Journal of Special Operations Medicine. Volume 4, Edition 3, Summer 2004
Abstract
One of SOF's most distinguished members has just received a singular honor. SEAL CAPT Bill Shepherd was the first Commander of the International Space Station. His professionalism and force of personality were instrumental in the successful first flight of this platform. President Bush recently presented CAPT Shepherd with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. This award has been presented only 13 times. Other recipients include Senator John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Neil Armstrong, and John Young. CAPT Shepherd's accomplishments in the space program clearly place him in the first rank of our country's heroes. Hooyah Shep -- you make all of us in SOF proud. COL Tom Deal, the Command Surgeon at the Joint Special Operations Command, has just been notified that he will be the next Commander at the Landstuhl Army Medical Center. COL Deal has spent much of his tour directly supporting our units engaged on the Global War on Terrorism. Landstuhl has been a critical point in the evacuation of our wounded warriors from OEF and OIF, providing expert medical and surgical care to those injured in these conflicts to prepare them for the rest of their journey home. Our deployed forces will benefit greatly from having someone of COL Deal's immense talents and experience in this critical position. The BMIST (Battlefield Medical Information System-Tactical) has been developed by USSOCOM in partnership with the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command to meet the DOD requirements for health surveillance for deployed SOF forces. This has been a unique challenge in that the multiple requirements for completeness of the individuals medical record, operational security, information technology constraints, and HIPAA compliance all must be answered.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA525754
Entities
Organizations
- United States Special Operations Command