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SG Newswire for November 2002

George Benson smiles as he receives a 320th Air Expeditionary Wing coin from Col. Suzanne Hansen, 320th Expeditionary Medical Group commander at a forward-deployed location. Benson underwent surgery at the group's hospital after his leg was amputated in an accident aboard a U.S. Merchant Marine ship. (Photo by Capt. Ernest Wearren)

EMEDS in action
Medics give sailor hope, perspective after leg is amputated in accident

"Until recently, we've been planning ostensibly for chemical events and most of the services tended to lump 'biological' in the same word as 'chemical'. And only now are we beginning to have our civilian and military leaders understand that those are actually different." -- Lt. Gen. (Dr.) George Peach Taylor Jr.

In the News
Military, civilian exercises key to homeland defense, Lt, Gen. (Dr.) Taylor tells AMSUS Exercises, not rhetoric, will bolster integrated federal, state and local responses to domestic terrorism and disasters, Taylor said.
Nine AFMS members receive AMSUS awards The annual awards acknowledge the abilities of many outstanding federal healthcare individuals.
Corrective eye surgery: Do your homework before the surgery PRK and LASIK are allowed with waivers under very specific conditions.
Study shows low death rates for Kelly AFB The study investigated the causes of death from among the almost 32,000 civilians who worked for one year or more at Kelly AFB between 1981 and 2000.

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