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In cross-cultural psychology, uncertainty avoidance is how cultures differ on the amount of tolerance they have of unpredictability. [1] Uncertainty avoidance is one of five key qualities or dimensions measured by the researchers who developed the Hofstede model of cultural dimensions to quantify cultural differences across international lines ...
In the prelude to the Russo-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army deemed it necessary to secure a route through the Hakkōda Mountains in the event that roads and railways were destroyed by shelling of the Aomori coastline by the Imperial Russian Navy during wintertime. Training in movement during winter conditions was also deemed necessary ...
Fatigue is a major human factors issue in aviation safety. [1] The Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool ( FAST) was developed by the United States Air Force in 2000–2001 to address the problem of aircrew fatigue in aircrew flight scheduling. [2] FAST is a Windows program that allows scientists, planners and schedulers to quantify the effects of ...
The United States Army 's Noncommissioned Officer Candidate Course ( NCOCC ), originally located at Fort Benning, Georgia, was created to fill the Army's critical shortage of junior noncommissioned officers with the best qualified and best trained men available. NCO Candidates (NCOC) allowed to attend the course were selected from volunteers ...
U.S. Army National Guard motorcycle riders conducting motorcycle training at Fort Rucker, Alabama. Motorcycle training teaches motorcycle riders the skills for riding on public roads. It is the equivalent of driver's education for car drivers. Training beyond basic qualification and licensing is available to those whose duty includes motorcycle ...
675. The Saint-Michel-de-Maurienne derailment of December 12, 1917 was a railway accident involving a troop train carrying at least 1,000 French soldiers on their way home for leave from the Italian front in World War I. A derailment as the train descended the Maurienne valley on the Culoz–Modane railway caused a catastrophic crash and ...
20 December. US Army Puerto Rican National Guard Eurocopter UH-72 Lakota, 07-02069, crashes in inclement weather off the coast of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, during a Counterdrug operation. All three crewmen and three passengers aboard are killed. This is the first incident involving the UH-72 airframe.
The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center ( MCAGCC ), also known as 29 Palms, is the largest United States Marine Corps base. The base covers a total area of 1,102 square miles. It was a census-designated place (CDP) officially known as Twentynine Palms Base located adjacent to the city of Twentynine Palms in southern San Bernardino County ...