Combat service support reflection on OIF

Kyung Kim — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 04:31:00 GMT

By: Kyung Kim
In the ILE, military history is a required course. As I studied different aspects of war, I looked back at the experience in Iraq: a wounded soldier screaming out for Mama in the aid station, doctors at each other's throat how they could have saved a soldier's life, and an Espicopalian chaplain sprinkling holy water on tactical vehicles as they left the compound on a night patrol. Back home, I ran into young Soldiers with limbs missing pushing wheelchairs at Walter Reed...read more

A road to Soldier's wellness

Kyung Kim — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:29:00 GMT

By: Kyung Kim
LTC Kyung S. Kim, DMD MS MS FACP, ILE Class 33, Redstone Arsenal, AL I am a frustrated Army dentist because I am fighting a losing battle repairing "dying teeth" in our Soldiers' mouths. Soldiers' dental readiness is "green" before they deploy, yet during deployment, their oral health deteriorates. Stress, heat, mortar rounds, IED's, and lack of sleep-it's easy for oral hygiene to be the last priority on a Soldier's...read more

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Combat service support reflection on OIF

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