United States Army Medical Department Humanitarian Assistance Activities

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• United States Army Medical Department
  Humanitarian Assistance Activities

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Army Regional MedicalCommands (RMCs)
WESTERN RMC
Other Major
Subordinate Commands - Dental Command -
Medical Research Development Command -
Veterinary Command - Center for Health
Promotion Preventive Medicine
- AMEDD Center School
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Support Area
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New HorizonsHumanitarian Assistance

• Numerous humanitarian assistance activities
  through personnel deployed and assigned to the
  Combatant Command Areas of Responsibility
• Medical and veterinary services provided
  throughout the world in conjunction with real
  world and exercise operations
• Medical Readiness Training Exercises (MEDRETES)
• Honduras (Dental Urology Ear, Nose and Throat
  Ophthalmology and Orthopedics)
• Dominican Republic (Plastic Surgery for Trauma)
• Center for Health Promotion and Preventive
  Medicine (CHPPM)
• Analytic product support for Senegal in support
  of the Humanitarian Mine Action Program
• New Horizons Humanitarian Assistance engagement
  program in Honduras, Suriname, Trinidad, and
  Tobago

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US Army MEDCOM FY08 MEDRETES

• DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
• NARMC PLASTIC SURGERY

• HONDURAS
• DENCOM DENTAL
• GPRMC UROLOGY
• NARMC ENT
• WRMC OPTHALMOLOGY
• GPRMC ORTHO

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Humanitarian AssistanceEurope and Africa

• FY 2007
• MEDCAPs and VETCAPs at various locations in
  Kosovo (3-15 person teams)
• Visits to orphanages, retirement homes
• Primary care to villagers in medically
  underserved areas
• MEDCAPs, VETCAPS, and DENTCAPs OEF-TS (Trans
  Sahara)
• Direct support of Special Ops

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Humanitarian AssistanceEurope and Africa

• FY 2008
• MEDCAPs and VETCAPs at various locations in
  Kosovo (3-15 person teams)
• Visits to orphanages, retirement homes
• Primary care to villagers in medically
  underserved areas
• MEDCAPs, VETCAPS, and DENTCAPs OEF-TS (Trans
  Sahara)
• Ongoing support at locations is Central and
  Western Africa
• Direct support of Special Ops (teams consist of
  3-6 AMEDD Soldiers)

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Humanitarian AssistanceEurope and Africa

• FY 2009
• MEDFLAG 09 in Africa location TBD
• Similar to USAREUR/ERMC led exercises in Angola
  and Benin
• Joint and combined military exercise that
  provides
• Training to refine medical field operations
• Management of world health problems for US
  theater medical response teams
• Sharing of medical information and techniques
  with host country medical personnel
• Humanitarian civic assistance to host nation
  civilian populations in rural areas

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Humanitarian AssistancePacific

• FY 2007-2008
• PACOM support for UNTOT-
• Bangladesh, Burnei, Mongolia
• USARPAC support for TSCP
• Balikitan - Philippines
• Cobra Gold Thailand
• Indonesia
• Vietnam
• Operation T-Smiles (Pacific Healthcare Program)
• Humanitarian civic assistance to host nation
  civilian populations in rural areas

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International Training

• The AMEDD Security Assistance Program offers
  training to 165 Countries
• AMEDD the largest and primary DOD International
  medical trainer which supports Humanitarian
  Assistance Coalition missions
• In FY 2007
• Trained 363 foreign military personnel.
• Exported 3 mobile training teams
• Nepal to train 45 paramilitary personnel in PHTLS
• Kuwait for Hospital Automation
• Slovenia to assist with the development of a
  Combat Stress Management Program

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