220317-GR120-1146 BOSTON (Mar. 17, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith and Gen. Richard D. Clarke, Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) commander, both center, pose for a photo with members of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School during an orientation on the pilot study of the long-term effects of repetitive, low-level blast exposure (RLLBE) of Special Operations Forces service members, named ReBlast, at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Special Operations Command is leading DOD efforts to determine the effects ca


220317-GR120-1146 BOSTON (Mar. 17, 2022) Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith and Gen. Richard D. Clarke, Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) commander, both center, pose for a photo with members of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School during an orientation on the pilot study of the long-term effects of repetitive, low-level blast exposure (RLLBE) of Special Operations Forces service members, named ReBlast, at the Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Special Operations Command is leading DOD efforts to determine the effects career-long repetitive blast exposure has on brain health and function. USSOCOM initiated the pilot study, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University and a multi-institutional team of experts in traumatic brain injury.


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