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Subject: AAR COM HISTORICAL REPORT 3RD MED COM 1 AUG 90 26 APR 91
Unit: ARCENT
Parent Organization: CENTCOM
Box ID: BX000481
Folder Title: COMMAND REPORTS THIRD MEDICAL CMD AAR
Document Number: 2
Folder SEQ #: 12
Section prepared a medical force package for the VII Corps and
another force package for an EAC health services support system
to support both corps. The total medical force package called for
13,580 beds and approximately 22,000 health services support
personnel.
g. This medical force structuring was completed in November.
By 25 November 1990 the Time-Phased Force And Deployment List
(TPFDL) was finalized and units started arriving to build up the
EAC structure. This structure was composed of 4 medical groups
(one each in Dhahran, King @alid Military City, and two in
Riyadh, one of whom was responsible for command and control of
EAC medical assets in Oman and the United Arab Emirates). A fifth
medical group, the ARCENT Medical Group (Provisional), provided
overall command and control of EAC health service support assets.
The Commander of the ARCENT Medical Group (Provisional) also
served as the Third Army Surgeon.
h. The ARCENT Medical Group (Provisional) was established on
6 December 1990 by ARCENT Permanent Order 262-1. On 29 December
1990 ARCENT Permanent Order 273-1 amended that order to create
the United States Army Forces Central Command Medical Command
(Provisional). In order to provide the staffing required for the
Medical Command, the staff of the 202nd Medical Group, an Army
National Guard unit from Florida, was combined with the staff of
the ARCENT Medical Group (Provisional). On 5 March 1991, Forces
Command Permanent Order 31-1 activated the 3rd Medical Command
effective 15 March 1991. This activation was implemented with no
change in mission or staffing of the ARCENT Medical Command.
XVIII Corps had
been attached to the EAC health services support structure.
During this time period, hospitals were sited where facilities
(water, sewers, utilities, etc) were available. During December,
negotiations were taking place with host nations for joint use of
their hospital resources. Host Nation agreements were completed
in January 1991 for facilities in Dhahran, Riyadh, and King
Khaiid Military City in-Saudi Arabia and in Oman and the United
Arab Emirates.
j. Although the command and control structure of the Medical
Command was in place by the start of the air campaign, medical
supplies and equipment were still arriving daily and several of
the hospitals were not fully operationai6 By the start of the
ground campaign, however, all units were operational. casualties
during the ground campaign were light. The theater medical
evacuation and hospitalization systems were exercised but were
not stressed. Following the ground campaign, however, the medical
treatment of enemy prisoners of war and displaced civilians
provided new challenges for the Medical Command.
k. In March,,the Medical Command began planning for the
health services support of the residual forces which would remain
in country to redeploy supplies and equipment to the United
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Box ID = BX000481
Unit = ARCENT
Parent Organization = CENTCOM
Folder Title = COMMAND REPORTS THIRD MEDICAL CMD AAR
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Subject = AAR COM HISTORICAL REPORT 3RD MED COM 1 AUG 90
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