"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." -President Theodore Roosevelt
When the military history of this era and these two wars is one day written, a central theme will be the stunning breakthroughs made in military medicine. Improved body armor, better warfighting equipment, rapid air transport to well-equipped medical facilities, and the hit-and-run nature of insurgent warfare have improved survivability rates for our injured. But when combined with the improvements in medical science procedures, and the incredible work being performed by some of the true unsung heroes of these conflicts, Navy Corpsmen, those rates have become historic. The numbers tell the story: During World War II, for every 100 injuries, 38 were fatal. By Vietnam, for every 100 injuries, the figure had been reduced to 28 fatalities. Today in Iraq and Afghanistan, for every 100 injuries . . . 6 are fatal. 1
