interests as legitimate areas for international engagement. 2 Many observers see topics, including health, that simultaneously benefit a population while advancing U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy has been summarized as “speak softly and carry a big stick.” This has evolved over time into “smart power,” 1 a combination of “hard power” and “soft power” as outlined in the first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Air Force/Brian Kimball) Why Military Global Health Engagement? Darnall Army Medical Center at Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency excavation site searches for remains of five MIAs lost in B-24 crash from World War II, located near Riechelsdorf, Germany, Septem(DOD/U.S. global health engagement, including such topics as current guidelines, health as a strategic enabler, health in disaster management, and future directions for global health engagement. Woodson’s sixth line of effort was to “expand our global health engagement strategy.” This article is an overview of U.S.

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