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Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs New Clinical Practice Guidelines to Improve Care for Patients with Tinnitus
New clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus from the Department of Veterans Affairs/Department of Defense tinnitus CPG team will offer better care for patients.
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The timeline shows the major events of the United States' involvement in the United Nations' action to liberate the nation of Kuwait from occupying Iraqi forces.
Source: 1991 "Defense Almanac"
Air Deployment Missions
18,466 as of June 7, 1991:
U.S. Casualties
147 battle deaths, 145 non-battle deaths, 1 missing in action:
U.S. Commanders, U.S. Central Command, Operation Desert Storm
Coalition Aircraft Losses
75 (63 U.S., 12 Allied):
Estimated Iraqi Losses Reported by U.S. Central Command, March 7, 1991
Enemy Prisoners of War Captured
U.S. forces released 71,204 to Saudi control
Operation Provide Comfort
Relief to Kurdish refugees in eastern Turkey and northern Iraq:
Iraq invades Kuwait
Operation Desert Shield Begins
First U.S. Forces—F-15 Eagle fighters from Langley Air Force Base, Virginia—arrive in Saudi Arabia
U.S. Navy preventive-medicine personnel and scientists began evaluating disease risks among deployed troops
First Operation Desert Shield-related U.S. death
First call-up of Selected Reservists to active duty for 90 days authorized by executive order.
First large-scale, in-theater painting operation established at the port of Ad Dammam
Team from Walter Reed Army Institute of Research arrives to discuss stress and psychological status with soldiers
Call-up widened in subsequent authorizations; period of service extended to 180 days by executive order
FDA issues the Interim Rule, "Informed Consent is Not Feasible" (FR 52814)
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