Past USAF Presentation: Enhancing Readiness Across European Operations

Past USAF Presentation: Enhancing Readiness Across European Operations

At last year's Deployed Medical and Healthcare Delivery, Colonel James Chambers, USAF delivered a landmark presentation on EUCOM’s trauma and biodefense systems, offering a systems-based roadmap for medical readiness across Europe.

He unpacked lessons from Ukraine and historical conflicts, introduced the Combatant Command Trauma System (CTS) and Biodefense System (CBS), and emphasised “deterrence by resilience” through integrated care, logistics, and data. His insights on forward surgical care, civilian-military partnerships, and biosurveillance coordination set the tone for how NATO and partner nations prepare for large-scale conflict. It was a masterclass in operational clarity, strategic foresight, and coalition interoperability.

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