E. Air Force readiness is key to ground force readiness – air power is the key internal to heg
Popp 7 (Staff Sergeant, Francisca, “Keeping the “comm” up in Africa, Airman Quarterly, Spring Volume LI Number 2, http://www.af.mil/news/airman/0407/africa.shtml)
The Airmen’s contributions to the mission… They also distribute food and water.
F. US global leadership prevents counterbalancing and great power wars and promotes peace, democracy, economic prosperity, and humanitarian intervention – no other can take the place of US primacy
Thayer 6 (Bradley A., Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota, Duluth, The National Interest, November -December, “In Defense of Primacy”, lexis)
in a world where American primacy… hope of solving the world's ills.
G. Power wars associated with the decrease of heg cause global nuke war and economic depression
Ferguson 4 [Niall – professor of international history at Harvard University; "A World Without Power," http://www.hooverdigest.org/044/ferguson.html]
If the United States retreats from its hegemonic… a not-so-new world disorder.
Disease –
A. Africa is at unique risk for disease spread and mutation due to poor public health infrastructure, causing vicious cycles of disease and poverty
Cohen 7 (Gary, President of BD Medical, 1-5-07, http://www.bd.com/press/newsroom/pdfs/3_HC_Infrastructure.pdf)
In the developed world, access to basic health services… private sectors toward this goal
B. Military medical personnel are on the brink – expanding the Air Force Medical Service is the best way to respond to disease and stop the spread and mutation of numerous dangerous contagions
McGee 2 (Marianne Kolbasuk, InformationWeek, February 4, http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=6500365)
The key to arresting the spread of contagious diseases… overall boost to patient care
C. Mutation and spread of contagions causes extinction
South China Morning Post 96 (quoting Dr. Ben-Abraham, called "one of the 100 greatest minds in history" by Mensa, 1-4-1996, Avi, “Leading the way to a cure for AIDS,” P. Lexis)
There is a much more pressing medical crisis… the survival of the human race,"
Solvency –
A. US pilots are critical to winning the war on terror – technology isn’t enough – prefer our evidence, it’s comparative and from an expert in the air force.
Liggins 7. [Daniel, Lt Col. US Air Force, Defense Dept. Documents and Publications, Feb 16 ln]
If you're in today's Air Force… the continuing war on terrorism.
B. The Air Force’s International Health Specialist program creates sustainable partnerships by breaking down cultural and language barriers in Africa that motivate terrorism and national resentment
Babin 5 (Chance, Tech. Sgt., 926th Fighter Wing public affairs office at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, 10/15, “Reservists provide humanitarian assistance in Chad,” http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123014071)
One of the biggest challenges the Reservists… extremely important to mission success.”
Space Add-On Cites A. IHS crucial to US win in an inevitable laser war with heightened scope for catastrophe
Taylor 3 (George P, Lieutenant General, “AF Medical Service Keeps Pace With Change,” http://www.usmedicine.com/column.cfm?columnID=111&issueID=46)
Such developments are critical since the battle space has significantly changed… develop advanced techniques to maximize our performance on long duration missions.
Space wars cause extinction – weapon development sparks multiple scenarios for war
Mitchell 1 (Gordon, Kevin Ayotte and David Cram Helwich, Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Debate at University of Pittsburgh, Teaching Fellows in the Department of Communications at University of Pittsburgh, ISIS Briefing on Ballistic Missile Defense #6, “Missile Defence: Trans-Atlantic Diplomacy at a Crossroads”, July, http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/0811/isis/uk/bmd/no6_paper.html)
A buildup of space weapons might begin with noble intentions of 'peace through strength' deterrence, but this rationale glosses over the tendency that '… the presence of space weapons… the most destructive military conflict ever seen
Pandemics Add-On Cites A. Air Force Medical Service is key to solving pandemics which cause economic collapse
CARLTON 6 [ Lt Gen Paul K.., USAF, MC, CFS , surgeon general of the Air Force, Headquarters , functional manager of the USAF Medical Services , “NEW MILLENNIUM, NEW MIND SET: THE AIR FORCE MEDICAL SERVICE IN THE AIR EXPEDITIONARY ERA” AEROSPACE POWER JOURNAL, WINTER http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj01/win01/carlton.html]
The National Military Strategy of the United States… economic catastrophe and subsequent potential conflict.
B. Economic collapse causes global nuke war and destroys the biosphere
Bearden 2K (T.E former LTC U.S. Army, Director of the Assoc. of Distinguished American Scientists, Fellow Emeritus @ Alpha Foundation’s Institute for Advanced Study, 6/24/,[ http://www.seaspower.com/EnergyCrisis-Bearden.htm]
History bears out that desperate nations… most of the biosphere
Bioterror Add-On Cites A. AFMS is at the forefront of measures against biowarfare – Biological Augmentation Team has empirically solved in response to the anthrax attacks – key to CDC effectiveness
Taylor 3 (George P, Lieutenant General, “AF Medical Service Keeps Pace With Change,” http://www.usmedicine.com/column.cfm?columnID=111&issueID=46)
The Air Force Medical Service provides the full… his or her deployed forces.
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