Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
Wing Commander Tony Austin RAAF A traditional Chinese curse goes something like this: ‘May you live in interesting times’. If it be so, then we are all most certainly cursed…
Sue Sharpe Tularaemia is caused by the intracellular pathogen Francisella tularensis, a small, pleomorphic, aerobic, Gram negative coccobacillus which requires a complex cysteine-containing growth medium for laboratory cultures. Capsules may…
James Ross, MB BS, FACOM, MPH Military basic, or entry level, training has been known to cause very high levels of injury in recruits. In some cases, 60 to 70…
Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander A.G Robertson RAN The Naval Health Services are responsible for the health care of all RAN personnel. The Naval Health Services1 mandate includes the provision of preventive as…
Major Daryl Duncan RAAMC Background In late 1992, the Australian Government committed a battalion group to the United Nations-sponsored Joint Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF). The commitment was announced in…
