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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     







                                MEDICAL (OPERATIONAL)


          EXECUTIVE SUMMARY


          Medical: Theater plans required the largest deployed medical
          force since World War 11. Forces Command and USAREUR deployed
          199 Army Medical Department (AMEDD) units to provide
          hospitalization, evacuation, medical supply, preventive medicine,
          dental, veterinary and command and control support to the
          operations. Additional units deployed to support the 7th
          Medical Command mission to provide communications zone medical
          support. In theater, the AMEDD provided single item manager
          support for medical supplies, provided all veterinary medicine
          support and provided aeromedical evacuation support to Marine and
          Navy operations. On the eve of DESERT SHIELD, the AMEDD was in
          the process of transitioning to a new structure of organizations
          and doctrine, Medical Force 2000 (MF2K). Combat stress control
          teams were successfully employed for the first time, and lessons
          from the operations validated other aspects of MF2K. None of the
          AREDD systems failed, but the operations did reveal weaknesses in
          readiness, doctrine and organizations that must be corrected to
          be better prepared for future contingencies.
          Casualty Information: The most consistent, critical comment
          about medical support during operation DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM
          was the inability of the chain of command to obtain current
          information on the location and condition of their soldiers.
          Medical and personnel units working together in theater did not
          solve the problem. The inaccurate personnel data base and the
          lack of an interface between the Theater Army Medical Management
          Information System (TAMMIS) and the Standard Installation
          Division Personnel System (SIDPERS) limited the ability of
e company liaison officers to provide the
          information through the personnel system. TAMMIS software has
          the potential to provide current status on patients still in the
          theater to a central point of contact. Further information would
          have to come from the Defense Medical Regulating Information
          System (DMRIS).

          Hospitalization Support: The number of combat casualties
          suffered in Operation DESERT STORM did not test the capability of
          medical support, however, the operation revealed deficiencies in
          deployability, tactical mobility and sustainability of hospital
          units. Deployable Medical Systems (DEPMEDS) equipment sets
          provide a quality treatment environment and advanced technical
          equipment at a cost of increased lift requirements for deployment
          and decreased tactical mobility. Other deficiencies include the
          lack of materiels handling equipment (MHE) and storage and
          distribution capability for fuel and water. The new Medical
          Force 2000 (MF2K) does not solve these problems.

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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