MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED

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                                      MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED
                                        DESERT SHIELD/STORM


         CATEGORY:  Command and Control

         ISSUE/ITEM NO:

         SUBJECT:  Reporting Status of Resources and Training (SORTS)

         BACKGROUND:   WRM assets which were issued/deployed in  Desert  Storm  were  to  be
         reported as "available" for purpose of computing SORTS percentages.

         DISCUSSION: Medical WRM assets were issued across service  lines  and  to  numerous
         personnel in UTCs not previously postured in the command.         In  addition,  WRM
         assets were turned in the theater  and  not  uniformly  returned  to  home  station
         where issued.  Continued reporting, for  example,  of  a  100%  availability  factor
         of WRM assets for the pre-established  base  mobility  commitment,  could  be,  and
         is misleading.  Reporting for SORTS and  for,  budgeting  of  requirements  for  WRM
         should be based on on-hand assets only.

         ACTION RECOMMENDED:   Request  that  peacetime  and  contingency reporting  of  WRM
         assets be uniform.  Specifically outline in AFR 55-15  how  to  indicate/adjust  for
         issued assets.

         SUGGESTED OPRs/OCRs:  HQ USAF/SGHR

         SUBMITTER:  [(b)(2)]              HQ ATC/SGAX