1. a) For what reason is the U.S. Navy sending hospital corpsman Konrad Poplawski and others to Chicago’s Cook County Stroger Hospital before being deployed overseas?
b) How did Captain Paul Roche explain the purpose of the program?

2. Why is Stroger the best hospital for the program? Be specific.

3. Why is it so important for frontline medics to have this additional training experience in Chicago?

4. For what reasons did the Navy develop this program? Be specific.

5. What specifically will the corpsmen do during their training program at Stroger?