Research Paper Title Unforeseen Risk: Leptospirosis and the U.S. Special Operations Community. Background Leptospirosis is a bacterial zoonosis with worldwide distribution and is potentially lethal to those infected if left untreated. Due to the global posture of the US Special Operations community, there is a seemingly perfect overlap of the regions in which they deploy… Read More
Employment of Forward Surgical Teams during Troop withdrawal under Combat Conditions
Research Paper Title The 912th Forward Surgical Team in Operation New Dawn: Employment of the Forward Surgical Team during Troop withdrawal under Combat Conditions. Abstract The Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq witnessed the first widespread use of US Army Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs). Although doctrinally designed to support manoeuvre brigades in a linear front conflict,… Read More
Implications for the Future of Combat Casualty Care
Research Paper Title Death on the Battlefield (2001-2011): Implications for the Future of Combat Casualty Care. Background Critical evaluation of all aspects of combat casualty care, including mortality, with a special focus on the incidence and causes of potentially preventable deaths among US combat fatalities, is central to identifying gaps in knowledge, training, equipment, and… Read More
The Mental Health of Canadian Forces while on Deployment
Research Paper Title Mental Health of Canadian Forces Members while on Deployment to Afghanistan. Background The deployed environment poses special challenges to the delivery of effective in-theatre mental health care. Our study sought to identify the prevalence and impact of symptoms of mental health problems in Canadian Forces (CF) personnel serving in Task Force Afghanistan;… Read More
Special Forces & ACL Reconstruction
Research Paper Title Return to Full Duty after Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: Is The Second Time more Difficult? Background Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur repeatedly in Special Operations Forces (SOF). In this study, we sought to determine whether military patients requiring a second (i.e., revision) ACL reconstruction in the same knee had a lower… Read More
Are Stress Fractures Associated with Vitamin D Insufficiency?
Research Paper Title Femoral and Tibial Stress Fractures Associated with Vitamin D Insufficiency. Abstract The researchers describe a case highlighting the need to consider hypovitaminosis-D when investigating background causation and treatment of femoral and tibial stress fractures. The case also suggests that prescribing calcium and vitamin D supplementation may help with fracture healing in soldiers… Read More
The Current State of Nutrition Research in the UK Military
Research Paper Title Nutrition Research in the Military. Abstract Military research performed in an operational environment involves mission-specific considerations. The Institute of Naval Medicine was tasked in 2008 by the Surgeon General to investigate the nutritional status of deployed British military personnel, and how this might affect body composition, physical fitness and operational capability. This… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 