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Subject: MEDICAL REPORT  14 AUG 90                                       

Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organization: XVIII CORPS 

Box  ID: BX001433

Folder Title: MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON                                                              

Document Number:         17

Folder Seq  #:        456






                                                                                                                FM B-36




               4L During wartime and training situations,                     (1) Make proper contact with the
              brevity codes must be used in preparing gLu              Intended receivers
              MED.TVAC requests. The authorized codes
              am provided iD Table A-1; they are also                         (2) Use the effective call sign and
              provided in the standard CEOI, item 104. Use             h-oquenty ass@outs from the CEOF.
              of l@y devised brevity codes 18 not
              authorized. If the unit preparing the request
              does    not have access             to     secure               (3) Use the proper radio procedure.
              comrnunicatioas, the MEDEVAC request
              must be prepared in encrypted form.                             14) Insure that transmission @e            Is
              Encrypting is required for all information on            kept   to a minimum (20 to 26 seconds
              the request with the exception of -                      maximum).
                    (1) The MEDEVAC line number                               16) Provide the openin statement:          "I
              Identifier. This information is always                   HAVE A MEDEVAC REQUEST..,
              transmitted in clear text.
                    (2) The call sign and suffix. (Line 2)                6.  Beceit;er Acknowledgement' 'After the
              which can be transmitted in clear text.                                                                    the
                                                                                                                   k     for
                b. During peacetime, two MEDEVAC Line                                                              y     the
              be In
              Details for the collection of information and
              request preparation are shown in Table A-1.
              More detailed procedures for i;se' of the                   c. -Clear      Text       and       Encrypted
              teyacetime request format must be developed              Trarismissions.    If secure communications
                  each local command to meet specific                       lpment is    used In transmission, the
              requirements.                                            ;2r?,DEVAC request will ]A trani@tted in
                                                                       CLEAR TEXT. However, If the
              A-7. @anamission of the Request                          communications equipment used in
                                                                       transmission is not secure, the MEDEVAC
                                                                       request must be transmJtt4od In BNCR YPTED
              The MEDEVAC request should be made y                     FORM with the exception of the following.
              the most direct communications means to the
              medical unit that controls evacuation assets.                 (1) The MEDEVAC line number
              The communications means and channels used               identifier (Lino 1. Line 2, Line 3. etc.). This
              will depend on the situation (organization,              information Is always transrwttod in clear
              cor=unication meelns available, location on              text.
              the battlefield, distance between units). The
              p@ and alternate channels to be used for                      (2) ThecaUsignandsuffix(Lino2)which
              requesting MEDEVAC are specified in the                  can be transmitted in clew text.
              unit evacuation plan.

                a. Secure Transmissions. Under all                                            NOTE
onditions and for constructive and
              simulated patients during training,                      When using DRYAD Numeral Cipher. the
              MEDEVAC requests will be transmitted by                  same "SET" line will be used to encrypt both
              SECURE MEANS only. Therefore, the use of                 the grid zone letters and the coordinates (Line
              nonsecure communications dictates that the               1 of the MEDEVAC request). To avoid
              MEDEVAC request be transraitted in                       misunderstanding, a statement should be
              ENCRYPTED FORM. Regardless of the type                   made that the grid zone letters are Included In
              lsecurejnonsecure) communications equipment              the message. This must be accomplished
              used in transmission. it is necessary to-                unless the unit SOP specifies that the DRYAD
                                                                       Numeral Cipher Is to be used at all times.





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Document 79 f:/Week-22/BX001433/MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON/medical report 14 aug 90:12179611151420
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File Room = may96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-22
Box ID = BX001433
Unit = 24TH ID
Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS
Folder Title = MEDICAL REPORTING-DIVISION SURGEON
Folder Seq # = 456
Subject = MEDICAL REPORT 14 AUG 90
Document Seq # = 17
Document Date =
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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 = 17-DEC-1996