Department of Defense, Health Affairs: An Overview of Its Programs

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Military medicine has traditionally been somewhat remote from the civilian professional community. One of my resolves in accepting the position of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs was to involve more civilians in military medicine. My purpose here is to open a dialogue with the readership of the Journal by touching briefly on a series of issues that we in the Department of Defense are facing. I believe that military medicine will benefit from open discussion of these issues.The prime purpose of the Defense Department's medical effort is to provide medical support to combat troops (our "readiness mission"). . . .

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