TASK FORCE III DESERT SHIELD/STORM

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MEDICAL LESSONS LEARNED 
DESERT SHIELD/STORM
 
CATEGORY: PLANNING 
 
ISSUE ITEM #: 
 
SUBJECT: JOINT THEATER PLANNING 
 
BACKGROUND: Active/Reserve mix predicated on European scenario. Medical Squadrons 
trained for 2E mission. Dependent care at CONUS facilities wag to be deleted. 
 
DISCUSSION: Since the 2~ mission was not appropriate for this operation and the 
dependent care was not curtailed, the medical squadrons were utilized as CONUS backfill 
and other missions. This resulted in units being given a mission for which they were not 
trained and did not possess appropriate AFSCs. In many cases, the units were fragmented 
to satisfy backfill requirements. 
 
ACTION RECOMMENDED: Active duty medical treatment facilities maintain IOOX capability 
during a contingency and plan for it. Units need to be structured and trained for a 
variety of missions (2E, ATH, backfill, ASF). Flexibility needs to be built into both 
training and tasking. 
 
SUGGESTED OPR(s), OCR(s): This is probably the most critical lesson to come out of 
Desert Storm. It will require input from SOH, REM, AFRES, and all the mayor commands. 
OPRs should be SOHR and REM. 
 
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COL KOENIOSBERG 
AF/REM 693-3657