GulfNEWS, Volume 2, Issue 6, March 1998.
Abstract
Particle Contents: DoD announces force medical protection initiatives Specialize care program available to vets Veterans Affairs Committee hears testimony Spotlight. The Department of Defense recently announced dramatic new initiatives to improve force medical protection. Director of the Joint Staff Vice Admiral Dennis C. Blair and Army Surgeon General Lt. General Ronald R. Blanck reported that these initiatives constitute a revolution in medical affairs" that are part of an overall plan which affects doctrine, operational concepts and capabilities for U.S. military forces. We're learning from each of our deployments and we've done about 40 of them since Desert ....40 major ones," said Blair. 'Each time we're plowing the lessons back in, making it better, and making it healthier for our people. Our disease and non-battle injuries in Bosnia are setting new records in terms of success, better than the Gulf War, which is better than all of the operations previously." Many new health surveillance initiatives have been implemented in Operation Joint Endeavor (Bosnia). Pre-deployment medical activities have included comprehensive health screening and the collection and storage of serum samples for retrospective analysis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA375194
Entities
People
- Baxter Ennis
- Ellen Dipaolo
- Mark Sloman