Air Force Preventive Medicine's role in the war against terrorism: new missions for the global counterinsurgency.
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Since 2005, the call for the military to conduct ?softer? missions, such as humanitarian assistance and partner training, has increased. These ?medical stability operations? are in fact to be given comparable priority to combat operations. Military leadership understands their the value of Medical Stability Operations across the range of military operations from shaping through postdisaster or post-conflict operations.(1) Air Force Preventive Medicine (AFPM) teams, given more education, are suited to these medical stability operations and should be tasked.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of special operations medicine : a peer reviewed journal for SOF medical professionals
دوره 10 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010