultation, planning, coordination, rehearsal, and implementation of the COSC plan contained in the FHP annex of the operation order (OPORD). Many stressors in a combat situation are due to deliberate enemy actions aimed at killing, wounding, or demoralizing our Soldiers and our allies.« less