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Newest Documents and Publications: New NATO Documents
20-01 Corps and Division Planner’s Guide to Reconstitution
Operations NATO STANDARD AMedP-8.16 NATO TRAUMA REG-
https://call2.army.mil/toc.aspx?document=17960&file=true ISTRY SYSTEM Edition A Version 1 AUGUST 2019 and
STANAG 6516 NATO TRAUMA REGISTRY SYSTEM are
available from:
News From the CTC–The Brigade Combat Team Counter fire
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https://call2.army.mil/toc.aspx?document=17954&file=true Operation Convergent Response 2019
https://www.jllis.mil/index.cfm?disp=cdrview.cfm&doit=view
&cdrid=128391 Held on November 19 – 21, 2019 – When every second counts.
Verizon and Nokia co-hosted the third annual live demon-
News From the Front–The Engagement Is the Mission stration event at the Guardian Centers in Perry, Georgia.
https://call2.army.mil/toc.aspx?document=17958&file=true #OCR2019 was held in collaboration with the Guardian
https://www.jllis.mil/index.cfm?disp=cdrview.cfm&doit=view Centers and gave you the chance to experience firsthand how
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The scenarios (wildfire, cyberattack on critical infrastructure,
News From the CTC–Put the Camera Down: Preparing the tunnel emergency, complex terror attack, airport in crisis, and
Public Affairs Officer for a JRTC Rotation gas pipeline leak and explosion) are the focal point of a well-
https://call2.army.mil/toc.aspx?document=17956&file=true rounded program, the #OCR2019 Strategic Experiential Jour-
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https://call2.army.mil/toc.aspx?document=17957&file=true
https://www.jllis.mil/index.cfm?disp=cdrview.cfm&doit=view Severe Lung Damage From E-cigarette Use
&cdrid=127664 The current “bottom line” from the CDC is

Measles Virus Infection Diminishes Preexisting • E-cigarettes have the potential to benefit adult smokers
Antibodies That Offer Protection From Other who are not pregnant if used as a complete substitute for
Pathogens regular cigarettes and other smoked tobacco products.
• E-cigarettes are not safe for youth, young adults, preg-
Jacqueline Stenson, NBC News, Kids’ Health, reports on nant women, or adults who do not currently use to-
two related studies showing that in addition to its immediate bacco products.
effects, children who acquire measles may sustain measles- • While e-cigarettes have the potential to benefit some
induced damage to their immune systems, causing them to ex- people and harm others, scientists still have a lot to
perience “immune amnesia” and making them susceptible to learn about whether e-cigarettes are effective for quit-
other infections they previously were protected against. Data ting smoking.
were based on 77 children in the Netherlands who had not • If you’ve never smoked or used other tobacco products
been vaccinated against measles (for religious reasons) and or e-cigarettes, don’t start.
then contracted the illness. Blood samples taken and then 2 • Additional research can help understand long-term
months after the children recovered showed that the measles health effects.
virus had eliminated from 11% to 73% of the immune system
antibodies the children had before the infection. The CDC has an update from 14 November 2019 on the
current lung injury situation at https://www.cdc.gov/tobacco
For more information on the two studies, go to https://www /basic_information/e-cigarettes/severe-lung-disease.html.
.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/measles-virus-could-wipe
-out-immune-system-s-memory-new-n1074636 Editor's note: The status of e-cigarettes is evolving, so be sure
to obtain the latest information.

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