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N. Vehicles are not authorized for aeromedical
 evacuation control elements.

1. Observation: Vehicles are not authorized for
 aeromedical evacuation elements. It is
 difficult for deployed personnel to quickly and
 accurately determine the need for vehicles
 shortly upon arrival at the deployed
  destination

 2. Discussion Although the Ramstein AB Base Motor
 Pool provided excellent support sufficient
 number of vehicles required to support the AECE
 could not be made available to the Ramstein
 AECE. Significant time was lost while medical
 logistics personnel waited for vehicles which
 had to be diverted for other mission related
 functions. The medical logistics function must
 be provided with a small pick up truck in order
 to expediently pick up and deliver medical
 supplies and equipment. In this location three
 different supply sources with varying travel
 times of up to 30 minutes were required to
 obtain supplies to meet mission requirements.
 It was not unusual to have supply personnel gone
 for up to three hours going from one supplier to
 the other to obtain supplies. Waiting for other
 agencies to make a vehicle available results in
 missed suspense's, or results in pickups being
 attempted too late in the day.

 3. Recommendation: Authorize equipment required to
 support a deployed AECE, to include vehicles, on
 its Table of Allowances. Provide funding to
 fully equip the AECEs.

 O. AECE resupply requests were routed through the ASF
medical logistics adding an unnecessary management layer.

 1. Observation: The AECE medical logistics 
 function should have its own medical supply -
 account with the host medical treatment
 facility.

 2 Discussion: Requests for supplies bad to be
 routed through the ASF medical logistics
 function for approval before requisitions
 could be sent to the clinic for processing.
 This arrangement caused significant delays, due
 to the addition of an intermediate and
 unnecessary approval level. First and foremost,
 the AECE is not by Air Force regulation, but was
 treated as, subordinate to the ASF. ASF medical
 logistics personnel have little knowledge of
 aeromedical evacuation supply requirements. -

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