24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT

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Subject: 24TH MECH INF DIV OPERATION DESERT STORM AFTER ACTION REPORT    

Box  ID: BX001437

Document Number:          2

Folder Title: 24 MECH INF DIV AFTER ACTION REPORT                                                             

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Unit: 24TH ID     

Parent Organzation: XVIII CORPS 






                                       UNCLASSIFIED
                                                                          06/19/91
                                     JULLS LONG REPORT

          1. (U) JULLS NUMBER: 52964-68674 (00015), submitted by DIVISION
          SURGEON, 24 ID, 870-5516, (912)767-5516.

          2. (U) No type OPN DESERT STORM NOTES conducted by 24 IN DIV (MECH)
          on 05/23/91.

          3. (U) KEYWORDS: MEDICAL, MEDICAL BATTALION, DISCOM.

          4. (U) TITLE: MEDICAL PERSONNEL OPERATIONS

          5. (U) OBSERVATION: The FSB / MSB Organization does not allow
          medical personnel to operate as effectively as a medical
          battalion.

          6. (U) DISCUSSION: In a medical battalion, assets such as DMSO
          DMHA, and preventive medicine are all in the chain of command
          and the chain of technical expertise of the Division Surgeon. In
          the current support organization, these assets belong to the
          main support battalion commander and the DISCOM.
               The Division Surgeon is responsible for the health and
          welfare of the division; yet, the assets by which this mission
          is accomplished belong to DISCOM.

          7. (U) LESSON LEARNED: The most ideal case for the AMEDD
          personnel in the 24th Infantry Division (Mech) would be a return
          to the medical battalion organization. However, since that
          appears unlikely, the Division Surgeon's office must have an
          excellent working relationship with the DISCOM, specifically       the
          DMOC.


          8. (U) RECOMMENDED ACTION:
          a) Ideally, the return to a medical battalion organization.

          b) In lieu of #1, the Division Surgeon and his staff must be
          physically close to the DMOC in a field environment and keep in
          constant contact.

          c) An alternate possibility would be to assign the Division
          Surgeon to the DISCOM and consolidate his office and the DMOC.



               (U) SUBJECT: PERSONNEL

               (U) INTEROPERABILITY: STRUCTURE
               @U) Lesson distributed by: 24TH IN DIV.






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Document Date =
Scan Date = 12-JUN-1996
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 02-AUG-1996