Without a hospitalization capability, battalion medical care is limited to primary care and combat resuscitation. The U.S. Army has traditionally dispatched doctors to battalions. After the Vietnam War, the Army studied this practice critically....
The objective of this monograph is to determine whether the Army's casualty evacuation system is adequate to support soldiers in future combat. Research indicates the high Dow rates results primarily from the units' difficulties in efficiently...
The AMEDD Non-commissioned Officer has been a part of the United States Army for over 200 years. The AMEDD NCO has been critical in sustaining the Army's force through every battle in history. Combat soldiers have more of a sense of confidence, and...
Approximately 2700 men and women serving in the Armed Forces have lost their lives in Iraq since the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Additionally, thousands have suffered physical, emotional, and mental injuries that will affect them for the rest...
The US Army Medical Department (AMEDD) is in the process of developing new concepts to support the Army’s transformation. Its current mission is to conserve the fighting strength of US Army forces, providing force health protection to forces in a...
The transformation of the U.S. Army from a 2002 legacy force, into the future Objective Force will create unique challenges for the medical sustainment mission. As new methods and concepts are introduced that capitalize on information technologies...
The Army Medical Department has a long and hallowed history of taking care of America’s sons and daughters since 1775. This history continues today on the streets of Baghdad and many other non-descript locations throughout the world. In all of...
MAJ Jeff Duncan served as company commander of the 396th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance) in Tikrit, Iraq during 2007 and 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2011 interview, MAJ Duncan discusses the training he...
In this interview LTC Pete Deveaux, a board certified general surgeon and colorectal surgeon, discusses two of his four deployments in support of the Global War on Terror (GWOT). LTC Deveaux describes his 2002 deployment as part of a forward...
The advent of World War II (WWII) brought back the immediacy for a trained and competent Medical NCO Corps. Long gone were the days of old were the medical system consisted of inept or otherwise expendable soldiers who were merely litter bearers....
The United States Army Medical Department delivers high quality medical care throughout the world, many times to remote and austere environments. A major tenet of this care system is the rapid evacuation of combat casualties to hospitals with...
In this interview Major Eric Fourroux of the Army Nurse Corps discusses his experienced during his deployment to OIF in 2007 in support of the 610 BSB out of Fort Riley, Kansas. Major Fourroux was the only RN located on FOB Falcon during his tour...
A former medic with the 82nd Airborne Division and a Special Forces qualified medical sergeant, Captain Gregory McCrum was commissioned in May 2002 after graduating from the inter-service physician assistant (PA) program at Fort Sam Houston....
The awards system in the United States Army is highly scrutinized because of the subjective criteria that make up the awards program. The lack of individual emphasis and failure to follow the Army Regulation (AR) by various commanders across the...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...
The medical platoon leader assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment's Headquarters and Headquarters Company - and overall part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division - Captain Chris Carlson had responsibilities as the medical planner for...
My World Tour shares the challenges and experiences I had while assigned to Charlie Company, 2D Forward Support Battalion, 2D Brigade Combat Team, 2D Infantry Division. We were stationed at Camp Hovey, Korea. On 18 May 2004, we received...
While participating in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), I had the first hand opportunity to see how the policies and public pressure of the United States had a direct effect on the progress of the Afghan National Army (ANA) ability reach a state...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Guidon came into being as a weekly publication in 1966 under the title Fort Leonard Wood Guidon. Between 1966 and 1987 the title was simplified to Guidon before becoming Essayons in 1988. The name reverted back to Guidon in 1999. It has been...