Evaluating Psychological Aircraft Accident Reports for Differences in the Investigation of Human Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Important Method ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Aircraft Accident ◽  
The Military ◽  
Shed Light

Analyzing accidents clearly is an important method for maintaining and improving safety in aviation. Nevertheless, evaluating these accident reports is equally important. Still, such evaluations seem to be generally neglected, especially in the military domain. The aim of the current study was to shed light on this fact by analyzing investigated human factors in military aircraft accident reports of aviation psychologists. Therefore, the authors conducted a content analysis of 42 reports of the German Armed Forces from the years 1994-2014. Confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated various differences in human factors throughout the psychological aircraft accident reports. Further, confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated differences in the corresponding areas. Thus, differences concerning human factors exist in the investigated accident reports.

Evaluating Psychological Aircraft Accident Reports for Differences in the Investigation of Human Factors

2019 ◽  
pp. 1302-1318
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Confidence Intervals ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Effect Sizes ◽  
Important Method ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Aircraft Accident ◽  
The Military ◽  
Shed Light

Analyzing accidents clearly is an important method for maintaining and improving safety in aviation. Nevertheless, evaluating these accident reports is equally important. Still, such evaluations seem to be generally neglected, especially in the military domain. The aim of the current study was to shed light on this fact by analyzing investigated human factors in military aircraft accident reports of aviation psychologists. Therefore, the authors conducted a content analysis of 42 reports of the German Armed Forces from the years 1994-2014. Confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated various differences in human factors throughout the psychological aircraft accident reports. Further, confidence intervals and effect sizes indicated differences in the corresponding areas. Thus, differences concerning human factors exist in the investigated accident reports.

Identifying Accident Factors in Military Aviation

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-63
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Ursa K J Nagler ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Important Method ◽  
Organizational Influences ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Military Aviation ◽  
Technical Issues

Investigating accidents is an important method to enhance safety in aviation. Nevertheless, it is equally important to examine trends and factors across different accidents to adapt accordingly. Therefore, in the first study, 48 accidents and incidents occurring to manned military aircraft of the German Armed Forces between the years 2004 and 2014 were analyzed using the HFACS framework. Results show that preconditions for unsafe acts (37.7%) was observed most often, followed by unsafe acts (36.2%) and organizational influences (17.9%). Unsafe supervision was observed least often (8.2%). Thus, operators on the front line contribute the major part to manned aircraft incurrences in the German Armed Forces while higher levels of HFACS seem to play a smaller part. In the second study, 33 accidents and incidents occurring to unmanned military aircraft of the German Armed Forces between 2004 and 2014 were analyzed, also using the HFACS framework. Results show that technical issues were mentioned most often and human factors were identified considerably less than in manned aircraft.

Identifying Accident Factors in Military Aviation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1329-1340
Author(s):  
Marco Michael Nitzschner ◽  
Ursa K J Nagler ◽  
Michael Stein
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Front Line ◽  
Important Method ◽  
Organizational Influences ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
Military Aviation ◽  
Technical Issues

Investigating accidents is an important method to enhance safety in aviation. Nevertheless, it is equally important to examine trends and factors across different accidents to adapt accordingly. Therefore, in the first study, 48 accidents and incidents occurring to manned military aircraft of the German Armed Forces between the years 2004 and 2014 were analyzed using the HFACS framework. Results show that preconditions for unsafe acts (37.7%) was observed most often, followed by unsafe acts (36.2%) and organizational influences (17.9%). Unsafe supervision was observed least often (8.2%). Thus, operators on the front line contribute the major part to manned aircraft incurrences in the German Armed Forces while higher levels of HFACS seem to play a smaller part. In the second study, 33 accidents and incidents occurring to unmanned military aircraft of the German Armed Forces between 2004 and 2014 were analyzed, also using the HFACS framework. Results show that technical issues were mentioned most often and human factors were identified considerably less than in manned aircraft.

scholarly journals Method of Choosing the Information Technology System Supporting Management of the Military Aircraft Operation

2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-154
Author(s):  
Piotr Barszcz ◽  
Mariusz Zieja
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Aircraft ◽  
Technology System ◽  
It Systems ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Military ◽  
Information Technology System ◽  
Technology Systems

Abstract The paper presents a method of choosing the information technology system, the task of which is to support the management process of the military aircraft operation. The proposed method is based on surveys conducted among direct users of IT systems used in aviation of the Polish Armed Forces. The analysis of results of the surveys was conducted using statistical methods. The paper was completed with practical conclusions related to further usefulness of the individual information technology systems. In the future, they can be extremely useful in the process of selecting the best solutions and integration of the information technology systems

scholarly journals RECRUITING GERMAN MIGRANTS FROM THE USSR TO THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES AT THE END OF WORLD WAR II

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-99
Author(s):  
V. L. Martynenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
German Immigrants ◽  
German Army ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
General Government ◽  
Red Army ◽  
Ethnic Germans ◽  
The Military

