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3. FIGHTING BY EAR

Berger, Elliott H. “History and Development of the E-A-R Foam Earplug.”
Canadian Hearing Report
5, no. 1 (2010): 28–34.

Bradley, J. Peter. “An Exploratory Study on Sniper Well-Being.” Defence R&D Canada–Toronto, Contractors Report. DRDC Toronto CR 2009-196. 2010.

McIlwain, D. Scott, Kathy Gates, and Donald Ciliax. “Heritage of Army Audiology and the Road Ahead: The Army Hearing Program.”
American Journal of Public Health
98, no. 12 (2008): 2167–72.

Sheffield, Benjamin, et al. “The Relationship Between Hearing Acuity and Operational Performance in Dismounted Combat.”
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting
59, no. 1 (2015): 1346–50.

4. BELOW THE BELT

Dismounted Complex Injury Task Force. “Report of the Army: Dismounted Complex Blast Injury.” June 18, 2011.

Ellis, Kathryn, and Caitlin Dennison.
Sex and Intimacy for Wounded Veterans: A Guide to Embracing Change
. The Sager Group, 2014.

5. IT COULD GET WEIRD

Dubernard, Jean-Michel. “Penile Transplantation?”
European Urology
50 (2006): 664–65.

Hu, Weilie, et al. “A Preliminary Report of Penile Transplantation: Part 2.”
European Urology
50 (2006): 1115–16.

Reed, C. S. “The Codpiece: Social Fashion or Medical Need?”
Internal Medicine Journal
34 (2004): 684–86.

6. CARNAGE UNDER FIRE

Arora, Sonal, et al. “The Impact of Stress on Surgical Performance: A Systematic Review of the Literature.”
Surgery
147, no. 3 (2009): 318–30.

Landis, Carney, William A. Hunt, and Hans Strauss.
The Startle Pattern.
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., 1939.

Love, Ricardo M.
Psychological Resilience: Preparing Our Soldiers for War.
Carlisle Barracks, PA: US Army War College, 2011.

Webb, Brandon. “A Kit Up Inside Look at ‘Goat Lab.’” February 21, 2012. http://kitup.military.com/2012/02/goat-lab-an-inside-look.html.

7. SWEATING BULLETS

Adolph, E. F.
Physiology of Man in the Desert.
New York: Interscience Publishers, 1947.

Carter, Robert III, et al. “Epidemiology of Hospitalizations and Deaths from Heat Illness in Soldiers.”
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
37, no. 8 (2005): 1338–44.

Heat Injuries, Active Component, U.S. Armed Forces.
Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
19, no. 3 (2011): 14–16.

Kuno, Yas.
Human Perspiration.
Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1956.

Tucker, Patrick. “The Very Real Future of Iron Man Suits in the Navy.” Defense One, January 12, 2015. www.defenseone.com/technology/2015/01/very-real-future-iron-man-suits-navy.102630.

Update: Exertional Rhabdomyolysis, Active Component, US Armed Forces, 2011.
Medical Surveillance Monthly Report
19, no. 3 (2012): 17–19.

8. LEAKY SEALS

Barbeito, Manuel S., Charles T. Mathews, and Larry A. Taylor. “Microbiological Laboratory Hazard of Bearded Men.” Technical Manuscript 379. Frederick, MD: Department of the Army, 1967.

Connor, Patrick, et al. “Diarrhoea During Military Deployment: Current Concepts and Future Directions
.
”
Journal of Infectious Diseases
25, no. 5 (2012): 546–54.

Dandoy, Suzanne. “The Diarrhea of Travelers: Incidence in Foreign Students in the United States.”
California Medicine
104, no. 6 (1966): 458–62.

Lim, Matthew L., et al. “History of US Military Contributions to the Study of Diarrheal Diseases.”
Military Medicine
170, no. 4 (2005): 30–38.

Porter, Chad K., Nadia Thura, and Mark S. Riddle. “Quantifying the Incidence and Burden of Postinfectious Enteric Sequelae.”
Military Medicine
178, no. 4 (2013): 452–59.

Sanders, John W., et al. “Impact of Illness and Non-Combat Injury During Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.”
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
73, no. 4 (2005): 713–19.

Vaughan, Victor. “Conclusions Reached After a Study of Typhoid Fever Among the American Soldiers in 1898.”
Journal of the American Medical Association
34 (June 9, 1900): 1451–59.

9. THE MAGGOT PARADOX

Baer, William S. “The Treatment of Chronic Osteomyelitis with the Maggot (Larva of the Blow Fly).”
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
13, no. 3 (1931): 438–75.

Fennell, Jonathan.
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Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Filth Flies: Significance, Surveillance and Control in Contingency Operations
. Armed Forces Pest Management Board Technical Guide No. 30. Washington, DC: Armed Forces Pest Management Board Information Services Division, 2011.

