Butler FK Jr, Hagmann JH, Richards DT. Tactical management of urban warfare casualties in special operations. Mil Med 2000; 165(4 Suppl): 1-48. Comment: On 03 October 1993, approximately 170 soldiers of Task Force Ranger undertook an operation to remove two of Mohammed Farah Aideed’s senior advisors from Mogadishu. What followed became known as the ‘Battle… Read more »
Scott D Sagan, Princeton Studies in International History and Politics. C 1993 Princeton University Press ISBN 0-691-03221-1 Many may wonder why a book on US military nuclear weapon safety has relevance to a health journal. The book’s first chapter sets the scene with a generic discussion of accidents and organisational learning. This discussion is viewed… Read more »
Willy C, Sterk J, Schwarz W, Gerngross H. Computer assisted training program for simulation of triage, resuscitation, and evacuation of casualties. Mil Med 1998; 163(4): 234-8 Screen-based simulation is an emerging modality with much promise and application to ADF health personnel. This article from the April edition of Military Medicine represents one of the first… Read more »
Jan K Herman Naval Institute Press; 1997 This recent offering from the Naval Institute Press is a highly readable collection of personal accounts from USN personnel serving in a variety of postings in many different theatres of war during WW2. As the preface explains, this is the work of Jan Herman, historian to the Navy… Read more »
Peter Huchthausen, Igor Kurdin and R Alan White Random House; 1997 ‘Truth is often stranger than fiction’ so the old saying goes. It’s also more exciting as this publication clearly demonstrates. The book concerns the last patrol of the K219, a Soviet ‘Yankee’ class ballistic missile submarine from its departure from Gadzhievo in Northern Russia… Read more »
ADF operations are planned and executed in line with the government’s and the Operational Commander’s requirements. War fighting operations focus on winning the battle while health support is tailored to fit into this essential primary need. Recent ADF operations, however, have included tasks other than war (OOTW) such as OPERATION SUMATRA ASSIST ONE and TWO…. Read more »
