FACTORS WHICH AFFECT THE OPERATIONAL PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF SERVICEMEN
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https://doi.org/10.12753/2284-9378-20-08Abstract
: Minimizing the importance of the human body and its possibilities for adapting to the conditions of an armed struggle, with the emphasis being increasingly placed on the technological revolution and in the military field, may be a disadvantage for carrying out the assigned missions. This adaptation of the human body is conditioned by the positive influence of individual factors or of factors independent of the purely physical component.
This article addresses a number of factors that may influence the operational physical performance of servicemen, factors that, neglected, may lead to the failure to perform the received military tasks. The role of the information presented in this material is to raise awareness that the accomplishment of the objectives in the missions carried out by the military, is not conditioned only by the specific training, technology and the act of execution, but also by the cumulative approach of these factors.
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