German immigrants who were evacuated by the German authorities in 1943–1944 from the USSR to the territory of Warthegau, Silesia, General Government and Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, became part of the human resources actively used not only in the economy, but also in defensive measures of the Reich. Contrary to the fact that the mobilization of that potential contingent was relatively low, tens of thousands of men were in the ranks of the armed forces of Germany. A significant number of Soviet Germans were replenishment for the SS troops. The initial process of attracting German settlers to military service was not easy and required adherence to a number of formalities related to their naturalization. One of the key factors that also had an effect on solving the issue of ethnic Germans in the internal service was the long-standing contradiction between the Wehrmacht and the SS. The article notes that, in the last months of the war, immigrants from the USSR found themselves in practically no alternative situation, since the military and political leadership of Germany decided to mobilize all men appropriate for military service, regardless of the naturalization. By the end of hostilities in Europe, many Soviet Germans serving in the German army had been captured by the Western allies or the Red Army.

scholarly journals Militarizing antimilitarism? Exploring the gendered representation of military service in German recruitment videos on social media

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank A. Stengel ◽  
David Shim
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Military Service ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
The United States ◽  
Military Recruitment ◽  
Web Series ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Masculinity

This article analyzes the gendered representation of military service in the German YouTube series Die Rekruten (DR) (The Recruits), a popular web series produced on behalf of the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) for recruitment purposes, which accompanies 12 navy recruits during their basic training. The article is situated within research on masculinity and the military, in particular military recruitment. It supplements current scholarship by studying a previously neglected case that is of particular interest given Germany’s antimilitarist culture, which should make military recruitment and military public relations more difficult. The article asks how military service is represented in DR, what its discursive effects are, and what role (if any) masculinity plays in this process. We find support for recent feminist research on military masculinities (including in military recruitment) that emphasizes ambiguity and contradiction. What distinguishes the construction of military masculinity in DR from, for example, recruitment advertisements in the United States or the United Kingdom is its markedly civil character. This not only broadens the military’s appeal for a more diverse audience but also increases the legitimacy of the military and its activities. It does so by concealing the violence that has for the past two decades also been a very real part of what the Bundeswehr does.

THE BUNDESWEHR – IN SEARCH OF ITS IDENTITY

2012 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Agnieszka POLOŃCZYK
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Security Environment ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
To Come ◽  
Identity Changes ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Military Structure ◽  
The Military

The article describes the factors that influenced the identity of the Bundeswehr after its establishment in 1955. The first part of the publication depicts the changes in the international security environment and the armed forces after the Cold War, as well as the forecast of using the military factor and its direction in the future. It is the basis for further reflections about the value of each single military structure and its identity in the 20th and 21st century. The other part of the article covers the concept of organizational culture which influences the organizational identity. The main part of the reflections presents the original model of the factors influencing the organizational culture within the armed forces as a special organization. This model is the basis on which the selected elements of the Bundeswehr organizational culture have been characterized. As a result, the view of the German armed forces identity in the 21st century has been described. According to those reflections, it is possible to answer the questions of the direction of the Bundeswehr identity changes in the years to come.

scholarly journals Brotherhood in Tension: The Militarized Appropriation of Homosocialism and Homoeroticism

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Juliette Croce
Keyword(s):  
Gay Men ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Military Culture ◽  
Past Century ◽  
The Past ◽  
German Armed Forces ◽  
The Military ◽  
Military Units

The military is an institution that relies on norms of masculinity allegedly to sustain social cohesion between units and its identity as a “brotherhood.” This reliance subordinates femininity within the military culture and ostracizes the feminized individuals who serve. Simultaneously and paradoxically, militaries integrate homosocial, homoerotic, and feminized behaviors within their practices, traditions, and norms. This article looks at how this appropriation manifests, particularly in the German Armed Forces, locating various feminized practices adopted by military units over the past century and the adverse consequences of this appropriation. In analyzing these behaviors, I argue that this appropriation at the heart of military identity perpetuates heterosexual, hypermasculine norms that the institution idealizes by reinforcing gendered and heteronormative boundaries. In turn, I contend that this further marginalizes feminized individuals in militarized settings, particularly gay men.

THE EFFECT OF THE RELIGIOUS FACTOR ON THE MILITARY MEN VALUE BASED ORIENTATION FORMING

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 137-142
Author(s):  
ALEXEY ROMAKHIN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Value Orientations ◽  
Russian Army ◽  
Religious Factor ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Role Of Religion ◽  
The Military

This article reveals the problem of the role of the religious factor in the formation of the value orientations of the military personnel of the Russian army from its inception to the present state. In the article, the author reveals the significance of the Church in the formation of the value orientations of military personnel. The problem of religious situation in foreign armies is considered. The article presents data from sociological studies confirming the increase in the number of religious servicemen in the modern Armed Forces. The concept of “religious factor” is revealed. The author suggests considering the influence of the religious factor on the formation of value orientations through the functions of religion. The article provides examples of the influence of religion on the formation of value orientations of military personnel from the time of the Baptism of Russia to the present. Examples of writers of Russian classical literature about the influence of religion on the morale of troops are given. Examples of religious participation in major battles and wars of the past years are shown. The significance of the religious factor in uniting the people and the army is shown. The work of officials of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation in strengthening values among military personnel in modern conditions is demonstrated. The role of the Minister of defense of the Russian Federation, General of the army S.K. Shoigu in strengthening the faith of the Russian army is outlined. Issues related to the construction of the Main Temple of the Armed Forces and its impact on the public masses were discussed. In this study, the author aims to show the significant role of religion in the formation of value orientations in Russian military personnel. The analysis shows an increasing role of religion in the minds of military personnel in modern conditions.

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