MCWP 4-11.1 CH4 Flashcards
The MARFOR deals with matters more on the operational level of war. CH3
The MEF is more focused on the tactical level of war. CH3
HSS beyond the organic capabilities of the GCE and ACE are normally provided by task-organized units of the medical and dental battalions of the MLG. CH3
When units smaller than divisions deploy as the GCE, the regiment or battalion surgeon(s) assumes much of the planning responsibility associated with health services in addition to their clinical responsibilities. CH3
Marine aircraft group (MAGs) and squadrons has a group flight surgeon and several HMs.
CH3
The flight surgeon is the commander’s special staff officer that is directly responsible for the aeromedical safety and HSS for the command. CH3
The health service support officer (HSSO) serves as the officer in charge (OIC) of the medical section of the COC during exercises or operations. CH3
The MLG has the majority of the MEF’s medical capability: a medical BN with three surgical companies (SCs) and H&S company. CH3
What information is crucial to ensuring that the entire HSS system is responsive to the commander?
- Concept of operation/scheme of maneuver.
- Combat intensity.
- Duration of the operation
- Casualty estimates
AMALs/ADALs for MEF can support for how many days?
MEF 60 days
AMALs/ADALs for MEB can support for how many days?
MEB 30 days
AMALs/ADALs for maritime prepositioning force can support for how many days?
30 days
AMALs/ADALs for MEU can support for how many days?
MEU 15 days
What detachment maintains Class VIII material for the first 60 days for the MEF?
LCE supply detachment Ch 4-4
As the dominant user, the US Army has been formally tasked by the DOD to perform the peacetime TLAMM/SIMLM mission in the Europe, pacific, Korean, and Mid Eastern theaters.
Under wartime or crisis conditions, the US Army is usually the dominant Class VIII user and must plan for the TLAMM/SIMLM mission.
The LCE orders, receives , and distributes the required material.
The plan for a PMI exchange system and the return of aeromedical evacuation equipment and PMI to originating MTF should be addressed in the respective OPLAN. ch 4-6
When a patient requires evacuations, the originating MTF has responsibility to provide the Patient Movement Items (PMI).
When disposal of soiled, contaminated, or other unserviceable Class VIII items takes place in the U.S. or its territories, Class VIII disposal is coordinated with the local office of the Defense Reutilization Marketing Office. pg 4-7
When in tactical situation permits during combat operations, the safest method of field disposal is burning, followed by deep burial (6ft or more).
Medical material and supplies are protected under The Law of War and the Geneva Conventions.
Marking of medical material and supply storage areas with the red cross of the Geneva Conventions is a tactical decision to be made by the CCDR.
Geneva Conventions/ The Law of War prohibit the destruction of medical material and supplies that must be abandoned in a retrograde movement occasioned by enemy action.
