MEDICAL
MARSOC PT Honored
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – A physical therapist with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command was honored recently alongside the military’s top medical professionals at a United Services Organization dinner in Arlington, Va. March 14. Lieutenant Commander Trevor Petrou received a Special Salute Award on behalf of MARSOC and ... FULL STORY
352nd SOSS Shares Medical Knowledge with Brits
STANFORD TRAINING AREA, England - British Army Joint Tactical Air Controllers with the 19 Regiment Royal Artillery from Tidworth, Wiltshire, and 3 Battallion The Rifles, from Edinburgh, Scotland, learned about U.S. methods for treating combat injuries March 5 and 6, 2013, when U.S. Air Force personnel from the 352nd Special ... FULL STORY
Green Beret Speaks the Right Language
FORT CAMPBELL, KY – In an emergency room or a hospital you will find a group of people who all have one thing in common: they need medical care. The level of care might range from a common cold, to a broken bone or life threatening trauma. Our society has ... FULL STORY
Ranger Named USASOC Medic of the Year
FORT BENNING, GA – Something that every Ranger lives by, however when a Ranger is wounded in combat, a Ranger Combat Medic has the life of his fellow Ranger literally in his hands. This year’s U.S. Army Special Operations Command Medic of the Year takes this part of ... FULL STORY
75th Ranger Receives Medic of the Year Award
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, GA – The U.S. Army Special Operations Command Medic of the Year is a Ranger from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. Staff Sgt. Christopher Hutchison, Company Senior Medic, Company A, 1st Bn., 75th Rgr. Regt., is scheduled to be presented the award Jan. 18 at ... FULL STORY
Wound Statis System
The Department of Defense’s medical system aspires to a standard known as the “Golden Hour” that dictates that troops wounded on the battlefield are moved to advanced-level treatment facilities within the first 60 minutes of being wounded. In advance of transport, initial battlefield medical care administered by first responders is often ... FULL STORY
SOF Suicide Prevention
WASHINGTON, DC - United States Special Operations Command hosted a suicide prevention conference Oct. 23-25, at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to develop and integrate a robust Special Operations Forces suicide prevention program.The meeting consisted of SOF command representatives, academic leaders, chaplains, psychiatrists and doctors discussing existing service specific programs ... FULL STORY
DLA Supports SOTF-S
KANDAHAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Defense Logistics Agency disposition services provided valuable resources permitting Special Operations Task Force-South to conduct refresher training for assigned medical personnel, May 2012 The DLA provided vehicles to the personnel to practice emergency procedures with materials similar to those they may see during an actual ... FULL STORY
USASOC Surgeon: Hero of Military Medicine
FORT BRAGG, NC – Col. Russ Kotwal will receive the 2012 Heroes of Military Medicine awards courtesy of the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine in Washington D.C., May 2. Kotwal is one of three individuals to be a recipient of the award. These ... FULL STORY
Special Tactics Airmen Face Rehabilitation
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Recently, a squadron of special tactics Airmen returned to the U.S. after serving a deployment rotation in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During their rotation in Afghanistan, more than 60 percent of the squadron received a combat related injury, yet 100 percent of the time, they kept ... FULL STORY
SOF Medics Treat, Mentor in Farah
FARAH PROVINCE, Afghanistan – After a 60 pound pipe fell on Allahadin Shah while he was digging a well, the 11-year-old boy was thankful that only his hand was crushed. But infection spread quickly. “I spent all I had on his treatment but it didn’t help,” said Nader Shah, the boy’s father. ... FULL STORY
Afghan Commandos Practice Medical Evacuations
BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Medics from the Afghan National Army’s 5th Commando Kandak trained on the proper loading and unloading of casualties onto medical evacuation aircraft in Mazar-E Sharif, Dec. 27. The commandos partnered with members of the 1st Calvary Combat Aviation Brigade medevac crews to complete the training. The primary ... FULL STORY
AFSOC Helps Shape Future of Afghan Medicine
HERAT PROVINCE, Afghanistan - Eight airmen making up a special operations medical team are currently deployed to Afghanistan from the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. The core mission of this team is to give the special operations community a surgical capability on outside the wire missions. ... FULL STORY
