244TH MEDICAL GROUP DESERT SHIELD OPERATIONS ORDER 001

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Subject: 244TH MEDICAL GROUP DESERT SHIELD OPERATIONS ORDER 001          

Unit: ARCENT      

Parent Organization: CENTCOM     

Box ID: BX000481

Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS  244TH MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT                                             

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            244TH MEDICAL GROUP                                DER 001


                 (3) @ Air defense assets are in place and will provide
          ,--a protection.
                 (4) @ Local resources will be adequate to support Medical
                   Facilities in the areas of food, water, pharmaceuticals and
        @--,vgen.
                 (5) @ Secure       means of communication will be limited.
       ,.'@imercial telephones and/or messenger service will be used.
                 (6) @ Units       in task organization are not at C-1 in
        Personnel and equipment. Shortages of personnel and equipment exist.
                 (7)      Host Nation facilities will become available by C +
          1.

                 (8)      Terrorist Threat during the pre-hostilities period
          d during hostilities will remain high.

                 (9) @ Air superiority will be maintained.

                 MISSION:    244th Medical Group provides COMMZ level Health
                 Support to US military forces and other Allied military
         i,irsonnel  in   the    Capitol Region area to include evacuation,
          eatment, hospitalization, and medical regulating.

                 EXECUTION:

            a.        concept of operations: Hospitalization will be provided
            an area basis by one (1) General Hospital, two (2) Evacuation
          spitals, one (1) Field Hospital and one (1) Station Hospital.
        "ese hospitals may be augmented with special teams/detachments as
          @ce'ssary.  Primary means of evacuation will be by ground assets with
          'r being preferred when available.          Treatment, evacuation, and
        - spitalization of Enemy Prisoner's of War (EPWIS) will be provided
        ,,, designated hospitals.       Patients requiring treatment beyond the
        ..pability of deployed medical units and host nation hospitals, will
            evacuated to US hospitals outside the AOR.

al Group (Riyadh).

                 (1) (U) Provides command and control of medical assets and
          dical regulating within the Capitol Region area IAW Annex A (Task
          ganization).
                 (2) (U) Be prepared to reconstitute Corps medical forces on
          der.
                 (3) (U) Provide emergency medical assistance to US Nationals
            the AOR. Provide medical assistance to local nationals in the AOR
            long as such assistance does not interfere with the military
          ssion.











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Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS 244TH MEDICAL GROUP COMMAND REPORT
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Subject = 244TH MEDICAL GROUP DESERT SHIELD OPERATIONS ORD
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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 = 11-OCT-1996