Leonard Wood Institute

US Pacific Command's strategy includes assistance to United States government relief agencies and nongovernment organizations during humanitarian aid and disaster relief operations in the Asia-Pacific region. Situational awareness during these operations is enhanced by broad interagency access to unclassified commercial satellite imagery. The Remote Ground Terminal-a mobile satellite downlink ground station-has undergone several technology demonstrations and participated in an overseas deployment exercise focused on a natural disaster scenario. This ground station has received new commercial imagery within 20 minutes, hastening a normally days-long process. The Army Geospatial Center continues to manage technology development and product improvement for the Remote Ground Terminal. Furthermore, this ground station is now on a technology transition path into the Distributed Common Ground System-Army program of record.

The Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program (PTRP) is a recovery and reintegration program for recruits in Initial Entry Training (IET) who are unable to continue training because of serious injury. This investigation examined PTRP admission incidence among recruits in IET at Forts Jackson, Leonard Wood, Benning, and Sill during Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11). PTRP admission data were collected from a spreadsheet completed monthly by PTRP commanders. Total number of recruits was obtained from each post's Directorate of Programs, Training, and Management. In FY11, 368 men and 268 women were admitted into PTRPs at all installations. For Forts Jackson, Leonard Wood, Benning, and Sill, male admission incidences (cases/1,000 recruits) were 2.6, 3.0, 6.2, and 5.4, respectively; female admission incidences for Forts Jackson, Leonard Wood, and Sill, were 11.1, 10.1, and 22.6, respectively. Most injuries sent to PTRP were bone stress injuries (65%) or fractures (21%). 76% of recruits were returned to duty. Differences in admission incidence between posts appear primarily related to different local policies regarding convalescent leave and admission criteria. PTRP admission rates are lower than in the past, presumably related to policy changes and injury-reduction efforts. A cost-benefit analysis would assist in determining the value of the PTRP.

Acute Appendicitis: A Sequela of Typhoid Inoculation Warner F. Bowers, Medical Corps, Warner F. Bowers, Medical Corps Surgical Service of Col. Millard F. Arbuckle, M.C., Station Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Lester Shupe, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Lester Shupe, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Surgical Service of Col. Millard F. Arbuckle, M.C., Station Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Military Surgeon, Volume 90, Issue 4, April 1942, Pages 413–418, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/90.4.413 Published: 01 April 1942

Healing of Wounds Warner F. Bowers, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Warner F. Bowers, Medical Corps, U. S. Army Chief of General Surgery Section Station Hospital, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Military Surgeon, Volume 90, Issue 2, February 1942, Pages 140–152, https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/90.2.140 Published: 01 February 1942