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Nov 2024
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Casualty Care in Tomorrow's Wars

MODERN WAR INSTITUTE AT WEST POINT
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During the United States’ post-9/11 counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, many US service members survived wounds that would have been fatal in any previous conflict. This was largely because of the care they received—beginning at the point where they were wounded and continuing through evacuation to medical facilities in theater and transpor ... Show More
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