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Article: Psychiatric medevacs during a 6-month aircraft carrier battle group deployment to the Persian Gulf: A Navy force health protection preliminary report
- Article from:
- Military Medicine
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
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CopyrightCopyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Jan 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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When a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier battle group deploys overseas, the aircraft carrier's medical department is responsible for the medical needs of over 12,000 personnel with their indigenous developmental, stress, family, alcohol, drug, and interpersonal and intrapersonal relationship difficulties. This article reviews the effectiveness of having a U.S. Navy clinical psychologist and a psychiatric technician onboard the USS Carl Vinson, the flag ship of Vinson's battle group, during this battle group's 1998/1999 Persian Gulf deployment (i.e., Western Pacific Deployment). Importantly, these two individuals reported to the USS Vinson as permanent members of the ship's company. The clinical ...