COMMAND REPORT OP DESERT STORM 17JAN 91 THRU 17 MAR 91

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Subject: COMMAND REPORT OP DESERT STORM  17JAN 91 THRU 17 MAR 91         

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  244TH MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT                                             

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                      357th Medical Detachment (NE)
                      889th Medical Detachment (KA)
                      Provided specialized surgical  team to augment an MTF as
           required.

                      ISR Burn Team
                      Provided specialized treatment services located at SANG
           with 316th/382nd.

                      467th Medical Detac hment
                      Provided psychiatric services to hospital patients and
           others in the areas of mental hygiene and combat stress control.
           Emphasis was on RTD.
                 Rounding out the task organization was the 92nd Medical
           Battalion whose mission was to provide C2 for its subordinate
           units. The Battalion consisted of 5 elements:
                      1.  Headquarters
                      2.  947th Medical Company (Clearing)
                      3.  134th Medical Company (Ambulance)
                      4.  336th Medical Detachment (RA)
                      5.  17th Medical Detachment (OA)

                 The 947th Medical Company, was split to support a variety
           medical missions. The lst platoon augmented an Air Force Mobile
           Aeromedical Staging Facility (MASF) at KKIA, 20 miles north of
           Riyadh. The 2nd platoon performed a similar mission at KKMC, 250
           miles northwest of Riyadh. The 3rd platoon acted as a reserve for
           the ist platoon and ground ambulance unit.       Major difficulties
           encountered were delayed equipment and locating arrived equipment,
           difficulty in communicating with deployed        platoons, patient
           regulation problems, patient tracking, initial   site location.

                 Close to 300 mission taskings were documented by the
           Battalion, the vast majority of which were completed by the 134th
           Medical Company, who provided ground evacuation support to and from

           134th, augmented by German ambulances, was capable of evacuating
           from 144 to 160 patients at any one time in one movement and from
           720-800 patients in a 24 hour period.

                 The 336th Medical Detachment (Air Amb) provided direct support
           to the MASF at KKIA for the transport of down loaded patients
           arriving from the CZ in C-130 aircraft to MTFs in Riyadh.
           Conversely, the unit also transported patients from MTFs to the
           Aeromedical Staging Facility (ASF) also at KKIA for out of theater
           transport to Europe aboard C-141 aircraft.     During this time the
           unit logged over 400 flight hours, including 100 hours under night
           vision goggles, and transported 50 litter and 9 ambulatory
           patients.    The unit also participated in four mass casualty
           exercises and provided MEDEVAC training classes to over 500
           military and    civilian personnel.     Its operational readiness
           averaged 84%,   9% above required DA levels.     Remarkably, and to
           their credit,   this unit had no aviation or ground accidents,

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Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 244TH MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT
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Subject = COMMAND REPORT OP DESERT STORM 17JAN 91 THRU 17
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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 = 11-OCT-1996