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           

Parent Organization = MCCDC       

Unit = WDID        

Folder Title = MCLLS SEQUENCE 01058  01059  WDID SWA 0113                                                      

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Box ID = BX600150





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      as proved the most beneficial - just recently (24 Feb) tire learned
     ,oat our field hospitals could pass, with some logistical problems,
     information to us through LAN users close to their units. T@'ie
     ELMS/LAN capability allows us to bypass message traffic delays, downed
     TAC lines and time delays when talking to Europe and especially CONUS
     commands. It has proven superior to obtaining telefax transmissions
     (since they are transmitted to machines not under our control - we
     don't have one yet) and thp information is timely (in house - same
     time transmission). With this capability we have been able to
     routinely transfer our casualty data base - with records pi'@me-tWntli-y-at
     1,064 - to any ELMS/LAN address with a need to know.

     Need:

               With its proven capability to transfer timely, acoura-te@
     information to field commanders, Europe and CONUS commands and to pass
     and receive information to units within the Casualty Section, the need
     becomes apparent to have each of our hospital liaison teams equipped
     with a PC, appropriate software and the ELMS/LAN capability.
     Productivity is diminished at each hospital - without this capability
     - to handwritten reports and the availability of verbal communication.
     Presently, only the liaison teams at Fleet Hospitals 5 and 15 have
     computer capability - no ELMS/LAN. Fleet Hospital 6, the 47th AH in
     Bahrain and our letter companies have no AOP capabilities at all.























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