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PUBLISHER
Michelle DuGuay Landers, BSN, MBA, RN
Lt Col (Ret)

Greetings JSOM Subscribers, PODCASTS
We hope everyone is listening to and benefiting from our
e hope everyone is having a safe and produc- editorial reviews and special interview podcasts. For this
tive summer. We have a lot of updates to share Fall edition, our podcasters have chosen to review the
Wwith you. following Fall articles:

Michelle D. Landers, Lt Col (Ret) ■ Timeline of Psychological and Physiological Effects
Editorial Board
The JSOM Editorial Board is looking for dental, vet- Occurring During Military Deployment on a Medical
erinary, and psychology subject matter expert associate Team by Andrew Hall and colleagues (page 118)
editors to review articles submitted to the JSOM for ■ Blood Product Administration During Transport
publication. Throughout the US Africa Command Theater of
Operation by Steven G. Schauer and colleagues (page
Please contact scott.graverson@breakawaymedia.org if 66)
you are interested.
■ Impact of a 10,000-m Cold-Water Swim on Norwe-
gian Naval Special Forces Recruits by Jørgen Melau
SOMSA and colleagues (page 55)
This year, SOMSA occurred more than a month later
than its usual date; the post-SOMSA report will be Our author interview will be with Jørgen Melau from
ready soon. Once we receive it, we will share it in our Impact of a 10,000-m Cold-Water Swim on Norwegian
biweekly eNewsletter as well as posting it on the SOMA Naval Special Forces Recruits.
website at http://www.specialoperationsmedicine.org/
Pages/scientificassembly.aspx. Our guest medic reviewer this
quarter is SSG Meredith Cole.
Be sure to check out the 2021 Scientific Assembly Re- Meredith was a CA medic and is
search Award Winners and Presentations on page 100. now in the Texas National Guard
as a SOF Medic with SOD-A. She
Mark Your Calendar for SOMSA 2022, May 2–6, is completing her bachelor’s de-
2022, at the Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh, North gree at Columbia University be-
Carolina. fore applying to medical school.
She plans to pursue emergency
New Handbooks medicine and critical care. Meredith will be reviewing
Find your way to the JSOM Online Store at https:// the Fall article Timeline of Psychological and Physio-
jsom.us/store for all your medical protocol needs. The logical Effects Occurring During Military Deployment
8th Edition Pararescue Medical Operations (PJ) Hand- on a Medical Team by Andrew Hall and colleagues.
book and the 2020 Ranger Medic Handbook are avail-
able on waterproof/ tearproof paper. The print version We Would Love Your Feedback
of the Standard Medical Operations Guide (SMOG) CY Please email Podcast@JSOMonline.org.
2021 is currently in production. We will announce when
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voice in the peer-reviewed medical literature commu-
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