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#MedicalMonday Happy Veteran’s Day to all who have served. Generations of my family have served in the military, including WWII. I was taught from a young age that service to one’s country is one of the highest ideals to which one can aspire, second only to service of those in need or in pain. Blending the two together has proven more rewarding and motivating than I understood was possible. Neck pain: Aircrew, the spine bones are built to keep the spinal cord from being loaded with motion. It’s like the spinal cord is surrounded by an anatomical bubble. Yet, when muscles cannot aborb the force the world throws at the spine, the bones and discs are next in line. Once those no longer support the halllways and chambers that house the spinal cord and exiting nerves, we are all susceptible to pain down the leg, arm, or into the joint. Paradigm Shift: creating a spine hygiene program that keeps the muscles on without loading the discs and bones, will prevent degreneration over time. You can leave service as a pilot and aircrew without needing surgery with a spine wellness program. Muscles the size of a pinky will never become strong enough to tolerate 138 pounds of load at 7.5 Gz with equipment and varying angles. The answer lies in what you do in the ready room after the mission. US Navy U.S. Naval Air Forces Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Luftwaffe - German Airforce Swedish Armed Forces Royal Australian Navy Royal Australian Air Force 75th Ranger Regiment, U.S. Army Naval Special Warfare Command - Navy SEAL & SWCC Teams #flynavy #navalaviation #pilots #neckpain

US Naval and US Marine Corps aviators and aircrew have the best job in the world. When an Ironman athlete crosses the finish line, 🏁, it’s well accepted and understood they may need a day of rest, and some TLC for their mind and body. Aviation Athletes deserve the same TLC. Pain in the Ironman athlete doesn’t mean they’re weak. They need a moment of recovery because they did things not many others can or will do. Wash, rinse, repeat. When it comes to addressing spine pain on a rest day, 22 years of treating patients reveals some key points. Paradigm shift: 🐆 stability will increase mobility and willingness to move, not prolonged, elongated stretching. 🐆 Mobilty is not “stretching,” its movement- the Ability to Move. 🐆 when muscles fatigue, we feel tightness more. That fascia and nerve tightness doesn’t get better with elongated loading. 🐆 We wouldn’t stretch a sprained ankle or wrist when it’s in pain. Imagine if we could tape the spine and how supported and good that would feel. That happens with stability and strengthening interventions. 🐆 A phrase I heard this week: “The lion and cheetah don’t stop and stretch. They simply stop. We feel tightness after activity when we don’t have (the tri-axial) control of joints and limbs during that activity.” -Functional Patterns 🏁 when it comes to feeling better: unload, choose co-contraction of posterior and anterior core stabilizers, keep the spine in neutral, 🏁don’t recreate the pain- it will inhibit the nerves from activating the joint stabilizers and we start over. 🏁think stability > mobility > that looks like flexibility. Bending more doesn’t always mean more capacity to move. U.S. Naval Air Forces US Navy U.S. Navy Reserve USNORTHCOM USSOCOM Helicopter Sea Combat Wing PACIFIC Helicopter Sea Combat Weapons School Pacific U.S. Naval War College #flynavy #navalaviation #neckpain #lowbackpain

I resisted reading this book for sometime. I am not really sure why. Having read a great deal on naval history and operations, I did not think it had much to offer (“the acclaimed bestseller” tag be darned). Boy, do I regret it. This book not only describes one of the US Navy‘s most exceptional victories it does so with great power from the perspective of the most senior admiral to the humblest of sailors. If the US Army is to prosecute multi-domain operations, it will help to appreciate each of the five domains and their interplay in each dimension. This book helps do that for land-lubbers like me. My TOP take-aways: (1) The training base and the industrial base matter and potentially have a decisive role to play in any protracted war. Japanese pilots flew until they died or were “de-planed”. American pilots had a regular system of supply and training that rotated and shared experience. (2) Deception works until it doesn’t and you cannot count on ALL of it working. (3) Yes - all 5 domains (air, land, sea, space and cyber) and 3 dimensions (human, information and physical) all played a role in the outcome. My TOP quote: “A fighting force cannot be reduced to its order of battle any more than a ship’s value can be reduced to the number of guns she carries or the shaft horsepower her turbines generate. A vessel draws life from the spirit of her crew, which derives in large part from the leadership qualities of her chiefs and officers. Morale defies quantification and yet it ways significantly on the ultimate lethality of the tools of war.” U.S. Army School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) | The Army University | Army University Press | U.S. Army Combined Arms Center | U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command | US Army TRADOC | U.S. Army Materiel Command | U.S. Naval War College | Marshall Scholars at the US Army School of Advanced Military Studies

On our latest installment of, "Voices from the Field," Ben Waterloo writes about life in the military. https://lnkd.in/ezCv2sM5

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I have to concur with Avanulas "Vann" Smiley - the article succinctly summarizes how the experiences of the Ranger add to any organization and our society at large. RLTW! https://lnkd.in/g7VaC6ZJ

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*Inverted Military Hierarchy and the Curious Similarities in Business and at Home!* Here I am recalling inspiring moments of 2024 and my visit to the USS MIDWAY aircraft carrier in the USA, and a curious situation of inverted military hierarchy... This was an inspiring visit that taught me new things and reminded me of others. For example, did you know that the person who gives the signal for a fighter jet to take off from an aircraft carrier is usually a lieutenant? The military officer kneeling (there next to me in the photo), giving precise instructions to the pilot, is usually someone with a lower rank than the pilot, who is typically a captain or higher. This inversion of hierarchy, which we see in movies like "Top Gun," is a strong example of how trust and technical expertise override hierarchical ranks. The pilot completely trusts the knowledge and orders of the lieutenant. This is not restricted to aircraft carriers! At home and in the business world, we see this happening too: the junior professional who masters a new tool and teaches the boss, the technician who has the final say on a specific problem, and so on. At home, this curious dynamic also happens. I confess that sometimes I have to yield to the wisdom of my daughters and, worse, to my wife’s wisdom… (She authorized this publication) :) The truth is that leadership is not about who has more stripes or stars on their shoulders, but about who has the expertise and confidence to make the best decisions. Another lesson that the military institution has probably been offering for centuries. #leadership #trust #hierarchy #management #teamwork #navy #aircraftcarrier #topgun #lifelearning #USSMIDWAY #portugueseairforce #invertedmilitaryhierarchy #militaryhierarchy #trust