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File: 123096_sep96_decls2_0035.txt
Subject: MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91
Unit: VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization: BUMED
Box ID: BX303801
Folder Title: VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6
Document Number: 2
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Contingency resupply for major medical platforms is based on periodic shipment
of appropriate AMAL and ADAL consumable supplies as determined by BLTMED and
-rn.qnaged by NUM. The hospital ship initial outfitting is based on a 3,000-patient,
15-day stock level. Resupply begins with an additional 3,000-patient AMAL push to
the hospital ship on activation, followed by line-item requisitioning (Pull) based on
actual usage. Currently, fleet hospitals deploy with a 30-clay supply of prepositioned
consumables and repair parts with the exception of blood; petroleum, oil, and lubri-
cants (POL); water; and certain flpmrnables and compressed gases. The Fleet Hospital
Support Office (MMO) automatically activates a 30-day supply block when the fleet
hospital becomes operational. The fleet hospital pulls subsequent resupply.
USCINCCENT tasked COMUSARCENT to operate a SIM supply system for
class VM(A) material for all land-based medical activities and units and the hospi-
tal ships. The SIM concept for class VHI resupply in CENTCOM was contained in
the draft OPLAN 1002-90, and has been used for peacetime medical resupply in the
European command. COMUSARCENT subsequently established the 47th and
980th medical supply, optical, and maintenance (MEDSOM) battalions in
Ad Ds%Tnman to fiilfill this tasldng. These units combined to form the U.S. Army
Medical Materiel Command, Saudi Arabia. All class VHI(A) requisitions not filled
by the SIM were passed to the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center, Europe
(USAMMCE), to fill. If not available at USAMMCE, the requisition was passed to
the DPSC.
lities received little support from the
MEDSOM. In August, the Navy provided copies of the AMALs for all major Navy
medical platforms to the 32ad MEDSOM for inventory planning. No Class VIII(A)
material was available in theater, however, until early October, when the NEDSOM
required by CINCCENT was established Multiple relocations of the MEDSOM,
staT3ng shortages, and lack of warehousing facilities slowed its operations. Each
Navy echelon III platform in theater developed alternative supply chains until the
MEDSOM was operational. Requisitions were placed through the routine
Navy supply system. The primary Navy supporting facilities were Naval Supply
Center (NSC) Subic Bay and NSC NorfoUL Nonstandard medical materiel requests
were sent to @C for open purchase action.
Other problems arose because the Navy had not used the SIM concept in
training or exercises and did not assign haison personnel to the SIM unti January.
CornTni,nications problems and lack of compatible automated systems support
further compounded the problems. In the case of FH-5, the problems were largely
overcome by mid December. The MEDSOM, however, never established a fully
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Document 57 f:/Week-37/BX303801/VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6/medical operations during operation desert storm:1217961126393
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File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-37
Box ID = BX303801
Unit = VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = VARIOUS BUMED DOCUMENTS FOLDER 6
Folder Seq # = 10
Subject = MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM
Document Seq # = 2
Document Date =
Scan Date =
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 = 17-DEC-1996