Organization of medical support U.S. Armed Forces

Abstract

The article describes the structure of the medical service of the U.S. Army, presented by seven corps, principles of planning of capabilities of medical services and their management, personnel policy of the Medical Service, that focuses on the staffing of the medical service of the officers of the possibilities. Organization of medical care during the combat theater provided by 4 echelons is represented. The first echelon «battlefield — Battalion», the second — «brigade combat team», the third is the rear of the theater of operations, the fourth — stationary hospitals outside the theater of operations. The basic direction of reducing the medical costs of all the troops: military personnel, their families, civilian employees of the Ministry of Defence, members of their families, veterans of military service and their families.