<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The extended range of possible tasks before the Bulgarian Army units requires disclosure and enforcement of specific approaches and techniques with which available military resources to be used to assist the civilians, seeking help and protection. This paper is an attempt to define the norms of food for civilians in need of humanitarian assistance. The object of study is planning the Bulgarian army units involved in humanitarian operations. The theme of the study is the definition of food to help civilians seeking help and protection, based on available defense products. To achieve the objective there have been used norms of the armed forces of the Bulgarian army, medical recommendations for food consumption per capita in Bulgaria and the lessons learned with the participation of armed forces in humanitarian operations. For the purpose of the definition of food is necessary to express the need in kilograms. To achieve this task, the analysis is oriented towards the implementation of two subtasks: determination of daily energy needs of an individual, and second - conversion of the necessary calories into food.</p></abstract>

The extended range of possible tasks before the Bulgarian Army units requires disclosure and enforcement of specific approaches and techniques with which available military resources to be used to assist the civilians, seeking help and protection. This paper is an attempt to define the norms of food for civilians in need of humanitarian assistance. The object of study is planning the Bulgarian army units involved in humanitarian operations. The theme of the study is the definition of food to help civilians seeking help and protection, based on available defense products. To achieve the objective there have been used norms of the armed forces of the Bulgarian army, medical recommendations for food consumption per capita in Bulgaria and the lessons learned with the participation of armed forces in humanitarian operations. For the purpose of the definition of food is necessary to express the need in kilograms. To achieve this task, the analysis is oriented towards the implementation of two subtasks: determination of daily energy needs of an individual, and second - conversion of the necessary calories into food.

Possibility for Improving the Planning of the Needs of Food from Bulgarian Army Units when Participating in Humanitarian Operations

“Vasil Levski” National Military University, Veliko Tarnovo,

Land Forces Academy Review

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The extended range of possible tasks before the Bulgarian Army units requires disclosure and enforcement of specific approaches and techniques with which...

Possibility for Improving the Planning of the Needs of Food from Bulgarian Army Units when Participating in Humanitarian Operations

Publicado en línea: 22 abr 2017

Páginas: 18 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raft-2017-0003

Palabras clave
humanitarian operation, army units, planning

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Possibility for Improving the Planning of the Needs of Food from Bulgarian Army Units when Participating in Humanitarian Operations

Publicado en línea: 22 abr 2017

Páginas: 18 - 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/raft-2017-0003

Palabras clavehumanitarian operation, army units, planning

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
humanitarian operation, army units, planning