Operation Enduring Freedom

The MEU(SOC) units receive both individual and unit training prior to deployment, they participate in field exercises, and they are then certified as ready. In addition to this unit, all sailors and Marines in the MEU(SOC) are qualified in NBC individual protective measures before they deploy. While this training meets current requirements, there is an ongoing effort within the Marine Corps to enhance the training content, particularly with regard to biological warfare defense. This capability is resident in the MEU(SOC) units deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. 

Hepfinger L., Stewardson C., Rock K., Lesher L. L., Kramer F. M., et al. (2010), Soldier Camouflage for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Pattem-in-Picture (PIP) Technique for Expedient Human-in-the-Loop Camouflage Assessment, 27th Army Science Conference, Natick. 

The foot soldier must carry potable water with him at all times. A typical dismounted infantry packing list in Operation Enduring Freedom (2009) for a 72 hour mission requires at least 6 liters (6.3 quarts) of water to be carried on a soldier s body and racksack. One liter of water weighs approximately 1 kg... 

Between 2001 and September, 2010, more than 1,400 soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom experienced major Umb or partial amputations. 

Because of the ability to use already deposited calcium phosphate or HA to create healthy normal bone, amorphous hydroxyapatite is added to bone woimds by surgeons to encourage bone growth in patients. Operation Iraqi/Enduring Freedom has led to increased numbers of skull injuries, which may benefit from the addition of amorphous hydroxyapatite. For surgeons, HA bone cement provides an indispensable tool for craniofacial reconstmction. Biomaterials made from HA are com-... 

J. W. Sanders et al. Impact of illness and non-combat injury during Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan). Am / Trep Med Hyg, 73, 713, 2005. 

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