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Early military mental health interventions aim not only to reduce distress but also to preserve operational continuity and functional capacity. This report describes a command-integrated mental health response implemented following a fatal unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) strike on a military training base during wartime and outlines the intervention framework, implementation process, and short-term functional outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This clinical-operational after-action report documents a real-time mental health response conducted during a wartime mass-casualty incident. The affected population consisted primarily of 18-19-year-old military trainees exposed to fatalities and traumatic events following a UAV strike on a rear-area training base. The intervention was guided by the principles of Proximity, Immediacy, and Expectancy (PIE) and integrated Psychological First Aid, structured group interventions, individual trauma-focused interventions, and short-term follow-up care within the unit setting. A descriptive operational framework (MAP-LEAD) was used to characterize field decision-making processes. Functional outcomes were derived from routine military clinical and command documentation. All activities were conducted as part of standard operational mental health care, and no research-specific procedures were introduced.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The response included deployment of mental health personnel across affected units, delivery of 74 structured group interventions reaching approximately 1,180 exposed personnel, and completion of 167 individual trauma-focused treatment sessions. An on-site trauma clinic provided focused short-term care to 25 personnel demonstrating persistent distress or functional vulnerability, while 27 additional personnel were referred for specialty follow-up services. Despite the severity of the incident and the vulnerability of the exposed population, only six soldiers experienced event-related functional attrition, including three medical discharges and three reassignments to non-combat duties, resulting in a total attrition rate of less than 1%.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This report demonstrates the feasibility of a rapidly deployed, command-integrated mental health response following a rear-area mass-casualty event during wartime. Embedding mental health care within operational frameworks may support functional preservation, continuity of service, and organizational stability following traumatic exposure. The strengths of this report include the detailed description of a real-world large-scale intervention and its integration with command structures. Limitations include the absence of standardized outcome measures, lack of longitudinal follow-up, and the descriptive nature of a single-event report. Future research should further evaluate command-integrated mental health interventions, functional triage processes, and operational outcomes in military and other high-risk organizational settings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/milmed\/usag285","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,10]],"date-time":"2026-06-10T11:48:00Z","timestamp":1781092080000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["A Command-Integrated Mass-Casualty Mental Health Intervention"],"prefix":"10.1093","author":[{"given":"Avia","family":"Gaon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mental Health Unit, Israeli Defense Force Medical Corps , Ramat Gan,","place":["Israel"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Reut","family":"Cohen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mental Health Unit, Israeli Defense Force Medical Corps , Ramat 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