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ATH. This pre-crisis developed system was refined in the field and greatly 
enhanced our resupply capability. 
 
	Additional comments on resupply are in order. Organic Army and Marine 
Corps medics relied totally on the 1st TAC Hospital at Dhahran for resupply 
during the first six weeks. That ATH was the central resupply point during this 
critical period. Also, theater resupply must consider SME-only beddowns located 
a distance from a supporting ATH. Our theater plans considered this one 
important aspect as essential to good care. 
 
Prepositioned Medical Assets 
 
The Air Force's success in general, and the Medical Service's in particular, can 
be attributed to our prepositioning program which has been worked for years. The 
contingency hospital, ASFs, MASFs, litters, shelter kits, ATH, ambusses, and 
ambulance assets stored in SWA gave us a critical leg up to initiate medical 
operations quickly. Money was well spent to ensure that the capability was there 
and that lift requirements were decreased. Truly, the prepositioning program is 
an unsung hero of this operation. 
 
1702 Contingency Hospital Build [7] 
 
When the Operation was executed Colonel Belihar directed that we plan to stand 
up the contingency hospital at Seeb Oman by C+028. He needed all the medical 
capability possible. We and TAC reviewed this and identified several challenges. 
The asset was a pre-Deployable Medical System (DEPMEDS) hospital 

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