FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas (June 25, 2015) - Trauma care, within the Department of Defense, is a continuous and enduring mission in peacetime or wartime. Recent improvements in the delivery of trauma care in-theater have resulted in a case fatality rate of less than 10 percent. To put this number in historical perspective, the case fatality rate was 19.1 percent during World … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2015
First Army-Designed Exercise Replicates Combat Training Center Rotation
FORT DRUM, N.Y. (June 25, 2015) -- Helping to ensure select Army National Guard units maintain readiness before deploying was the focus of the multi-echelon integrated brigade training, or MIBT, event held here, June 13-26. This was the first MIBT, which addresses the training needs of National Guard brigade combat teams, also known as BCTs. After a deployment, usually … [Read more...]
Female Enlisted Sailors Selected for Submarine Service
JUNE 24, 2015, KINGS BAY, Ga. (NNS) - With the release of NAVADMIN 142/15 "FY16 Enlisted Women in Submarines Selections", the first group of enlisted female Sailors from across the Navy has been chosen to serve in the U.S. Navy's submarine force. Rear Adm. Charles "Chas" Richard, commander, Submarine Group 10 and Enlisted Women in Submarines Task Force Commander, said the … [Read more...]
AFRL Bio-Signature Research May Save Firefighters’ Lives
JUNE 24, 2015, WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) - Imagine facing down a raging fire, up close, with little or no time to save lives and protect property; hauling 75-pound hoses up multiple flights of stairs; carrying victims out and repeatedly putting your life on the line. Then imagine doing it nearly every day. It’s an extreme job and the constant stress … [Read more...]
Navy Divers Test New Equipment
JUNE 24, 2015, VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (NNS) - Navy Diving is celebrating the Year of the Military Diver in 2015, with 100 years since the Mark V diving helmet was first developed, later becoming the cornerstone piece of equipment for the community for more than 65 years. Though current divers no longer wear the iconic helmet, many other facets of diving have remained the … [Read more...]