Welcome to the latest edition of the Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health, as we go to press the final touches are being made for the Defence Health Symposium and AMMA conference in Canberra. We are anticipating that over 500 delegates from around the world will attend for the three day conference.
Dr Nader Abou-Seif and his team have put together a wonderful program with presentations from David Means who lead the team which found the Centaur, Commodore Hans Jung, Surgeon General Canadian Forces , and Rear Admiral Michael Miitelman , Command Surgeon United States Pacific Command. There will also be a strong contingent from NATO and from our friends from across the ditch. I look forward to catching up with many of you during the three days.
I would like to congratulate Dr Andrew Robertson and the entire editorial board for, yet again, producing another edition. Their task has been particularly difficult as we struggle to get sufficient copy for the Journal as we are caught in the “catch 22” situation of being without a rating with few citations and, without a rating; researchers are reluctant to submit articles. The Board and Council, while recognising that this is problem any new journal will face, is seeking ways to improve the amount and quality of journal articles as well as potential partners for a joint publication.
Under the AMMA constitution, we have an obligation to publish and the Council strongly believes that the Journal must continue to be a forum for independent scientific expression in military medicine and veterans’ health for its members and members of the wider military and health communities.
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