“…At the outset of this section, it must be stated that although this essay has focused on the management of pain following trauma on an operational deployment, a significant number of casualties repatriated will not be from this group; 24 per cent of US operational repatriations, the largest single group in one study, were classified as musculoskeletal and connective tissue disorders [37] and not direct battle-related injuries. Because the UK has deployed forward rehabilitation units [38] this is significantly lower for the UK. However, to any military force it is significant, as one would expect from an organization where physical performance is so important [39].…”