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Current Evidence Based Guidelines for Factor VIIa Use in Trauma: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 

Recombinant factor VII (rFVIIa) has arisen as an option for the control of life-threatening traumatic bleeding unresponsive to other means. The...

Teaming up for humanity: Nassau and Kearsarge provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief at home and abroad 

Mother Nature can be quite temperamental. Her playful breeze can quickly transform into the brutal sucker-punch of a howling gale - or worse. When...

Saying no to athletic scandals Taking cheaters out of sports 

By JAMES PINSKY

THE RELEASE OF THE Mitchell Report regarding performance- enhancing drugs sends a clear message to Major League...

A Marine's best friend: FMF Afghanistan 

The corpsmen warned me the air would be thin up there, but I didn't notice. This was my first combat patrol and like a child trapped in the dark, I...

Prowling Afghanistan: life in an expeditionary squadron 

The first mistake the Taliban made was harboring those who attacked America. The second may have been thinking the Navy's wrath reached only as far...

Landlocked learning: Navy mentors in Afghanistan 

When Afghanistan told the world they wanted a professional army, America knew just who to send, Sailors. When Afghanistan told the world they...

Feigning terrorism in the mid Pacific 

If Chief Operations Specialist (SW) William Clements ever tries to come aboard your ship, shoot him. He's there to kill you. If Chief Operations...

The sweet science: a study in confidence 

TRIVA PINO STORMED UP TO LeJoyce Garrett, looked her square in the eyes and punched her right in the mouth. And hundreds of spectators, including...

"Going greenside": the making of a fleet marine force corpsman 

For seven boot camp-like, rifle-toting, blister-breaking weeks down south at Camp LeJeune, N.C., the Navy and Marine Corps team up at Field Medical...

EOD down under: during his recent visit to Australia, electronics technician 1st class Eric Fisher learned that though he may be blessed with nerves of steel, he's no Superman 

Fisher, a nine-year Navy veteran who joined the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) community in September 2004, was rudely reminded of his...