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Emergency Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion Hospital Corpsman First Class, HM1 (FMF/
Training for Ukrainian Health Professionals in SW) Kevin John Matthews enlisted in the
Austere Environments authors SFC Zachery Navy in 2016. Operationally, HM1 Mat-
Brown and HM1 Kevin John Matthews are thews served as the Senior Line Corpsman,
interviewed by our podcaster team about Scout Sniper Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st
their article. Battalion, 4th Marines, deploying to Africa
and the Middle East aboard the 15th Marine
SFC Zachery Brown enlisted in the Army
on 15 September 2009. He has served with the 75th Ranger Expeditionary Unit (MEU) in 2021. Upon returning from de-
Regiment for the past 13 years: 7 years in the 1st Ranger Bat- ployment, the Navy Education and Training Office (NETO)
talion and 6 years in the Regimental Reconnaissance Com- selected HM1 Matthews as a Combat Trauma Management
pany (RRC). He served as a Ranger Squad Leader, Regimental and Valkyrie Emergency Fresh Whole Blood Transfusion train-
Reconnaissance Team (RRT) Medical Sergeant, RRT Assistant ing instructor. He oversees the training of all medical person-
Team Sergeant, and RRC Operations NCOIC and has nine nel attached to Marine Corps expeditionary ground forces at
combat deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, amount- 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA. Hand- selected by
ing to over 500 Special Operations Raids. the Division Surgeon, he was appointed the founding Course
Manager for the inaugural Prolonged Casualty Care Course,
In 2021, the Uniformed Services University of Health Services preparing forward-deployed Corpsmen to sustain casualties
(USUHS) selected him for one of seven Army slots for the beyond the “Golden Hour” in resource-limited environments
24-month Cohort 9, Enlisted to Medical Degree Preparatory and austere terrain.
Program (EMDP2). This program prepares top- performing
enlisted Servicemembers to apply to medical school. He is In 2021, USUHS selected HM1 Matthews for one of seven
currently enrolled as a graduate student and aims to continue Navy slots for the EMDP2. He is currently enrolled as a grad-
serving our nation and global community as a military physi- uate student and aims to continue to serve our nation and
cian and medical officer in the United States Army. global community as a physician and Medical Officer in the
United States Navy.
SFC Brown earned a BS in Biology, Bio-Engineering Concen-
tration, from the University of Arkansas in 2008, an MS in HM1 Matthews earned a BA in History, Middle Eastern Con-
Strategic Leadership from the University of Charleston, and centration, from the University of California San Diego in
is currently working towards completing an MS in Biology at 2014 and worked as an EMT-B and Ocean Lifeguard for the
George Mason University. San Diego Fire Rescue Department from 2014 to 2016. Ad-
ditional current and prior professional qualifications include
PHTLS, ABLS, TCCC Instructor, Personal Watercraft Opera-
tor for High-Surf Rescues, and AHA BLS Instructor.

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With great sadness, we inform our readers of the loss developed a technique for returning blood to patients after
of one of our editorial board members, Jerome Hauer. cardiac and trauma surgery.
In addition to being an editorial board He was an Army Reserve Medical Services Corps Captain
member for the Journal of Special Opera- and received a doctorate from Cranfield University’s De-
tions Medicine, Jerry worked for New fence Academy in Britain.
York City, New York State, and the U.S.
government. He made a career of preparing for the worst He was a deputy director of New York City’s Emergency
and then dealing with it, from terrorist attacks to hurri- Medical Services from 1984 to 1986; managed an emer-
canes. He died on 11 August 2023 at his home in Alexan- gency response program for IBM; directed Indiana’s Emer-
dria, VA. He was 71. gency Management Agency from 1989 to 1995; and, from
2001 to 2002, was senior adviser to the secretary for na-
Jerry developed an early and comprehensive response to the tional security of the U.S. Department of Health and Hu-
threat of a bioterrorism attack and the proliferation of the man Services, where he dealt with the aftermath of 9/11
West Nile virus in the city, rallying relevant agencies to and the anthrax attacks.
the cause. He later took what he had learned working for
the city and applied it to emergency and risk management As the first acting assistant secretary in the department’s
jobs for New York State and for the federal government, Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness from
both during and after major crises. 2002 to 2004, Dr. Hauer coordinated the country’s readi-
ness for medical and public health emergencies—including
Jerry earned a master’s in emergency medical services from acts of biological, chemical, and nuclear terrorism—and its
the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Pub- responses to them. From 2011 to 2014, he was commis-
lic Health (now the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of sioner of the New York State Division of Homeland Secu-
Public Health) in Baltimore. As a graduate student there, he rity and Emergency Services.

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