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Chronic medications in Iraq: a true army lesson learned; after medical logistics officers found...

By Bennett, Greta L.
Publication: Army Logistician
Date: Sunday, May 1 2005

Nearly 2 years ago, our country was laced with a dilemma: Declare war on Iraq immediately, or allow United Nations inspectors to complete their inspections and proceed based on their findings. While this decision was being made, the military forces were busy with operational planning, which had to be conducted with high levels of secrecy. The U.S. military already was supporting combat operations in Afghanistan; however, establishing a logistics support concept--particularly medical logistics support--for Iraq was a completely different matter. Military medical materiel managers h

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