Medical
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Freeze-Dried Plasma Saves SOF Life
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – The life of a foreign partner nation force member was saved last month through MARSOC’s first…
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The Special Operations Surgical Team
HURLBURT FIELD, FL – While deployed in support of Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, this Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST) provided care…
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Technology Provides Ability to Save Lives Through Telesurgery
FORT BRAGG, NC – It’s 3 a.m. and a physician assistant deployed to a remote location in Africa is sound…
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Special Operations Surgical Team Doctor to Receive Jackson Foundation Award
HURLBURT FIELD, FL (24th SOW) – Four hundred fourteen trauma evaluations, 141 gunshot wounds, 270 blast injuries, 102 damage-control resuscitations,…
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Special Operations Medics Refine Tactical Combat Casualty Care
FT CARSON, CO – Special operations medics are among the best trained and most proficient in the world. But, to…
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Ranger Whole Blood Program Wins an Army’s Greatest Innovation Award
FT Benning, GA – The 75th Ranger Regiment’s Ranger O Low Titer (ROLO) Whole Blood Program was recognized by the…
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Rangers Become Army’s Best Medics
FORT SAM HOUSTON, TX – With only a week’s notice, Sgt. Derick Bosley found out that he would be competing…
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Through-and-Through Gunshot Wound to the Chest (Contains Graphic Content)
The following case study is of an Afghan civilian woman who was medically evacuated to a Forward Surgical Team in…
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The Grisly Effects of a High-Velocity Gunshot Wound to the Leg (Contains Graphic Images)
This injury occurred on a combined U.S. and Australian special operations mission in the mountains of southern Afghanistan a few…
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An AK47 Bullet Through the Neck Couldn’t Stop Him! (Contains Graphic Images)
The following case study is of a friend of mine (written with his permission) who was shot through the neck…
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Why I’d Rather Be Shot With an AK47 Than an M4 (Contains Graphic Images)
Admittedly I’d rather not be shot with either, but if I had to choose, I’d take a round from the…
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MARSOC Corpsman Awarded Silver Star Medal
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC – Petty Officer 2nd Class Alejandro Salabarria, a corpsman with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion, Marine Raider Regiment,…
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Raider Corpsmen Study Tropical Infectious Diseases
CAMP LEJEUNE, NC (CPL Steven Fox) – Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsman and medical practitioners with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special…
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Air Force Cross Recipient Retires Due to Combat Wounds
Pope Army Airfield, NC (1Lt Katrina Cheesman) – After 11 years, six deployments, three Purple Hearts and one Air Force…
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Special Forces Soldier, Wounded Warrior Retires to Focus on Recovery Center
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, FL (CPT Thomas Cieslak) – A Green Beret who sustained a gunshot wound to his neck…
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Care Coalition Supports Wounded, Ill Special Ops Troops
WASHINGTON, DC (Jim Garamone) – It’s an ethos burned into the minds of generations of American service members to “leave…
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Ranger Medic to Receive Distinguished Service Cross
FORT BENNING, GA (USASOC) – A Ranger combat medic and an explosive ordnance disposal Soldier are scheduled to receive Distinguished…
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Doctors, Medical Specialists Train in Chad
CHAD, Africa (AFRICOM) – Medical practitioners and doctors from various civil and military organizations in Chad trained with U.S. counterparts…
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EOD Airmen Learn Lifesaving Skills
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, IL (SSG Stephenie Wade) – Imagine: you’re an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician deployed and on a…
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USSOCOM Transition Team Invests in SOF Warriors
MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, FL (Gunnery Sgt. Reina Barnett) – November marks Warrior Care Month, a time to recognize wounded,…
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