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My Journey To Battalion Command – Part I

By LTC Aaron S. Griffin

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LTC Aaron S. Griffin recounts his 22-year path from combat medic to battalion commander of the 131st Field Hospital—navigating MCAP, the Command Assessment Program, an alternate CSL selection, and preparing for deployment to Kuwait.

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Waiting is Unacceptable: Advancing Utilization of Unmanned Aerial System in Preventive Medicine

MAJ Nirav Patel argues Unmanned Aerial Systems can transform preventive medicine by speeding up environmental health site assessments, enabling rapid CBRN/hazard detection, and reducing Disease Non-Battle Injuries during Large-Scale Combat Operations...

By MAJ Nirav Pankaj Patel, MPH

A male soldier in Army camouflage uniform and a female soldier in uniform lean in close to examine a full-body skeletal X-ray displayed on an AGFA digital radiography monitor in a medical imaging room.

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Health Care as Two Words

An argument for writing "health care" as two words, not one. Chaurasia and Ferro explore how separating "health" (the goal) from "care" (the work) keeps patients human amid metrics, technology, and administrative systems in Army Medicine and modern m...

By Avinash R. Chaurasia MD and Allison Ferro PhD, MHA, RN

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The Multimodal Imperative: Modernizing Patient Movement in Contested Environments

Army Medicine must modernize casualty evacuation for Large-Scale Combat Operations by merging MEDEVAC and CASEVAC into a unified, multimodal Patient Movement force—led by a Multimodal Evacuation Officer—to speed casualties to definitive care in conte...

By LTC David J Preczewski and Mr. Peter Huggins

Expandable medical or dental clinic module mounted on a military cargo truck, with two service members standing on the access stairs and platform.

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How Mobile Must Medicine Become? Lessons from Project Iron Steed: Rethinking Medical Mobility in Large Scale Combat Operations

Mobility is survivability in large-scale combat operations. Project Iron Steed explores mobile dental platforms that reduce setup time, cut logistics burdens, and enable rapid displacement, offering a model for more agile and survivable Army medical ...

By LTC Yu-Sheng (Dave) Chen and MAJ Brandi Gervais

Veterinary Abbreviated Injury Scale: A New Frontier in K9 Trauma Care
This article outlines the Veterinary Abbreviated Injury Scale (V-AIS), a standardized trauma coding system for Military Working Dogs that mirrors the human AIS to advance canine combat casualty care and protective equipment development.

By CPT Danielle Rogers, DVM
The Need for the Integration of Preventative Medicine in Multinational Large-Scale Combat Operations: Lessons From Talisman Sabre 2025
Lessons from Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025 on integrating U.S. Army preventive medicine into multinational large-scale combat operations. Examines the 61st MED DET (PM) force health protection challenges, planning gaps, and interoperability recommenda...

By CPT Daniel J Williamson, PhD, MPH
The Human Domain as a Decisive Line of Effort: Integrating Behavioral Health into Operational Design in Large-Scale Combat Operations
CPT Sarah Duff argues today's Behavioral Health Officers must evolve into clinicians, command advisors, and trainers to meet Large-Scale Combat Operations demands—addressing cognitive warfare, moral injury, and sustained psychological strain to conse...

By CPT Sarah Duff, LCSW, BCD
Preserving Combat Power: Executing Combat and Operational Stress Control in Large-Scale Combat Operations
Examines how Combat and Operational Stress Control (COSC) must function as an integrated operational capability in Large-Scale Combat Operations through nine synchronized functions that protect Soldier psychological readiness and unit cohesion.

By CPT Sarah Duff, LCSW, BCD
Conserving The Fighting Strength: What the Modern Battlefield Demands of the Behavioral Health Officer
CPT Sarah Duff argues today's Behavioral Health Officers must evolve into clinicians, command advisors, and trainers to meet Large-Scale Combat Operations demands—addressing cognitive warfare, moral injury, and sustained psychological strain to conse...

By CPT Sarah Duff, LCSW, BCD
Genetic Diseases in Children of U.S. Military Service Members: Data Strategies Current Therapies, and Leveraging Federal Resources for Global Impact
Genetic diseases affect many military families, yet relocations and care gaps hinder diagnosis and treatment. A proposed TRICARE-based databank, expanded therapy access, and federal partnerships could accelerate rare-disease research, improve readine...

By MAJ Justin T. Albrecht
Budgeting For Expendable Medical Materiel In The Operating Force
How to budget for Army Class VIII medical materiel using GCSS-A data. This article breaks down the 'BOM to budget' method, with a real MES Combat Medic example, to help units calculate accurate annual CL VIII readiness costs and improve medical logis...

By LTC Perry C. “Chet” Sosebee, CW2 Stephen W. Iwasko III, and MAJ David S. Coon
Closing the Clinical Readiness Gap: Mandating a Transition-to-Practice Program for 68C Soldiers in Support of LSCO
Army 68C Practical Nursing Specialists face inconsistent clinical readiness without a standardized transition-to-practice program. A structured model mirroring the Clinical Nurse Transition Program could strengthen patient safety, retention, and prep...

By CPT Katlyn Stinnett
Sensing, Shielding and Protecting the Force: Medical as a Linchpin of CBRN Defense
Explores how military medicine is becoming central to CBRN defense in future large-scale combat operations, highlighting USAMRDC innovations like DRAGON MEDIC diagnostics and ChemDx for far-forward biological and chemical threat detection, treatment,...

By MAJ Sarah S. Sanjakdar, Shane A. Kasten, Robert L. von Tersch, COL Kurt E. Schaecher, and LTC Brandon S. Pybus
Annual Physical Therapy-Led Musculoskeletal Screening As a Medpros Requirement: Closing a Combat Power Preservation Gap for Multidomain Operations
Annual physical therapy-led musculoskeletal screening could close a major Army readiness gap. With MSK injuries driving most non-deployability, adding a MEDPROS-tracked annual screen may reduce profile days, identify high-risk Soldiers early, and pre...

By CPT Thomas Petersen
Home Station to Hospitalization: 32 Bed Field Hospitals APS Draw, Deployment and Validation
The 528th Field Hospital validated a 32-bed APS field hospital during Orient Shield 2025 in Japan, integrating trilateral forces, treating 150+ patients, and demonstrating rapid expeditionary Role 3 medical deployment readiness in INDOPACOM.

By MSG Joshua Blair, LTC Jennifer D. Wilson, and MAJ Justin Boyd
LSCO in USINDOPACOM Theater: A Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment Deployment
Proposes converting surplus AAVs into forward surgical suites and CASEVAC platforms to support amphibious LSCO operations in the Indo-Pacific, addressing gaps in expeditionary Army medical capability.

By CPT Nathan D. Brindley
Closing the Gap: A Combined Lyophilized Product Strategy for Forward Resuscitation
Forward combat medical units face rising risk as evacuation delays and blood shortages increase in large-scale conflicts. A combined lyophilized plasma and platelet strategy offers a practical, cold-chain-free solution to extend life‑saving resuscita...

By SFC Jeffrey R. Wadford
From Caregiver to Combat Multiplier: Army Nursing in Large-Scale Combat Operations
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.

By MAJ Teresa Rios-Rodriguez
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