Steeling the Mind. Combat Stress Reactions and Their Implications for Urban Warfare

摘要

Combat stress casualties can severely limit the manpower required to conduct military operations. This manpower loss may be even more accentuated during urban combat operations. Commanders and NCOs in the U.S. military should develop the necessary skills to treat and prevent stress casualties and understand their implications for urban operations. To impart this knowledge, this monograph reviews the known precipitants of combat stress reaction (CSR), its battlefield treatment, and the preventive steps commanders can take to limit its extent and severity. In addition, this monograph reviews the stress casualty evidence of prior urban battles in order to enhance understanding of the risks of urban operations with respect to the development of CSR. Both treatment and prevention care also examined from an urban operations perspective.