Research on Navy-Related Combat Casualty Care Issues, Navy Operational- Related Injuries and Illnesses and Approaches to Enhance Navy/Marine Corps Personnel Combat Performance

摘要

This report summarizes the results of GEO-CENTERS' technical activities for the second option year of the Naval Medical Research Institute (NMRI) Contract N000 1 4-95-D-0048, Delivery Orders 002 and 004. The delivery orders encompass a variety of scientific studies that are capable of supporting ongoing and projected programs under the cognizance of NMRI; NMRI TOx/DET- Dayton, OH; NMRI/DET-San Antonio, TX; NDRI-Great Lakes, IL; the NDRI Detachment- Bethesda, MD; the National Naval Medical Center-Bethesda, MD; and the U.S. Navy Clothing and Textile Facility-Natick, MA. The forrnat for these periodic technical progress reports consists of four sections each listed by the location of the research. The sections are (1) Descriptions of work to be performed, (2) Objectives planned for the current reporting period, (3) Summary of work performed during current reporting period, and (4) Objectives for the next reporting period. As the final such report under this contract, objectives for the next period are not applicable. Accumulated scientific reports, technical reports and journal articles are being provided as part of this quarterly technical progress report. Topics covered in this report include infectious disease threat assessment and preventive medicine, immune cell biology, biomedical diving programs, breast care center, breast cancer research, directed energy effects research.