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DEDICATION Veterans Suffering From PTSD Find Ease
Swimming Among Whale Sharks
Petty Officer Second Class Ryan Lohrey
Ryan Lohrey, a 30-year-old former resident of Middletown, In- At the Georgia Aquarium, veterans suffering from PTSD are
diana, and Shenandoah High School football star, was among discovering a new way to combat their doubts and fears:
the 16 military members killed in the crash swimming among whale sharks and stingrays. NBC’s Kerry
of a Marine Corps refueling plane July 12, Sanders has this week’s Sunday Closer. For more information,
2017, in the Mississippi Delta. The only see https://www.today.com/video/veterans-suffering-from-ptsd
sailor aboard the flight, the Navy corpsman -find-ease-swimming-among-whale-sharks-1094199363723.
enlisted after finishing high school in Mid-
dletown, and he later served in two combat
theaters overseas. He returned from Iraq in
January and had been awarded the Purple
Heart. Lohrey, who is survived by his wife, Cassie Lohrey, and
two children, Gavin and Maylinn, is described as someone who
never found a job he couldn’t tackle. After graduating from
high school in 2005, Lohrey enlisted in the Navy, working to
fulfill a lifelong dream of becoming a Navy SEAL. But after a
series of tests and trainings, it was discovered that Lohrey’s ears
did not pop under high pressure, and he was not qualified to
become a SEAL. Lohrey switched to focus on medicine, train-
ing as a medic. Lohrey planned to transition his background as
a medic into a career in nursing after he left the Navy. Lohrey From Wikipedia.
was with the MARSOC Raiders and Marines Recon, two spe-
cial units, and was deployed twice in the Middle East.
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US Army Institute of Surgical Research Tourniquet
FY18 Defense Health Program 6.7 Expert Helping Save Lives Through Research
Intramural Funding Announcement
David DeKunder, 502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs, reported
The FY18 Defense Health Program 6.7 Intramural Fund- on 6 September 2017 in Joint Base San Antonio News on
ing Announcement is open to DoD employees to apply for Dr John Kragh Jr, an orthopedic surgeon at the US Army Insti-
RDT&E funds for the enhancement of fielded medical capa- tute of Surgical Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam
bilities. There will be two submission and review cycles. The Houston and a renowned expert on the
Cycle 2 deadline is 4 April 2018. use and effectiveness of tourniquets in
treating wounded Servicemembers and
This Intramural Funding Opportunity is focused on Opera-
tional System Development (Budget Activity 6.7) defined as civilians with injured limbs. Kragh is part
product improvements or evaluations of fielded, commercially of a team of researchers and doctors who
available, or currently employed/practiced medical products, test tourniquets on mannequins and on
therapies, treatments, or medical guidelines to evaluate and/ each other at the USAISR. The studies
or improve their effectiveness for applicability to a clearly de- and research they have done are helping
fined, military-relevant DoD mission, operation, or function. Photograph of Dr Kragh by to put a more positive perspective on the
Olivia Mendoza
All applications for funding should specifically and clearly usage of tourniquets, a device that in the
align with at least one of the following: past had gotten a bad reputation for possibly causing morbidity
or other side-effects on patients.
There are 2 full proposal categories. Category 1 is for 1-year “In addition, Kragh was a member of a research team that
projects with a budget up to $250,000. Category 2 proposals helped develop the SAM Junctional Tourniquet, which is de-
can request up to a total of $750,000 over a period of up to signed to be used on junctional areas of the body, including the
3 years. Category 3 is for pre-proposals for projects with a pelvic area and armpits. That design team was selected as the
budget of up to $2,000,000 and a period of up to 3 years, as winner of the 2015 Maj. Gen. Harold ‘Harry’ J. Greene Award
well as for all clinical trial proposals, regardless of budget. for Innovation. Kragh is sharing his expertise and knowledge
Selected applicants will subsequently be invited to submit full of tourniquets with military medical instructors, including
proposals. Category 3 pre-proposals will only be accepted those at the Medical Education and Training Campus and the
for the 4 April Cycle 2 deadline. Additional information, US Army Medical Department Center & School, both located
submission instructions, and the required template will be at JBSA-Fort Sam Houston. Kragh said he has been surprised
available at https://dmrdp.amedd.army.mil/. Please send any by how quickly people have picked up on the lessons and in-
questions via e-mail to usarmy.detrick.medcom-usamrmc. formation from the studies and research on tourniquets he has
other.dhp-6-7-solicitation@mail.mil or contact by phone at been part of.
301-619-4566.
“‘I’ve seen people on TV carrying wounded people with tour-
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