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Heat Acclimatization Strategies for Ranger & Airborne School Students
This heat acclimatization guidance is for elite soldiers who will be attending strenuous advanced military training in hot weather. It provides practical guidance to obtain optimal heat acclimatization to both maximize performance and minimize the risk of becoming a heat casualty.
Should you be concerned about hot weather?
If you are used to working in cool or temperate climates, then exposure to hot weather will make it much more difficult to complete your advanced training course. Hot weather will make you feel fatigued, make it more difficult to recover, and increase your risk of being a heat casualty. Soldiers with the same abilities but who are used to training in hot weather will out perform you.
What is heat acclimatization?
a. Heat acclimatization refers to biological adaptations that reduce physiologic strain (e.g., heart rate and body temperature), improve physical work capabilities, improve comfort and protects vital organs (brain, liver, kidneys, muscles) from heat injury. The most important biological adaptation from heat acclimatization is an earlier and greater sweating response, and for this response to improve it needs to be invoked.
b. Heat acclimatization is specific to the climate (desert or jungle) and physical activity level. However, acclimatization to desert or jungle climates markedly improves the ability to work in the other climate. Soldiers who only perform light or brief physical work will achieve the level of heat acclimatization needed to perform that task. If they attempt a more strenuous or prolonged task, additional acclimatization and improved physical fitness will be needed to successfully perform that task in the heat.
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