Plato wrote, “Only the dead have seen the end to war,” and no population is more vividly aware of ongoing conflict, and the pain and agony associated with it, than the military community.

Not only are the military the principal victims of war, but uniformed service-members are typically first responders at times of national calamity or emergency. In Sri Lanka, as only one example, the soldiers who had lost homes and family members themselves in the 2004 tsunami were nonetheless cast as care-givers and medical-response personnel on the scene. Medical needs worldwide extend from the most elementary (basic first aid items) to the most complex (surgical support, prosthetic care, rehabilitative efforts) and OBI task organizes to meet each need with both people and materials.