PRESERVING LIVES ON THE NEW BATTLEFIELD


CLEAN HOUSE


In some of the heaviest urban combat that U.S. troops had seen since 1968, Soldiers clear a house in southern Fallujah Nov. 19, 2004, during Operation Al- Fajr. (Photo by 1st Lt. Kimberly Snow, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)


THE EVOLVING BATTLEFIELD For centuries, terrain and civilian population density have influ- enced the manner in which nations conduct war. During the Vietnam era, the U.S. Army, by necessity, became more adept at fighting in tropical lowlands, hills and densely forested high- lands environments. However, given the increased lethality of today’s weapons and the emerging threats of near-peer adver- saries, conducting battles in dense urban environments comes with many risks.


USAMRDC, based at Fort Detrick, Maryland, continually investigates medical solutions for the evolving battlefield in vari- ous areas of biomedical research, including military infectious diseases, combat casualty care, military operational medicine, medical chemical and biological defense, and clinical and reha- bilitative medicine.


Te guiding concept for battle in the 2025-2050 time frame is multidomain operations. It describes how the U.S. Army, as part of a joint force, can counter and defeat near-peer adversaries across the operational environment: air, land, sea, cyberspace and space.


Finding pathways to success means understanding the elements at stake in setting goals, managing assets, and equipping and empowering personnel. In “Multi-Domain Battle: Combined Arms for the 21st Century,” strategists suggest that U.S. forces must adapt to near-peer adversaries capable of achieving their objectives below the threshold of massive armed conflict.


With that in mind, DOD continually explores game-changing concepts, technologies, equipment and protocols that bolster the medical prospects for injured warfighters. For example, DOD envisions that many future military engagements may require


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