Utilizing And If I Perish: Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II to Examine Past, Present, and Future Military Nursing Readiness: A Thematic Analysis.

Introduction: In the last 2 decades of counterinsurgency operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the United States experienced its lowest number of battlefield casualties. Although lessons learned in recent counterinsurgency operations may be relevant for large-scale combat operations (LSCO), it is prudent to revisit the lessons learned from LSCO of World War II medical personnel. This project explored the perceptions and experiences of present-day military nurses to understand readiness as it relates to future LSCO through the historical lens of military nurses' experiences serving in World War II, as told in And If I Perish: Frontline U.

Use of Prize Competitions to Develop Advanced Military Medical Capabilities.

Research and development of military-required innovations are usually funded through the issuance of grants and contracts. The limitations of these funding methods are the a priori specifications and objectives that limit creativity and often do not produce capabilities beyond the desired outcomes or leverage the best ideas and solutions available. This limited engagement of commercial industry to develop military-required innovations usually relies solely on government funding and receipt of proposals from companies whose business model is built on receiving government grants and contracts, with the government owning most of the risks.