CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES RESEARCH MEMORANDUM

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Subject: CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES RESEARCH MEMORANDUM                   

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Folder Title: VARIOUS NAVAL MESSAGES FOLDER 11                                                                

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                    Participants in the IMA program are expected to perform drills and
              AT at the MTF or DTF to which they are assigned at mobilization.
              However, the MTF or DTF may authorize substitution of other activities
              including continuing medical education (CME), mutual support at another
              facility, or attendance at a military medical course. A more complete
              listing of activities that qualify for drilling is found in [A-41.

                    Certain medical specialists in Program-32 or Program-46 billets may
              satisfy IDT requirements through participation in the PRIMUS (Physician
              Reservists in Medical Universities and Schools) program. PRIMUS is a
              medical training program open to physicians, nurses, oral surgeons, and
              operating-room (OR) technicians, that allows SEIRES personnel to perform
              IDT with medical universities and schools.


                    Under the Reserve Flexibility (REFLEX) program, health care special-
              ists in SEIRES units, PRIMUS, and IMA programs satisfy training require-
              ments through activities that contribute to the wartime readiness of the
              individual. Under REFLEX, IMA and PRIMUS participants have total flex-
              ibility in drilling. Physicians and nurses in other SEIRES units may
              substitute REFLEX drills for regular unit drills, as authorized by the
              unit commanding officer. For example, under REFLEX, attendance at
              courses in military medicine or civilian professional meetings may be
              substituted for regular unit drills. REFLEX also allows physicians and
              nurses in structured SELRES units to obtain drill pay for continuing
              medical education (CME) or mutual support activities on an hour-by-hour
              basis,


                    Reservists assigned to Program-46 billets are required to attend
         the Fleet Hospital Operations Training Course (FHOTC) at Camp Pendleton,
              California, once during a three-year training cycle. This six-day
              course provides training in the assembly and use of a fleet hospital.
              The CINC training plan for the fleet hospital program requires that
              40 percent of FH personnel attend this course by the time the fleet
              hospital reaches initial operational capability. This requirement has
              been met for all of the reserve fleet hospitals. While limited seat
              availability poses a constraint, attendance by reservists has grown over
              time. According to [A-5], about 640 reservists attended in FY 1988, and
              approximately 2,500 attended in FY 1989. Navy Seabees, construction
              personnel who set-up the fleet hospitals in the field, also attend.

                    Two medical reserve programs offer special opportunities to reserv-
              ists who wish to become hospital corpsman. Under the Sea-Air Mariner
              (SAM) program, a high school graduate affiliates with the Navy Reserve.
              The SAM is placed on initial active-duty training to attend boot camp
              and "All and possibly "C" school, and then is released from active duty
              and placed in SELRES status.' Hospital corpsman may also join the


              1. "A" school is traditionally the basic school required for entry into
              the hospital corpsman or dental technician rating. 'IC" school is the
              advanced training necessary for a hospital corpsman or dental technician
              to earn an NEG.



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