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Posts Tagged medivac
MEDEVAC/CASEVAC Problems in Afghanistan
From Micheal Yon:
The highest ranking officers in the US Army continue to deceive Senators and Representatives about the ongoing MEDEVAC failures in Afghanistan. There are telltale signs that reveal deceptive Generals. If a General says or implies that Dustoff must wear Red Crosses due to Geneva Conventions, he is lying. Full stop.
Afghanistan’s New Ambulance
There is a new version of the M-ATV, from Oshkosh Defense, deploying to Afghanistan.
From Army.mil:
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has pressed hard for the past two years to bring medical care in Afghanistan in line with what’s available for U.S. troops in Iraq. This includes medevac capabilities that ensure wounded troops get advanced medical care within one hour of their injury, which is a factor that medical experts agree makes a major difference in survival rates.
…developed in cooperation with the mine-resistant, ambush-protected, all-terrain-vehicle program office, is an M-ATV-like ambulance specifically designed to traverse Afghanistan’s demanding terrain. The first 250 are scheduled to go into production this summer and are expected to be fielded this fall, Lee reported.
Unlike the mine-resistant, ambush-protected, or MRAP, ambulances in Afghanistan that were designed to operate in Iraq, the M-ATV-like versions are being built from the ground up for conditions in Afghanistan. They have improved suspension systems and offer more mobility and speed than the MRAP models.
Additional coverage at Wired’s Danger Room
Marines Need Dedicated Medivac Birds
From: CAPT Michael Vengrow, MC, USNR
USMC CH-46
…more than six decades after Iwo Jima, consider the fact that Marines still do not have a dedicated medevac helicopter—a nicety of war that is all about saving limbs and lives and that Soldiers have had for many years.
It is time to change medevac doctrine for the U.S. Marine Corps-Navy team. The doctrine is an anachronism that serves no one very well, least of all the Marines who fight on the front lines and display such incredible valor.