Running A Local National Medical Clinic For Special Forces/special Operations Medical Personnel

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Running A Local National Medical Clinic For Special Forces/special Operations Medical Personnel
Blazier SJ, Leach RA, Perez G, Holmes BW, Blough RS, Keenan S 7(1). 51
Publication Type: Journal Article

Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present a strategy for establishing and running a local national medical clinic in support of our counter-insurgency strategy, practiced by our Special Forces Task Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In the course of multiple rotations to Afghanistan, we have acquired a feasible strategy to take advantage of the non-kinetic operations of a local national medical clinic. This article seeks to identify mission essential tasks and provides examples from Special Forces Teams (Operational Detachment -Alpha, or ODA) throughout our area of operations (AO) in different settings.

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