| Aside from the billions of dollars spent on military | | | | prevention of infiltration once perfected. This |
| hardware like planes, submarines, aircraft carriers | | | | research drawns heavily from psychological |
| and state of the art missiles, militaries and armed | | | | knowledge of the military psychology track. |
| forces of the United States of America has also | | | | Military psychology also developed various |
| relied on military psychology to further boost its | | | | techniques and strategies in how to muddle a |
| war time efforts to finish battles and gather | | | | persons mind during interrogation making them |
| intelligence. | | | | confused and disoriented. The strategy includes |
| This form of war strategy is very effective and | | | | placing bags over the heads of the interrogated. |
| applied to captured prisoners of war but the sad | | | | Captives are made to raise their hands and |
| thing is that military psychological techniques and | | | | spread their legs for a long period of time. Other |
| strategies are usually accompanied by torture. It | | | | techniques used lately would be, noise |
| is a part of the three elements needed to break | | | | bombardment, sleep deprivation, food deprivation |
| down a POW's conviction; Psychology, Torture | | | | and being brainwashed and mentally tortured. |
| and Interrogation. | | | | Another latest development in military psychology |
| Military Psychology: The Latest Developments | | | | is their statistical prediction of behavior. Given |
| This was highly used in the Vietnam war. | | | | many names already, the development probes |
| Communist rebels would be subjected to | | | | through huge amounts of data on a suspected |
| psychological strategies to find out the location of | | | | person in order to 'predict possible terrorists by |
| their bunkers and camps. Unfortunately, the rebels | | | | following a lifetime of seemingly innocent |
| had the same idea. Captured American soldiers | | | | movements through electronic paper trails. For |
| would tell horrid tales of torture and humiliation in | | | | example: academic transcripts, prescription drugs, |
| the hands of their interrogators who | | | | telephone calls, driving licenses, airline tickets, |
| psychologically broke them down bit by bit. | | | | mortgage payments, parking permits, banking |
| As weapons have been technologically developed, | | | | accounts and records, emails, website visits and |
| using laser targeting, satellite guidance and | | | | credit card purchases are all used to predict |
| unmanned surveillance systems, military | | | | possible terrorists. Through this mothod, the |
| psychology also developed their methods and | | | | military would can possibly prove if a person is a |
| strategies. Each country made their armed forces | | | | threat to national security. |
| stronger, including the United States Army. | | | | This method however is also proving to be |
| The United States is in one of its biggest wars | | | | problematic in that many feel this is an invasion of |
| right now, the "War on Terrorism, and ne of the | | | | their privacy. |
| defenses used by the American armed forces | | | | We mustn't forget that Military psychology is an |
| and security is military psychology. Advances in | | | | important aspect of the military. It can help end |
| different forms have been developed and utilized | | | | wars faster and with less deaths on both sides. |
| to catch and prevent terrorism from happen | | | | more peace and tranquility may be a result as |
| again. | | | | more and more technological and psychological |
| The September 11 attack alone can be | | | | advances are develop . |
| considered as a psychological strategy done by | | | | Military psychology has been very controversial |
| terrorists instilling fear and panic in the hearts of | | | | ever since it was first used. The United States on |
| American people. These are propagandas used to | | | | their own when using this strategic method. |
| weaken and divide the Americans and on a | | | | Armed forces from all over the world have seen |
| psychological plane, it has somewhat made its | | | | its potential resulting in more research on how to |
| point. Not only did it kill thousands of Americans it | | | | make it more effective. |
| has also made them think about their vulnerability. | | | | Although we may never really know everything |
| US securities have done their own homework. | | | | that is being done in camps, the latest |
| This includes profiling the enemy. Many | | | | developments in military psychology are surely |
| psychological studies have been done on face | | | | being used to gain a foothold over the enemies. |
| recognition. This is a big help in surveillance and | | | | |