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Heat

A New Center Is Escalating The Military's Fight Against Potentially Deadly Heat-Related Injuries

By Jay Price • Oct 7, 2019
Soldiers at Fort Benning, Ga. use immersion troughs filled with ice and water to cool off during training in this 2018 photo.
Patrick A. Albright / U.S. Army

The Pentagon says reported cases of heat exhaustion jumped nearly 50 percent between 2014 and 2018.

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