MAJ Eric Fallon
While serving as Commander of the 714th Preventive Medicine Detachment, my unit was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Although originally tasked to provide preventive medicine support in Kuwait, the mission changed immediately upon arrival and the unit was sent into Iraq, where is served in Tikrit, Balad and Baghdad supporting units of 5th SF, 3rd ID, 1 AD, 82nd ABN, 4th ID, 2nd ACR and coalition forces. Aspects of pre and post deployment will be discussed as well as experiences while executing the mission in Iraq. The roles and opportunities of active duty audiologists in today’s high OPTEMPO preventive medicing environment will be explored.