In October 2024, service members responding to Hurricane Helene faced the difficult task of handling human remains. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations was set to provide pre-exposure training to get those service members ready for the mission. Realizing the service members would need to also be trained in mental skills for handling this unique stressor, they turned to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research for support.
WRAIR had recently developed a specialized training package focused on mental skills for this context. “We had started working on the training because we realized we needed to have materials ready for service members in case they encountered this kind of task in far-forward environments” said Dr. Amy Adler, a senior scientist at WRAIR.
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