G iven its performance in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Army’s stock should be at an all-time high. It carried out a bold plan that was both operationally and logistically challenging against a larger if unmotivated force. It routed the Iraqi army and adapted well to the unexpected attacks by the fedayeen. It also fought well in the cities, often a killing field for attackers. It took few casual...

Under what conditions do battlefield coalitions fight as greater or less than the sum of their parts? Introducing Belligerents in Battle dataset, which contains information on actors fighting 492 battles during interstate wars waged between 1900 and 2003, we present, for first time, a portrait universe coalitions. Battlefield win more often suffer fewer casualties belligerents alone. including ...

The Battle of Bangui has assumed near mythical proportions within South Africa,and specifically in the African National Defence Force (SANDF). During thebattle that occurred March 2013, a small force crack troops engaged a7 000-strong Seleka rebel an effort to stem their advance on – capitalof politically unstable and resource-rich Central Republic (CAR). Over thecourse two days, fought number ...

The number of casualties was determined for 513 incidents involving U.S. Navy warships sunk or damaged during World War II. Ship type and weapon were significant factors in determining the numbers of wounded and killed. Multiple weapon attacks and kamikazes yielded more wounded in action than other weapon types. Multiple weapons and torpedos resulted in a higher incidence of killed in action th...

Data from 17,726 battle casualties admitted to all the US Army hospitals in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN) from March 1966 to July 1967 (60% of all patients wounded during this time) revealed that 13.8% of all wounds involved the abdomen, and that the kidney was involved in approximately 9% of those with abdominal wounds. The mortality in this group (who had renal wounds as a component of their ...

A mass casualty incident (MCI) is that which requires a response beyond standard deployment. These can result from natural or artificial events. Casualties can present in peacetime or be evacuated from battle fields. Mass casualty management in most military health facilities in developing countries is not optimal. There are challenges occasioned by dearth of trained, specialized manpower, lack...

PURPOSE We compiled all cases of urethral injury received in battle during the Civil War to detail their management and determine the outcome of treatment. MATERIALS AND METHODS Surgeon medical reports of individual cases of urethral injury listed in the Medical and Surgical History of the Civil War, and pension records available in the National Archives and Records Administration were review...