Army medical professionals must maintain the high level of proficiency required to fulfill the Army's medical missions of supporting military operations and providing beneficiary care. Because beneficiary care demands in a U.S. medical treatment facility (MTF) do not mirror those in a combat setting and sometimes can exceed the MTF's capacity, some MTFs enter into agreements with local civilian...

Experience with temporary intravascular shunts (TIVS) for vessel injury comes from the military sector and while the indications might be clear in geographically isolated and under resourced war zones, this may be an uncommon scenario in civilian trauma. Data supporting TIVS use in civilian trauma have been extrapolated from the military literature where it demonstrated improved life and limb s...

Analysis of 591 cases of confirmed physical abuse of Air Force children was conducted to compare the rate of child abuse in this military community with rates reported for the civilian population, and to investigate 'aspects of military life which may account for differences between military and civilian rates of child abuse and differences within the military. The findings suggest that child a...

In the more than 30 years following the all-volunteer force (AVF), the proportion of women serving in the military has increased from 1.8 percent just before the AVF to 14.2 percent in 2008. The majority of women do not stay in the military for a 20-year or longer career; like men, most women only serve a few years before transitioning to the civilian workforce. Although the fraction of the mil...

An influential model of democratic civil-military relations insists that civilian politicians and officials, accountable to the public, have “the right be wrong” about use force: they, not senior military officers, decide when force will used set strategy. While polls routinely asked Americans’ trust in military, they rarely probed deeply into views relations. We report analyze results a June 2...

BACKGROUND AND REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION FLIR Systems was established in 1978 and is an industry leader in the area of civilian and military infrared cameras and programs for image analysis (see Figure 1), with more than 30,000 systems delivered. The Swedish division of FLIR Systems is located in Danderyd just outside of Stockholm and exports products to nearly 60 countries. Examples of typical a...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review focuses on development and maturation of the tactical evacuation and en route care capabilities of the military trauma system in Afghanistan and discusses hard-learned lessons that may have enduring relevance to civilian trauma systems. RECENT FINDINGS Implementation of an evidence-based, data-driven performance improvement programme in the tactical evacuation an...

We show that officer training during the Swedish military service has a strong positive effect on the probability to attain a managerial position later in life. The most intense type of officer training increases the probability of becoming a civilian manager by about 5 percentage points, or 75 percent. Officer training also increases educational attainment post-military service. We argue that ...

Military mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) differs from civilian injury in important ways. Although mTBI sustained in both military and civilian settings are likely to be underreported, the combat theater presents additional obstacles to reporting and accessing care. The impact of blast forces on the nervous system may differ from nonblast mechanisms, mTBI although studies comparing the neurol...