Care of Returning Military Personnel
Authors: Laura L. Sessums, Jeffrey L. Jackson
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2013)

In the ClinicJuly 2, 2013Care of Returning Military PersonnelLaura L. Sessums, JD, MD, Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPH, Deborah Cotton, MD, MPH, Darren Taichman, MD, PhD, and Sankey Williams, MDLaura L. Sessums, JD, MDSearch for more papers by this author, Jeffrey L. Jackson, MD, MPHSearch for more papers by this author, Deborah Cotton, MD, MPHSearch for more papers by this author, Darren Taichman, MD, PhDSearch for more papers by this author, and Sankey Williams, MDSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-159-1-201307020-01001 SectionsSupplemental MaterialAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail Large numbers of Americans have deployed in combat operations in the past decade and may seek health care in civilian, Veterans Affairs (VA), or military settings on return from deployment. The U.S. military currently has nearly 1.5 million active-duty members, with another 850 000 in the Reserves or National Guard. (1) Unless exempted for family or medical reasons, all military, Reserve, and National Guard (Selected Reserves) members are eligible for deployment. As of December 2011, approximately 102 000 were deployed to Afghanistan in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and approximately 50 000 to Iraq in Operation New Dawn (previously known as ...References1. U.S. Department of Defense. Demographics 2011: Profile of the Military Community. 2012. Accessed at www.militaryonesource.mil/12038/MOS/Reports/2011_Demographics_Report.pdf on 31 May 2013. Google Scholar2. U.S. Department of Defense. Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional Area and by Country (309A). 2011. Accessed at http://siadapp.dmdc.osd.mil/personnel/MILITARY/history/hst1112.pdf on 3 October 2012. Google Scholar3. National Research Council. 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