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mm hmm . I'm Lieutenant Colonel Michael

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Arnett , senior medical officer for the

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20th Seabourn Command in Aberdeen

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proving ground Maryland . We are the

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army's primary unit for countering

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weapons of mass destruction . And I

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would like to share with you a few

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thoughts about how science has played a

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role in my career and why it is

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important to me . The demand for

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skilled workers and science ,

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technology , engineering and math or

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stem is rapidly growing . Whenever

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people think of the army , there are

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many images that come to mind . Green

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Berets , army rangers , tanks ,

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helicopters , paratroopers to name a

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few . But there is an incredibly rich

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and profound history of medical

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advances from army doctors that goes

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back to our nation's beginning and

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continues today . During the

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Continental Army's winter at Valley

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Forge in 17 78 George Washington's

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physicians inoculated troops with

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smallpox to give them immune protection

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and prevent the spread of the disease .

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Major Jonathan Letterman , senior

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medical officer for the army of the

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potomac . Thought soldiers would get

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faster care if there were wagons with

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assigned stretcher bearers that could

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go out of the battlefield , pick up the

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wounded and bring them back to the

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field dressing stations and field

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hospitals . This was revolutionary

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because previously wounded soldiers had

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to be hand carried by their friends or

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make their own way to the medical tents .

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Another Civil War physician DR William

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Mayo was stationed in Rochester

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Minnesota where he was the examining

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physician for the Union armies draft

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board . After the war He stayed in the

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area and opened up a clinic with his

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sons DR William Mayo and his practice

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grew into one of the world's renowned

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hospitals . The Mayo clinic , one of

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the most famous army physicians . Dr

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walter reed , carried out one of the

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first scientific studies on disease

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transmission and discovered that

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mosquitoes were the vectors for

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transmitting yellow fever . Mm hmm .

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Yeah . His

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discovery potentially save more lives

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than any other physician in the course

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of human history . World War Two

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battlefields saw the first major use of

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medication specifically designed to

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kill bacteria , the medications we now

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call antibiotics .

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Currently , the army is developing

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vaccines for infections , including

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malaria . Partnering with

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pharmaceutical industry to develop new

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medications and continually improving

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resuscitated surgery and the austere

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and pre hospital setting . The aspect

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of army medicine that I find

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particularly compelling and one of the

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reasons I have stayed in the army for

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over 20 years is that I have used

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medical science to answer these

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questions . What can I do to provide

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better care to soldiers and two ,

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How can I keep America's sons and

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daughters healthy and bring them back

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home every time they go out on a

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mission . As technology enters even

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more aspects of daily life in the

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workplace changes , stem skills and

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knowledge are becoming even more

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important in the workforce . It is my

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sincerest hope that you will use

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science to make life for yourself and

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those around you better not easier ,

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but better for more information about

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the army stem program . Please visit

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www dot u . S army stars dot com slash

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stem Winning matters Liberty We Defend .