TCCC

Where is your Individual First-aid Kit (IFAK)?

So where is yours? ” Right here and always ready” is the only right answer here. I’ve seen a trend in the last few years of people actually using an Individual First Aid Kit more as a fashion accessory rather than a means of saving theirs or someone else’s life. Time and time again I see […]

Ranger Whole Blood Program wins Army innovation award and could save more lives on the battlefield

Huntsville, Alabama– On March 14, the 75th Ranger Regiment’s Ranger O Low Titer (ROLO) Whole Blood Program was recognized as the individual-military winner of the MG Harold J. Greene Award for Innovation. There are three categories of the MG Harold J. Greene Award for Innovation, Individual-Military, Individual-Civilian, and Group. The ROLO blood transfusion helps identify and screen […]

This is how men die in battle: The importance of battlefield trauma care

First, let me begin by stating that this article deals with a sensitive topic in that it discusses how U.S. military men and women die in battle, and it goes on to note that with improved care and faster evacuation times, a significant number of the combat fatalities in Iraq and Afghanistan could have been […]

The Modern Individual First-Aid Kit (IFAK) – Blue Force Gear TKN Pouch

The modern IFAK is a must have for police and military members. However, there are dozens of civilian applications for the platform as well. Anyone who likes adventuring, from rock climbing to hunting, an IFAK can be handy. Let’s not forget the average, everyday citizen who simply likes being prepared. Having an IFAK is the […]

Blue Force Gear MicroTKN: Low Vis Trauma Kit

This year at SHOT Show 2017 I spent quite some time at the Blue Force Gear booth looking at what they were showcasing for 2017. One of the products they were really focusing on is their Micro Trauma Kit Now. With all the crime, terrorism, and active shooters we hear about each and every day on […]

Ex-SEAL: Battlefield medical techniques needed for civilian shootings

“Butler, who served in the early 1970s in both the Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) and the SEAL teams, went on to become a medical doctor in the Navy’s Medical Corps, and was one of the pioneers of what later came to be known as TCCC. The system of procedures, battlefield interventions, treatments, and protocols that […]

Photo essay: Mass-casualty exercise near Mosul, Iraq

The following is a photographic essay documenting a mass-casualty training exercise at a U.S. military base in the vicinity of Mosul, Iraq. The U.S. Navy’s Role II medical facility on the base took the lead in the exercise, which focused on a simulated vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack at an entry control point on […]

Combat Surgeon and Special Operations Forces Hero: Dr. John Holcomb

The scene is the American Civil War, August of 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia. Confederate and Union armies numbering close to 100,000 total men engaged in a fierce three-day fight called the Second Battle of Bull Run, or the Battle of Second Manassas.  Upon the completion of the fighting on August 30th, thousands of […]

Road on U.S. Base in Iraq named for Navy SEAL Doc

Just south of Mosul, Iraq, is located a military base — currently a U.S. Army facility called the Logistical Support Area (LSA) — that has been alternately controlled by the U.S. military, Islamic State, Iraqi Security Forces, and even NATO, over the course of the past handful of years.  The base is currently being used […]

SEALs test electro-magenetic pain management device

Members of the U.S. Special Forces, specifically the Navy SEALs, have shown positive early results after a two-month, ongoing trial of a chronic pain management device. The devices in the trial, called Oska Pulse, utilizes Pulsed Electromagnetic Field technology as a drug-free complement to physical therapy to help reduce pain and inflammation as a result […]

Ranger Medic, Doc Jenkins on training Peruvian Commandos

I’ve recently returned from Peru with the non-profit foundation, Team 5. Team 5 Foundation is comprised of Special Operations medical practitioners, survival experts and civilian ultra-athletes. The five person team ventures to the most extreme, overlooked and remote locations in the world to provide medical assistance. While the primary mission of Team 5 is humanitarian […]