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PUBLISHER and EDITOR

Greetings JSOM readers! back to your units, please contact me
ahead of time at editor@JSOMonline.org
Another year has quickly slipped by as we to ensure I have enough available for you.
are in the middle of the holiday season. By
the time you receive this edition, those who Michelle DuGuay Landers The JSOM mission is being increasingly
are attending SOMSA in Tampa will be get- heard by you, our readers. JSOM sub-
ting ready for another great conference. Please be sure to scriptions have increased by 300% over the past few
read LTC Mabry’s From the SOMA President on page years and article submissions have increased by more
142 and visit the website at http://www.specialoperations than 400%. Our goal is to bring the most up-to-date
medicine.org/Documents/2014%20Registration%20Docs information as soon as possible. Even with the prolif-
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important it is to have a print edition that can be taken
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