Military psychology

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Military psychology is the research, design and application of psychological theories and experimentation data towards understanding, predicting and countering behaviours either in own, friendly or enemy forces or civilian population that may be undesirable, threatening or potentially dangerous to the conduct of military operations.
Military psychology is applied towards councelling and treatment of stress and fatigue of military personnel as well as treatment of psychological trauma suffered as a result of military operations.
Another use of military psychology is in interrogation of prisoners who may provide information that would enhance outcomes of friendly military operations or reduce friendly casualties.
Military psychology is often used in training of personnel who are expected to encounter a greater amount of stress then normally expected, such as those serving in the Special Forces units. Military Psychologists can help the military organisations by administering aptitude and personality tests to measure the individual's suitability for their chosen military occupations.