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Martin Hill

About Martin Hill

Martin Hill is an analyst in military expeditionary medical care, involved in developing new capabilities to provide medical care for combat, stability, humanitarian aid, and disaster response operations. He has more than 20 years of experience as a medic in the Coast Guard, Navy, and law enforcement reserves. He has been a maritime and wilderness search-and-rescue medic, a law enforcement tactical medic, and a disaster response medic. He currently serves as a medical service corps officer in the California State Military Reserve, a component of the California National Guard, and a medic on a disaster response team.

A freelance writer, Martin has been published in Reader’s Digest, LIFE, Newsweek, Omni, American History, Coast Guard Magazine, Retired Officer Magazine, the Los Angeles Times Sunday Opinion Section, and many more.

USS Zumwalt: America’s Most Advanced Destroyer Sails Troubled Seas

January 28, 2014 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

USS Zumwalt: America’s Most Advanced Destroyer Sails Troubled Seas

The legendary USS Zumwalt is raising critique from spectators – due to its high cost and the fact that traditional “gun ships” may not be necessary today.

Florence Nightingale in the Crimea: Improving Medical Care by the Numbers

November 19, 2013 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

Florence Nightingale in the Crimea: Improving Medical Care by the Numbers

The Crimean War is known as the conflict that earned Florence Nightingale the nickname: The Lady with the Lamp. What were conditions for soldiers in Crimea?

The Spanish Flu and Wartime Secrecy: Creation of a Global Pandemic

October 24, 2013 by Martin Hill Leave a Comment

The Spanish Flu and Wartime Secrecy: Creation of a Global Pandemic

Military secrecy masked the 1918 influenza pandemic’s beginnings; within a year of its arrival, the Spanish Flu killed more people than WWI.

Beach Jumpers: Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and the U.S. Navy’s Masters of Deception

September 5, 2013 by Martin Hill 1 Comment

Beach Jumpers: Actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and the U.S. Navy’s Masters of Deception

Before WWII, Hollywood actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. was famous for his big screen heroics; none of those could match his accomplishments as a WWII commando.

Great Deceivers of WWII: How Allied Ghost Armies Fooled the Germans

July 8, 2013 by Martin Hill 1 Comment

Great Deceivers of WWII:  How Allied Ghost Armies Fooled the Germans

In WWII, the Allies used an elaborate system of spies, double agents, and information leaks to keep the Abwehr, the German spy organization, from anticipating the invasion of Normandy. One of their key strategies was the First U.S. Army Group (FUSAG), the largest army that never existed.

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