Irregular Warfare Must Combine Good Medicine, with Both Good Tactics and Good Strategies: Position Paper by the French Special Operations Forces Medical Command.
Pierre Pasquier, Mathieu David, Ludovic Petit, Morgan Chery, Sébastien Habas, Edouard Patey, Sébastien Conort, Nicolas Zeller, Marc-Olivier Gelmann, Sébastien Peyrefitte, Fabrice Castel, Stéphane Travers, Pierre Mahé
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Military operations are no longer limited to the application of counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies; they are now characterized by hybrid, irregular, and unconventional features. While some authors have indicated the need for medical support to adapt to these new modes of military operations, they have focused mainly on the tactical level of care on the battlefield. As Sun Tzu states, "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat," further proposals are still needed on the application of both medical tactics and medical strategies in irregular warfare.