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limitations, it was moved to the third floor of the Royal Saudi
Air Force Headquarters Building, located next to the ALCC. In
September, the AECC was relocated to the adjacent United States
Military Training Mission (USMTM) compound. It was moved for the
fourth time to its final location, still within the USMTM ~
compound, at the insistence of the USMTM Commander. Each move
caused significant disruption in AECC operations, primarily
because radios/antennas had to be relocated and telephone numbers
had to be changed. Understaffed with respect to the requirement
to support the rapidly increasing AE forces, the AECC requested
additional assets. An AECC augmentation package, staffed by ARC
personnel, arrived in mid-September. The AECC underwent multiple
changes and ultimately expanded to over 45 personnel in order to
meet the demands anticipated by the ground offensive. The arrival
of AECC augmentation personnel enabled the AECC staff to expand
its capabilities beyond daily operations. Five new functions were
created: Contingency Planning Cell (CPC), Training and Standardi
ation Section, Flight Clinical Coordinator (FCC)/ Aircrew Manager
Section, Logistics Section, and Orderly Room. The organizational
chart for the AECC is at attachment 3.

	(1) Contingency Planning Cell. The CPC was established on 20 September 
and was instrumental in preparing the AECC to support its wartime 
requirements. Upon its activation, the CPC was directed to perform several key 
functions: ,

		(a) Meet with unit-level component medical planners to discuss 
tactical and strategic aeromedical evacuation support requirements.

		(b) Promote and coordinate opportunities to exercise tactical 
aeromedical evacuation concepts.

		(c) Develop contingency intratheater AE flow proposals to support 
casualty estimates provided by CENTCOM/CCSG.

		(d) Coordinate with ALCC tactics and plans personnel to develop 
C-130 AE mission requirements based upon the flow proposals.

The planning cell later played a key role in development of a systematic plan 
for the redeployment of aeromedical assets after the cessation of hostilities.

	(2) Training and Standardization Section. The Training and 
Standardization Section was established in early November after the AECC 
received reports that some aeromedical evacuation crewmembers (AECMs) were not 
fully prepared to perform their duties. These reports, generated by OICs at 
several of the crew staging locations, brought the following issues to light: 
(a) many of the tactical AECMs had never flown live patient missions, (b) many 
AECMs were unfamiliar with certain types of AE equipment, and (c) crews from 
each unit were flying missions according to their home unit's standards, 
including configuring the aircraft based on

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