Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Laughlin | U.S. Coast Guard Academy | 05.02.2019
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Despite the school year coming to an end, first class cadets aren’t slowing down as they prepare to give one final presentation during the Coast Guard Academy 2019 Cadet Research Symposium, May 2, 2019....
Story by Staff Sgt. Scott Tynes | 102d Public Affairs Detachment | 06.09.2016
FORT HOOD, Texas – Hollywood is known for imagery that transports the television or movie audience into the middle of a battlefield in all of its gory splendor. Those same special effects, however, are used to provide an element of realism to the training of Soldiers and medics....
Story by Sgt. Aaron Ellerman | 204th Public Affairs Detachment | 02.24.2016
Muscles tense, a gut-wrenching grimace coincides with a rising heartbeat. Teeth grit as the body stiffens holding its breath, fingers trying to grasp unattainable relief. A spectrum of pink and black exposed layers lies on the table, the damp cloth massages the rough dead skin where the new meets the old....
Story by Senior Airman Austin Harvill | 31st Fighter Wing | 09.18.2015
From bruised ankles to stomach surgery, U.S. Air Force medical moulage teams have the skills to “make-up” injuries for use in training. Using real people or manikins, the teams can apply putty, liquids, powders and props to simulate the look and feel of real internal and external injuries....
Story by Lance Cpl. Isaac Ibarra | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 06.26.2014
Sweat drips down the faces of the U.S. Navy corpsmen as they tightly grasp the stretcher and rush a simulated casualty to the first responders of Shock Trauma Platoon....
Story by Sgt. Heather Feenaughty | 4th Public Affairs Detachment | 05.22.2014
Soldiers extract Caesar from a disabled armored vehicle and determine he needs medical help. Blood is pumping from his severed right leg. A Combat Life Saver puts pressure on the femoral artery and stops the bleeding long enough to place a tourniquet. Caesar is complaining of chest pain. The irregular rising and falling of the left side of his chest indicates he has a collapsed lung. The CLS......
Story by Cpl. Sarah Anderson | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 10.24.2013
Within the Department of Defense, 280,734 service members have suffered Traumatic Brain Injury since 2000. TBI has been referred to as an invisible wound many service members suffer as a result of war....
Story by Stacy Sanning | Blanchfield Army Community Hospital | 09.26.2013
More than 40 wounded, injured and ill soldiers and their supporters from Fort Campbell and Fort Knox, Ky. Warrior Transition Battalions (WTBs) and their supporters participated in the first Bluegrass Rendezvous Bike Ride Sept. 24 and 25....