Heitkamp, Rae A., George W. Peck, and Benjamin C. Kirkup. “Maggot Debridement Therapy in Modern Army Medicine: Perceptions and Prevalence.”
Military Medicine
177, no. 11 (2012): 1411–15.

Kenney, Michael. “Experimental Intestinal Myiasis in Man.”
Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
60 (November 1945): 235–37.

Lenhard, Raymond.
William Stevenson Baer: A Monograph.
Baltimore: Schneidereith & Sons, 1973.

Lovell, Stanley.
Of Spies and Stratagems
. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1963.

Miller, Gary L., and Peter H. Adler. “‘ . . . Drenched in Dirt and Drowned in Abominations . . . ’: Insects and the Civil War.” In
Proceedings of the DOD Symposium on Evolution of Military Medical Entomology
, November 16, 2008
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Sharpe, D. S. “An Unusual Case of Intestinal Myiasis.”
British Medical Journal
, January 11, 1947, 54.

Sherman, R. A., M. J. R. Hall, and S. Thomas. “Medicinal Maggots: An Ancient Remedy for Some Contemporary Afflictions.”
Annual Review of Entomology
45 (2000): 55–81.

10. WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU WILL MAKE YOU REEK

Washington Services Branch Records. Record Group 226: Records of the Office of Strategic Services. 1919–2002.

11. OLD CHUM

Baldridge, David H., Jr. “Analytic Indication of the Impracticability of Incapacitating an Attacking Shark by Exposure to Waterborne Drugs.”
Military Medicine
134 (November 1969): 1450–53.

—————. “Shark Attack: A Program of Data Reduction and Analysis.” Published as a monograph entitled
Contributions from the Mote Marine Laboratory,
Volume 1, Number 2, 1974.

Baldridge, David H., Jr., and L. J. Reber. “Reaction of Sharks to a Mammal in Distress.”
Military Medicine
131, no. 5 (May 1966): 440–46.

Castro, José I. “Historical Knowledge of Sharks: Ancient Science, Earliest American Encounters, and American Science, Fisheries, and Utilization.”
Marine Fisheries Review
75, no. 4 (2013): 12–25.

Cushing, Bruce S. “Responses of Polar Bears to Human Menstrual Odors.”
International Conference on Bear Research and Management
5 (1980): 270–74.

Golden, Frank, and Michael Tipton.
Essentials of Sea Survival.
Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2002.

Llano, George A. “Open-Ocean Shark Attacks.” Chapter in
Sharks and Survival,
edited by Perry Gilbert. Boston: D. C. Heath, 1963.

Rogers, Lynn, Gregory A. Walker, and Sally S. Scott. “Reactions of Black Bears to Human Menstrual Odors.”
Journal of Wildlife Management
55, no. 4 (1991): 632–34.

Tester, Albert. “The Role of Olfaction in Shark Predation.”
Pacific Science
27 (April 1963): 145–70.

12. THAT SINKING FEELING

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Giersten, J. C., et al. “An Explosive Decompression Accident.”
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
9, no. 2 (1988): 94–101.

Karam, Andrew.
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. Hartwell, Australia: Temple House, 2002.

Maas, Peter.
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Alternate title for
The Terrible Hours.
New York: Harper & Row, 1967.

13. UP AND UNDER

Dement, W. C. “Remembering Nathaniel Kleitman.”
Archives Italiennes de Biologie
139 (2001): 11–17.

Friedl, Karl E. “Medical Technology Repurposed to Enhance Human Performance.” In Overview of the HFM-Symposium Programme, October 5, 2009. RTO-MP-HFM-181.

Mackowiak, Philip A., Frederic T. Billings III, and Steven S. Wasserman. “Sleepless Vigilance: ‘Stonewall’ Jackson and the Duty Hours Controversy.”
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
343, no. 2 (2012): 146–49.

Miller, Nita Lewis, Lawrence G. Shattuck, and Panagiotis Matsangas. “Sleep and Fatigue Issues in Continuous Operations: A Survey of U.S. Army Officers.”
Behavioral Sleep Medicine
9 (2011): 53–65.

Rattenborg, N.C., S. L. Lima, and C. J. Amlaner. “Facultative Control of Avian Unihemispheric Sleep Under the Risk of Predation.”
Behavioral Brain Research
105, no. 2 (November 15, 1999): 163–72.

“Special Crew Rest Edition.” CSL-CSP Force Operational Notes Newsletter. N.d. http://my.nps.edu/documents/105475179/105675443/FON+Newsletter+Sleep+Edition+-+Final.pdf/66e0b291-3708-428b-844d-e633d6c50527.

Smith, Roger S., Christian Guilleminault, and Bradley Efron. “Circadian Rhythms and Enhanced Athletic Performance in the National Football League.”
Sleep
20, no. 5 (1997): 362–65.

14. FEEDBACK FROM THE FALLEN

Eastridge, Brian J., et al. “Death on the Battlefield (2001–2011): Implications for the Future of Combat Casualty Care.”
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
73, no. 6 (December 2012): Supplement 5, S431–S437.

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