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From Caregiver to Combat Multiplier: Army Nursing in Large-Scale Combat Operations

By MAJ Teresa Rios-Rodriguez

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Army Nurses must evolve into combat multipliers for Large-Scale Combat Operations, mastering prolonged field care, decentralized leadership, and moral resilience to sustain combat power against near-peer adversaries.

A female soldier in camouflage uniform gazes upward against a dark red background overlaid with military medical data visualizations, including heart rate monitors, caduceus symbols, and medical cross icons arranged in a digital HUD-style display
Two U.S. Army soldiers in full combat gear loading a casualty wrapped in a hypothermia blanket onto a litter while a third casualty is treated in the background
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Mass Casualty Management: A Guide for Standardizing Mass Casualty Response

Evidence-based framework for military mass casualty management (MASCAL), covering triage methodology, casualty collection points, end-of-life care, communication, security, and training recommendations for medical and nonmedical responders.

By SGM Michael Remley, Col Steve Rush, SGM Jake Brown, LTC Andrew Schaffrinna, MSG Christopher Hutchison, Mrs. Shelia Savell, COL (retired) Stacy A. Shackelford, COL (retired) Russ Kotwal

Read the article Hold Capacity: The Key to Conserve Combat Power
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Hold Capacity: The Key to Conserve Combat Power

Army medical units tested a hybrid Role 2 augmentation using an ICW to expand patient hold capacity, returning 19 of 23 Soldiers to duty and preserving combat power during large-scale combat operations.

By LTC Vern Campigotto, MAJ Richard Skinner, CPT Hannah Dalke, CPT Gabriel Lizama

Read the article Enhancing Combat Support to Multidomain Operations: A Critical Appraisal and Proposal for Standardizing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for the US Army
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Enhancing Combat Support to Multidomain Operations: A Critical Appraisal and Proposal for Standardizing Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for the US Army

U.S. Army POCUS capability gap analysis proposing standardized point-of-care ultrasound training for military medical personnel to enhance combat support, battlefield diagnostics, and Soldier survivability in multidomain operations.

By CPT Ryan A. Stevens MD, MBA, RDMS, MAJ Chelsea Ausman MD, RDMS, LTC Aicha Hull, MD, CPT Theodore McLean MD, LTC Melissa Myers, MD, MAJ Renato Rapada, DO and MAJ Kristine Jeffers, MD

Read the article Beyond Care: Forging Readiness with Live Fire Exercises
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Beyond Care: Forging Readiness with Live Fire Exercises

Part 7 of 8: FA Branch Historian examines Civil War artillery personnel, exploring Redleg recruitment, USCHA Colored troops, the Fort Pillow Massacre, Gettysburg's artillery failures, and the enduring truth that people make the critical difference.

By CPT Sean Flournoy

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