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Here’s how sports medicine is transforming battlefield airmen’s training
By: Stephen Losey  

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — After 10 years of intense combat and regular deployments, many of the Air Force’s most skilled and elite troops often are “held together with duct tape and bailing wire,” said Maj. Sam Schindler, director of operations for the 350th Special Warfare Training Squadron.

But now, the Air Force is trying to change that with the help of cutting-edge technology, new thinking and an intense focus on injury prevention and rehab inspired by college sports medicine programs.

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/11/23/heres-how-sports-medicine-is-transforming-battlefield-airmens-training/

 
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