This is a handbook of war surgery. Its lessons have been learned and then taught by combat surgeons. War surgery represents no crude departure from accepted surgical standards. A major responsibility of all military surgeons is to maintain best principles and practices as fully as possible, even under adverse physical conditions.

The Federal Radionavigation Plan (FRP) reflects the official positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) policy and planning for the Federal Government. The FRP is composed of the following sections: Introduction to the Federal Radionavigation Plan; Roles and Responsibilities; Policy; PNT User Requirements; Operating Plans; PNT Architecture Assessment and Evolution; and Appendices and Glossary.

The Federal Radionavigation Plan reflects the official positioning, navigation and timing policy and planning for the Federal Government.

The objective of this report was to determine whether DoD should issue policy governing the deputation of DoD law enforcement personnel by State and local governments. The evaluation focused on the following sub-objectives; to determine the propriety of using deputized authority in view of statutory and regulatory constraints, if any, to determine whether the ability of DoD law enforcement organizations to perform essential law enforcement functions within their Federal jurisdiction is significantly hampered by a lack of authority to enforce State and local laws, to determine if the DoD law...

In January 2000, following a report by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), the Deputy Secretary of Defense directed the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USD(P&R)), in cooperation with the Inspector General, Department of Defense, to review supporting roles and investigative functions in military child sexual abuse cases. The goal was to ensure an integrated approach to resourcing sexual misconduct investigations, particularly those involving child victims.1 This evaluation responds to the Deputy Secretary's request as it concerns the military criminal...

In 1994, the Congress enacted the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act (the Wetterling Act)1 requiring certain sex offender registrations and notifications to State and local law enforcement officials in the State where the sex offender resides, is employed, carries on a vocation, or is a student. (See Appendix A for background information.) The Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 1998 (CJSA)2 included military sex offenders under the Wetterling Act coverage and required...

A study has been completed evaluating how the Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations (DCIOs)1 act on allegations that a special agent is or has engaged in misconduct. This evaluation was announced on February 22, 1999, and the fieldwork took place during March 1999 through December 1999. The overall objective was to assess whether the DCIOs have adequate policies and procedures to govern the internal investigations they conduct when one of their special agents is accused or suspected of misconduct.

Within the Department of Defense (DoD), the Defense Criminal Investigative Organizations are primarily responsible for investigating crimes that involve DoD property, programs or personnel. The Defense Logistics Agency, like a number of other DoD components, also has a criminal investigative program and has assembled a criminal investigative staff to conduct investigation.

This report conveys the findings and recommendations of the Defense Science Board (DSB) Task Force (TF) on Predicting Violent Behavior. This study was chartered and co-sponsored by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L)) and the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD(P)).