Changing military medical standards—Are we doing harm?
‘I am trying to arrange transport for two or three thousand “B” class men; they are absolutely unfit for service. Many of them do not disclose any organic disease upon a carefully conducted clinical examination, but are in and out of hospital, and are quite useless for front line, and practically useless for Home Service….Far […]
The Evolution of Operational Health support Provided to the United States, United Kingdom and Australian Special Operations Forces from 1940–2024
Introduction Over the last 85 years, medical support to Special Operations Forces (SOF) units has evolved from rudimentary beginnings to highly sophisticated care. While some of this evolution reflects changes in clinical medicine during that period, particularly in civilian trauma management, the progress in health support in other areas reflects the innovative forefront of military […]