Medics and Nurses

The initiative now lies with Congress to move on the report.

Officials with North American Rescue, which creates the lifelike TOMManikin, are pushing new tools for training medics.

Legislative proposals would grant them discharges and an honorary title, but not full veterans' benefits.

"As former Army, Navy, and Air Force surgeons general, we strongly assert the need for Congress to table these cuts."

The effort is designed to use augmented reality to guide a medic to perform advanced procedures.

"Ron slapped me across the face and said 'wake up, you are not going to die today.' And I knew ... I was going to make it."

New storage containers that can keep blood fresh for up to three days could change battlefield medicine.