Cordova, Silvia; Engel, Carl W.; Leeworthy, Jason F.; Leimer, Robert F.; Martell, Osvaldo
Americans are living longer and healthier lives today than in any other period in our country’s history. Since 1980, the life expectancy of the average American has risen from 73.7 to 78.2 years, a notable increase. Americans, on average, live 10...
Not only can we assess numerous areas of fitness through the Over 40 Physical, but we can often fix Soldiers who get broken. Today, Soldiers over 40 can achieve greater levels of physical fitness, and will continue to do so in the future, due to...
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....
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
United States. Army. Engineer Center and Fort Leonard Wood.
The Essayons, originally published as the Fort Leonard Wood Guidon in 1966 then as the Guidon from 1966 to 1987. Became Essayons in 1988 and remained that way until 1999 when it reverted back to Guidon. It has been and continues to be a record of...
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...
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...
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....
This exploratory study attempted to estimate how the issues of cost and quality would be affected by employing an online solution as one method of accomplishing the Army ROTC military history requirement. Background on the Army ROTC program and the...
In the post 9/11 world, the U.S. must focus its security efforts on everything from airports to al-Qaeda. With resources stretched thin and priorities focused on prosecuting the Global War on Terror (GWOT), our current government structures and...
This section on public health and sanitation includes information on organizations and services, assistance of private agencies, medical personnel and facilities, and birth, death, and disease in Germany.
This is one of a series published by the U.S. Army Center of Military History. The monograph discusses logistical organization and operation, logistics improvement programs, supply and maintenance improvement program, support activities and base...
MAJ Tom Lowman served on the V Corps staff as a future operations planner at Camp Victory, Baghdad, Iraq and as liaison officer (LNO) in An Najaf, Iraq during 2003 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). In this March 2010 interview, MAJ...
There has been considerable speculation in the military as to the ability of physical fitness to moderate cognitive degradation resulting from sleep deprivation during continuous combat operations. The purpose of this investigation was to test the...
This study examines a military need for research and development of a malaria vaccine from several aspects: (1) the documentation of the incidence of malaria and the resultant non effectiveness time experienced by American soldiers during two...
Battlefield casualties are summarily grouped into two categories-the dead, and the wounded. Graves registration teams collect the dead, and ambulances evacuate the wounded. But who decides who is dead? On a battlefield, anyone failing to exhibit...
This study is in response to the lack of a comprehensive source of information concerning the production of high quality working dogs. Sources of information and the components required to establish a framework for a successful working dog program...
A wealth of literature exists quantifying the benefits of clinical pharmacist optimization of a patient's medication therapy, but little literature exists codifying a model of clinical practice that allows for standardization and efficient staffing...
Trauma training is regularly conducted within the military medical community in an environment of increasing scrutiny and pressure to replace animals with inanimate alternatives. This thesis uses the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) animal...