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Capt Dellavolpe is at San Antonio Military Medical Center, LTC Riesberg is with the Special Warfare Medical Group,
San Antonio, Texas. Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

LTC Gurney is at the US Army Institute for Surgical Re- COL Edwards is at San Antonio Military Medical Center,
search, San Antonio, Texas; and Uniformed Services Univer- San Antonio, Texas.
sity, Bethesda, Maryland.
Maj Matos is at San Antonio Military Medical Center, San
COL Keenan is at SOCEUR, Stuttgart, Germany. Antonio, Texas.
MAJ Powell is with the Office of Special Warfare, 3rd Special LTC Pamplin is at the US Army Institute for Surgical Re-
Forces Group (Airborne), Fort Bragg, North Carolina. search, San Antonio, Texas; and Uniformed Services University,
Bethesda, Maryland. E-mail: jeremy.c.pamplin@gmail.com.

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