Summer - United States Special Operations Command

Warner D. “Rocky”Farr, MDCOL USASOCCENT SurgeonI am writing this on USSOCOM’s nickel in lateJune before I go on PCS leave for my strenuous PCS offive whole miles within MacDill AFB, to SOCCENTHeadquarters. I would like to thank all who have helpedme in getting done all that I have gotten done in my threeyears at USSOCOM. As my CSM back in 1973 in Germanyused to say, “And you know who you are!” I wentover 42 years active service on 23 April 2009. It is goodto still be upright and breathing and contributing to thewar effort.We have had some successes at USSOCOM inthe last three years, much of it on the backs of my predecessorswho set me up for success. The Journal of SpecialOperations Medicine (JSOM) is bigger and betterand the pocket size Advanced Tactical Provider AnnualTraining Supplement seems to be well received. The AdvancedPractitioner Card now has reciprocity with severalother registries. The Tactical Combat Casualty CareAcquisition program is proceeding and medics are gettingmore of what they need as we branch into extractionand surgical kits. The Theater Special OperationsCommand Surgeon slots are in place and filled – one byME, quite unexpectedly. MC Mercer’s Warrior RehabilitationPerformance Center Program has funding andis proceeding. The program is the key capstone topreservation of human capital! The Level-2 surgicalpiece of medical support has been approved as a concept,now we just have to figure how to resource it.Colonel Deal, “Post! Sir, your ball.”I plan to continue to contribute to the JSOM asthe SOCCENT Surgeon but probably not much of an operationalnature, security and all. Therefore, this quarter’sentry will be yet another book review.Khyber, British India’s North West Frontier:The Story of an Imperial MigraineCharles MillerNew York, New York: Macmillan and Company, 1977.393 pages. ISBN-10: 0025848607; ISBN-13: 978-002584860392Journal of Special Operations Medicine Volume 9, Edition 3 / Summer 09