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 RESULTS IN STAGING ONLY THE NUMBER OF CREWS AT A
 BASE WHICH ARE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT ACTUAL
 MISSIONS THERE. AS MISSIONS INCREASE,
 ADDITIONAL CREWS ARE STAGED AT THE BASE. IT
 WOULD BE LESS OF A LOGISTICAL PROBLEM FOR
 EUROPEAN BASES IF MEDICAL CREWS TASKED TO FLY
 CONUS BOUND MISSIONS WERE BASED AT CONUS HUB
 LOCATIONS AND STAGED AT BASES IN EUROPE ONLY AS
 REQUIRED TO CREW AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION
 MISSION- RESERVE AEROMEDICAL EVACUATION UNITS
 BASED AT DESIGNATED HUB LOCATIONS SHOULD BE
 ACTIVATED AND REMAIN BASED AT THEIR HOME BASE.
 THESE MEDICAL CREWS COULD THEN BE STAGED, ON A
 ROTATIONAL BASIS, TO CREW CONUS BOUND MISSIONS
 TO THEIR HOME BASE. THIS WOULD RESULT IN HAVING
 LESS MEDICAL CREWS AT BASES IN EUROPE AND
 ALLOWING MOST STRATEGIC MEDICAL CREWS TO WORK
 OUT OF THEIR HOME UNIT OR AT LEAST CONUS.

 3. RECOMMENDATION: ASSIGN STRATEGIC MEDICAL CREWS
 TASKED TO CREW CONUS MISSIONS AT THEIR HOME
 STATIONS, OR IN CONUS AT AN AEROMEDICAL
 EVACUATION HUB, WHENEVER POSSIBLE. ASSIGN
 ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC MEDICAL CREWS TO THESE SAME
 CONUS LOCATIONS IF REQUIRED. STAGE MEDICAL CREWS
 AT BASES IN EUROPE AS REQUIRED.

 Y. FORTY-THREE TACTICAL MEDICAL CREWS DEPLOYED TO
 SOUTHWEST ASIA WERE HELD FOR SIX WEEKS IN GERMANY

 1. OBSERVATION: FORTY-THREE TACTICAL MEDICAL CREWS
 (215 MEDICAL CREWMEMBERS) DEPLOYED TO SOUTHWEST
 ASIA WERE HELD IN GERMANY BECAUSE BASE SUPPORT
 WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT THEIR SCHEDULED DEPLOYMENT
 SITE.

 2. DISCUSSION: TACTICAL MEDICAL CREWS WERE
 DEPLOYED THROUGH GERMANY TO SOUTHWEST ASIA. THE
 MEDICAL CREWS WERE INFORMED THAT BASE SUPPORT
 WAS NOT AVAILABLE IN SOUTHWEST ASIA AND THAT
 THEY SHOULD REMAIN IN GERMANY FOR FURTHER
 INSTRUCTIONS. THE MEDICAL CREWS REMAINED IN
 GERMANY WITHOUT A MISSION FOR SIX WEEKS AND THEN
 WERE REDEPLOYED TO HOME STATION WITHOUT BEING
 TASKED. THE PRACTICAL ASPECT WAS THAT THESE
 MEDICAL CREWS COULD HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED FROM
 GERMANY TO SOUTHWEST ASIA MORE EASILY THAN FROM
 CONUS IF THEY WERE ACTUALLY NEEDED.

 3. RECOMMENDATION: THERE PROBABLY IS NOT PRACTICAL
 WAY TO AVOID PREPOSITIONING MEDICAL CREWS IN
 THIS FASHION; HOWEVER, MEDICAL CREWMEMBERS,
 TROOP COMMANDERS, AND HOME-UNITS SHOULD BE
 ADVISED THAT THE CREWMEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE
 DEPLOYED IN THIS STATUS. IN ADDITION, AN AECE

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