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A Call to Restore US Military Medical Supremacy

A Call to Restore US Military Medical Supremacy
Medical personnel prepare a U.S. Navy sailor for surgery aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during routine operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo
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The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee recently asked how our struggling Military Health System (MHS) would respond to a large-scale conflict with a peer enemy. As I testified, to meet this looming threat, the MHS needs urgent intervention to get back to its singular focus on lifesaving combat care. The good news: We already have many of the building blocks in place. Let me illustrate with the story of an unexpected trauma survivor.

Jeremy Cannon
Jeremy Cannon
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Jeremy Cannon is a veteran fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University and assistant dean of veteran affairs at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.