The end-of-mission airlock: More than a homecoming tool for French Army soldiers

IF 0.7 Q4 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Léa Ruelle, Candice M. Christmas
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LAY SUMMARY French soldiers are prepared and trained to go on missions. Their time in theatres of war is part of a larger training program that includes preparation for the mission and return to civilian/garrison life. This program allows soldiers to enter missions in good condition and return to family and garrison at their best after having faced the stressors of war. Returning home involves an end-of-mission airlock between the geographical location of the mission and France where they can ease out of the daily routine of the mission and back into civilian/post-deployment routines. The entire training program involves what anthropology terms a ritual. This article studies the form of this ritual and the ways in which it impacts French soldiers. Comparing the lived reality of a group that underwent an end-of-mission airlock against a group whose airlock was cancelled revealed the components necessary for soldiers to transition out of a theatre of war. Results from this research offer a potential key to understanding the social mechanisms underlying the success of an end-of-mission airlock to best assist soldiers returning from war.
任务结束后的气闸:不仅仅是法国陆军士兵回家的工具
法国士兵已做好执行任务的准备和训练。他们在战区的时间是一个更大的训练计划的一部分,其中包括为任务做准备和回归平民/驻军生活。这个项目允许士兵以良好的状态进入任务,并在面对战争压力后以最佳状态返回家庭和驻军。回国涉及特派团地理位置和法国之间的任务结束气闸,他们可以轻松地摆脱特派团的日常工作,回到文职/部署后的日常工作。整个训练项目包括人类学所说的仪式。本文研究了这种仪式的形式及其对法国士兵的影响。比较一个经历了任务结束气闸的小组和一个取消气闸的小组的生活现实,揭示了士兵从战区过渡所必需的组成部分。这项研究的结果为理解任务结束气闸成功的社会机制提供了一个潜在的关键,以最好地帮助从战争中返回的士兵。
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