Reaction of Combat Service Support Troops Under Stress

Reaction of combat service support troops under stress is a study of military organizational behavior within an active combat environment. The study is directed toward the manager assigned to a small maintenance support unit, and strives to acquaint him (or her) with the various psycho physiological reactions apparent in combat service support personnel during periods of combat. These reactions, often erratic in nature are depicted herein as being environmentally interdependent in that the physical environment acts as a stimulus producing predictable behavioral tendencies. It is the author's hypothesis that, given the exigency of a combat situation, personnel within a small maintenance support unit will exhibit a definite pattern of organizational behavior.