Modern military operations place unique and intense physiological and psychological demands upon Armed Forces personnel. A high level of physical preparedness is a fundamental requirement of all service personnel. Indeed, Armed Forces personnel need to be more agile, more capable, more survivable and more resilient than their enemy in order to ensure success on the battlefield. Within the
British Armed Forces the physical training branches are responsible for developing and maintaining physical preparedness of service personnel. The scientific approach to Human Performance Optimisation is becoming more and more prominent and most NATO militaries. Especially the US Forces take a lead in this development and the British Army has a similar approach.
This talk will cover the historical development from the beginnings in Oxford to the modern Royal Army Physical Training Corps (RAPTC) and explain the Army’s Physical Training System from the foundations to operational readiness and deployment. It will present the latest developments based on lessons Learned in Iraq and Afghanistan and focuses on the holistic approach in Human Performance Optimisation.
About Dr Peter Wright
Read more about Peter Wright at Oxford Brookes Universitys web page.
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