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Subject: MEDICAL  OPERATIONAL                                            

Box  ID: BX000511

Document Number:         10

Folder Title: D-S  SPEC STUDIES PROJECT GENERAL OFFICER STEERING COMMITTEE                                    

Folder Seq #:          7

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organzation: CENTCOM     







          better qualified to make decisions about patient care but usually
          do not have experience or training in the myriad of other command
          responsibilities in a TOE unit environment. PROFIS training
          opportunities do not always provide sufficient training for
          PROFIS commanders.   Changing command during contingency
          operations may be more disruptive than useful in ensuring quality
          patient care.

             c. The authorization documents of some organizations do not
          provide sufficient staff in terms of numbers, skills and
          experience/grade. Specifically, medical groups need to have a
          medical information management officer Area of Concentration
          (AOC) 67D, to support TAMMIS in the headquarters and subordinate
          units. Any medical group or battalion with aeromedical
          evacuation units assigned require an aeromedical evacuation
          officer, AOC 67J, to plan employment and support of those units.
          One consistent complaint about medical operations was poor
          planning for their sundort. Medical units were not well
          integrated into th6 @y Airspace Command and Control (A2C2)
          system. MEDEVAC units did not always have current Identification
          Friend or Foe (IFF) codes or other special information in air
          tasking orders. Aviation Intermediate Maintenance (AVIM) and
          Class III support were other support issues. The TOE hospitals
          need to have a more robust logistics section. Many active
          component hospitals had lieutenants or junior captains as the
          only Health Services Material Officer, AOC 67K. Deploying
          hospitals need to have the required logistics staff to handle the
          massive logistics roqu@ements of the unit.

              d. AMEDD units share a training deficit with other combat
          service support (CSS) units. Peace time mission support does not
bat operations. Corps slice training is
          not part of the training strategy at the Combat Training Center,
          and most Corps CSS units do not get enough opportunities to
          execute their combat missions.


          REC03MENDATIONS:

             a. The Academy of Health Sciences (AHS) should review C2
          unit TOE's to ensure every unit has the communications equipment
          required to effectively accomplish the mission.

             b. AIIS should review C2 unit TOE's to ensure every unit has
          resources to establish a jump TOC.

             c. The Surgeon General (OTSG) should change the policy which
          dictates that some units change command during critical
          operations.

             d. AHS should review/change C2 unit TOE's to reflect all
          required skills, quantities and experience.


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Document 10 f:/Week-32/BX000511/D-S SPEC STUDIES PROJECT GENERAL OFFICER STEERING COMMITTEE/medical operational:09069614063528
Control Fields 17
File Room = aug96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-32
Box ID = BX000511
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = D-S SPEC STUDIES PROJECT GENERAL OFFICER STEERING COMMITTEE
Folder Seq # = 7
Subject = MEDICAL OPERATIONAL
Document Seq # = 28
Document Date =
Scan Date = 17-AUG-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 06-SEP-1996