APRIL 25, 2024 — In a presentation at the Quad A conference in Denver, Colorado, Lt. Gen. Mary K. Izaguirre, the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army and Commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), delivered an address outlining the critical partnership between Army Medicine and Army Aviation. She spoke to fellow general officers, coalition, and allied partners, and she … [Read more...]
DoD ‘Moving Out’ to Get Aid to Ukraine
APRIL 25, 2024 - The Defense Department is moving quickly to provide much-needed military assistance to Ukraine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., said today. Speaking after President Joe Biden signed the national security supplemental budget request into law, Brown said the Pentagon has continued to lean forward as the $95 billion measure … [Read more...]
Navy Medicine Tests Treatment Protocols in the Artic
APRIL 25, 2024 – Operating in extreme artic temperatures can be extremely challenging and performing Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) treatment even more difficult as casualties, donned with large amounts of clothing layers, can make wound assessment and applying medical care, such as tourniquets, much more problematic. To evaluate seven common TCCC treatment protocols, … [Read more...]
Marines Build Environmental Resilience
APRIL 25, 2024 - Every year, increasingly erratic and unpredictable climate forces are threatening Marine Corps installations and capabilities. Typhoon Mawar made this clear less than a year ago when it struck Guam – scattering debris on runways and shuttering access to essential services across the island – or more recently in California when stormwater washed out roads at San … [Read more...]
Biden Administration Approves More Assistance for Ukraine
APRIL 25, 2024 - Yesterday, following the passage of the national security supplemental which the President just signed into law, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance to urgently meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from … [Read more...]