Technology Adds Realism to Khaan Quest
ULAANBATAR, Mongolia – This scene was experienced by Korean special operations service members with the Republic of Korea’s 21st Battalion, International Peacekeeping Force, during the the combat lifesaver course, the first of seven training phases they participated in during the field-training exercise portion of Exercise Khaan Quest 2011, at Five ... FULL STORY
Prosthesis Helps MOH Hero Stay with Rangers
WASHINGTON, DC – "There was a little bit of a meat skirt, for lack of better words, hanging around the edges. It was oozing. I could see the radius and ulna bone sticking up maybe about half an inch." Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Petry, who will have the Medal of Honor ... FULL STORY
One Standard for SOF Medics: TCCC
ZADAR, Croatia – With more and more European partner nation Special Operation Forces (SOF) participating in ISAF operations, having medical personnel available to save the lives of wounded personnel in austere and sometimes dangerous environments is of critical importance. Medical personnel, regardless of nation, must be trained ... FULL STORY
SOF Medic Rescues Girl Shot in Head
FARAH, Afghanistan – U.S. Special Operations Forces provided medical treatment to an injured young girl who was shot in the head by insurgent forces in the village of Diware Surkh on April 14. Insurgents attacked with small arms fire while Afghan National Army and USSOF forces were working to establish a new ANA checkpoint in Diware ... FULL STORY
Special Forces Medics Aid Victims After Suicide Attack
PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan – U.S. Special Forces medics from Special Operations Task Force – East treated several victims after multiple suicide bombers attacked an Afghan National Security Forces training site in Jaji District, Paktia province April 14. Three ANSF were killed and another five injured when the first bomber detonated ... FULL STORY
Specialized Prosthetics Being Developed for Active Duty SEALs
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – The Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Foundation and Quality of Life Plus (QL+) teamed-up to create prosthetic limbs for active duty SEALs. The QL+ team is made up of two three-man teams of graduate level students who build the specialized prosthetics. The California Polytechnic State University ... FULL STORY
Amputee Graduates from Special Forces Sniper Course
WASHINGTON, DC – John Wayne has toured Afghanistan and Iraq, hunted grizzly bears in Alaska and earned the Silver Star; and as of July, he is the first one-legged Soldier to graduate the Special Forces Sniper Course. Staff Sgt. John Wayne Walding of Groesbeck, Texas, that is. In ... FULL STORY
SF Soldier Takes First Jump with Prosthetic
GRENADA, MS – Faced with a long recovery and the reality that he might never run, surf or return to his Special Forces team, Army Staff Sgt. Andre Murnane made the decision last year to have his right leg amputated below the knee after it was shattered ... FULL STORY
STS Airman Gives Himself to Save Son
NEW HAVEN, CT – An Airman from Hurlburt Field, Fla., donated a portion of his liver to help save the life of a two-year-old boy. Senior Airman Mario Webb, a ground radio maintainer from the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, acted as a living donor to give his son, Genghis, a ... FULL STORY
No One Cares Like SOF Cares
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Traumatic Brain Injuries, blindness, cancer, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, severe burns; whatever the affliction, one organization stands out in assuring the best possible care will be given to our special operations heroes. The U.S. Special Operations Command's Care Coalition, established in 2005, serves as a model ... FULL STORY
Commando Medics Enter Residency Program
KABUL, Afghanistan – With the arrival of two fatally-wounded civilians and another suffering from a miscarriage, the intensive care unit resembled a clip from the American TV show, "E.R."Afghan doctors barked orders as nurses responded, quickly preparing injections and taking notes as the big round clock in the back of the ... FULL STORY
Special Forces Medical Training Saves Afghan Commando
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Among the most important members of any combat unit is the medic. A member of an elite Afghan Commando unit recently learned this first hand. Staff Sgt. Amrullah Nabiullah, with the 3rd Commando Kandak, was participating in a cordon and search in Helmand province ... FULL STORY
CA Fields AN/PRC-152
FORT BRAGG, NC – They may not be the best thing since sliced bread, but in the radio world of the foot Soldier, the Harris ... FULL STORY
