Military Medical Humanitarian Response for Civilian Disaster

In today's complicated world the military is finding itself stretched across many facets of human conflict. There is a very special function in the military that is becoming a beacon of American humanity: first-rate medical care. The military finds itself dealing with a full spectrum of international relationships, anywhere from disaster response, to humanitarian response, to a major conflict. Air Force medicine needs to adapt to the current situation and become more effective in completing the diverse missions it is asked to accomplish - humanitarian-disaster response-support war winning operations. This paper explores how Air Force medicine responds to humanitarian events.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.