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Army Reserve provides key medical care to American and coalition troops.

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BAGHDAD, Iraq -- America's men and women in uniform injured during Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom are surviving those injuries at a rate of more than 90 percent--the highest survivability rate in the history of warfare--and Army Reserve Soldiers are playing a critical role in the care of those troops.

MG Ronald Silverman serves as commander of the Army Reserve's 3rd Medical Command (MEDCOM) from Fort Gillem, Ga., the command and control element for TF3 (Task Force 3) MEDCOM, with approximately 30 medical units--including seven from the Army Reserve--and nearly 3,000 service members.

TF3 MEDCOM is comprised of Army Reserve, National Guard, and active duty Soldiers as well as the 332nd Expeditionary Air Wing's Air Force Theater Hospital and provides a full spectrum of health care throughout Iraq with its combat support hospitals and multifunctional medical battalions which include such skills as dental, veterinarian, preventative medicine, combat stress and pathology. The combat support hospitals have been featured on HBO's "Baghdad ER," CNN's "Combat Hospital," 60 Minutes' "A Fighting Chance" and National Geographic's "The Heroes, The Healing."

Reserve elements such as the 329th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance),...

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