Theater Aeromedical Evacuation

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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 committment, 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: Terry W. Clarke/Capt/HQ ATC/SGAX
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