Report of the Human Dimensions Research Team, Operation Restore Hope.

摘要

The purpose of this investigation was to assess soldier coping and adaptation to the stresses of operation Restore Hope. Interviews, observations, and command consultation generated the data necessary to delineate key themes. Perhaps the most important of the investigation's findings was that current Army doctrine and practices provided the support necessary for the deployed force to successfully adapt to the unique challenges of operation Restore Hope. The Human Dimensions Research Team detected no problems that were severe enough to threaten/comprise the Army's ability to perform its mission, or that would portend significant future mental health problems (e.g., post-traumatic stress disorder). While there were numerous, identifiable stressors (e.g., redeployment uncertainty, mission ambiguity, restrictive rules of engagement, slow mail, limited phone access), none were unexcepted, and more importantly, none were beyond the soldiers' or units' capacity to cope. Operation restore hope, Stress, Coping, Adaptation, Somalia, Humanitarianism, Deployment.