From College to Command—Human Performance Optimization and the Army ROTC Cadet
by Jared Hornsby, PhD, CSCS, Nicholas D. Barringer, PhD, RD, CSCS,*D, Donald Patrick Meckley, and Bret D. Hamilton, CSCS
TSAC Report
November 2018
Soldiers in today’s Army should be exposed to realistic and stressful training scenarios. Additionally, they should be educated on the physical, psychological, and cognitive effects of combat and fatigue. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (AROTC) cadets are an ideal training audience since they are already immersed in an academic environment.
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Nick Barringer currently serves as the program director for the Army-Baylor Masters Program in Nutrition. He served as an assistant professor at the U ...
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