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Page 1: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

From the Frontlines to the Home Front

by Captain D.C. Covey

J Bone Joint Surg AmVolume 91(4):998-1006

April 1, 2009

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Page 2: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Page 3: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Page 4: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

An aerial view of the Air Force Theater Hospital, Balad, Iraq, a Level-III treatment facility.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Page 5: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

Page 6: From the Frontlines to the Home Front by Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am Volume 91(4):998-1006 April 1, 2009 ©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Site of an improvised explosive device detonation that caused casualties among troops patrolling in Al Anbar Province, Iraq.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.

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Moments after an enemy 122-mm rocket hit his surgical team's building of opportunity in Fallujah, the author indicates the damage done to the life-saving concrete barriers.

Captain D.C. Covey J Bone Joint Surg Am 2009;91:998-1006

©2009 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.