A Joint Medical Command and Transformation

Download or read book A Joint Medical Command and Transformation written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the establishment of a Joint Medical Command. It provides some brief historical notes. It discusses the readiness mission and interrelated benefits mission. It relates the advantages to the operational commander of transforming the Medical Health System to a joint command from the perspective of the principles of war. The paper notes previous objections raised and recommends establishment of a Joint Medical Command with individual Service components along the lines of USSOCOM. A further recommendation is, in order to meet growing asymmetric threats, greater reliance should be placed on military medicine as opposed to civilian contractors.