Military Involvement in the Evacuation of Nursing Home Patients in the COVID-19 Pandemic

The subject of the article concerns the involvement of the armed forces in the processes of evacuating patients from nursing homes in the event of contracting coronavirus. The analysis concerned the evacuation of patients from social welfare homes, a Covid-19 carried out in the first stage of the study as part of the "Resistant Spring” action coordinated by the Polish Army. These activities required external resource support. The aim of the article is to develop a model procedure for evacuating patients from care centres in a pandemic situation involving many entities, including military units. The research methods employed included qualitative methods, such as analysis of literature and documents, expert interviews a case study, observation and process mapping. It was found that it is necessary to develop a model evacuation procedure, its implementation among all participants, as well as regular practical exercises increasing the efficiency of the process and communication. In addition, planning and organisational conditions for the efficiency of processes under civil-military cooperation for the purposes of preventing the spread of the Covid-19 were identified. The article concerns civil-military cooperation in special circumstances by considering Conid-19 conditions. The results suggest that it is necessary to consciously shape civil-military relations in terms of readiness to cooperate in crisis situations. The article presents the socio-organisational changes caused by Covid-19, in particular in terms of practical implications at the operational level, as well as the directions of further theoretical considerations regarding decision-making and cooperation between the civil and military spheres. Article classification Case study. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

Fresh Food Deliveries to Military Units During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This paper examines the military supply chains during the Covid-19 pandemic especially as viewed from the perspective of food purchase and delivery processes. Specifically, the objective is to identify the conditions necessary to ascertain the continuity of fresh food supplies and against this backdrop to develop a model of supplying military units with fresh food under conditions of emergency, e.g. a pandemic. The research methods employed included qualitative methods, such as mapping the processes related to the supply of fresh food to military units on a selected case, observation, expert interviews and analysis of literature and documents. As a result of the research, key areas of the supply process exposed to continuity disturbances and their determinants were identified. The conclusions relate to the possibility of improving activities in the field of supplier relationship management, taking into account the specificity of civil-military cooperation. The article concerns civil-military cooperation and disruptions in specific circumstances of the initial phase of a pandemic crisis. It is argued that there is a need for flexible, adaptive shaping of relations in terms of readiness to implement changes in food supplies in crisis situations. © 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.