AFTER ACTION REPORT I MEF CASUALTY SECTION 9 APR 91

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Subject = AFTER ACTION REPORT  I MEF CASUALTY SECTION  9 APR 91           

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        D. PERSONAL CASUALTY REPORTS (PCR's).

          1. The Casualty Procedures Manual (MCO P3040.4C) concerning
    issuance of the PCR (Personal Casualty Report) needs to be updated if a
    Casualty Section is established in future conflicts. The Casualty
    Sf '@ion - being the focal point of all reports - would best be able to
    pi luce Supplemental PCR's on the change in status of each Casualty,
    vice the Marines own unit, who, in most cases, are out of contact with
    information regarding the patients progress through each hospital.
    Supplemental PCR's would not be produced by the Casualty Section on
    DUSTWUN'S, MIA, or POW's - that would remain with the Marine's unit.

          2. Specific categories to the exact cause of each occurrence
    should be made a part of "conflict-t@pe" PCR reports - battle or
    non-battle. This information is needed for required after action
    reports/charts/inguiries. Categories should be:

                          One - "Casualty Caused By (use only one):
    Airplane/Vehicle/Friendly Air Fire/Friendly Ground Fire/Gunshot/
    Mortar/Artillery/Grenade/Land Mine/other (specify):."
                          Two -   "Accident: Yes/No"
                          Three   "Souvenior hunting: Yes/No"
                          Four    "Race: CINIMIRIX
                                    (C=Cauc/N=Afro-Amer/M=Asian-Pacific
    Islands/R=Amer-Indian/X=Hispanic origin

        MAIL - Mail will always be a constant source of frustration no
    mo;er what the circumstances. our unique distribution of liaison
    personnel scattered over eight hospitals and two hospital ships
    compounds an already difficult process of delivering the mail, to the
    r(-ht address, in an acceptable period of time. Listings of our
    p 3onnel were made and distributed to the appropriate postal
    authorities. Depending on mail-flight availability, correct address on
    letter, arriving at right destination and responsible unit postal
    representatives ensuring that all personnel charged to them have
    received their mail available for pick-up, depends on whether an
    individual receives his mail.

        F. HEALTH RECORDS - In a lot of cases health records were left
    behind when a patient was discharged/medevac'd from the hospital. The
    problem was to get it back to his unit - while still attached. This
    problem was and is, ongoing.

        G. PERSONAL EFFECTS/782 GEAR. Distribution of personal effects
    when a Marine enters the hospital system will be as shown in Appendix
    F. 782 Gear will be returned to the Marines unit upon medevac. Initial
    problems with FSSG units subsequently resolved. Personal effects
    shipment back to CONUS units still a problem with TMO's limitations on
    weight and items considered personal. Easiest solution was just to
    mail it back through the postal system to individual at their unit's
    address.
    0 H. MESSAGES   FROM EUROPEAN HOSPITALS - The accuracy of the Casualty
    Data Base depends on all information flowing through the Casualty
    Section. In some cases messages were not received by the Casualty

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