MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91

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Subject: MEDICAL OPERATIONS DURING OPERATION DESERT STORM 9 NOV 91       

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                        Table A-1. Medical chronology


                        Date                                                     Event


                        2 Aug      Iraq invaded Kuwait

                        3 Aug      COMUSNAVCENT requested that one stakijlization and resuscitation team (SRT), one medical
                                   regulating team (MRT), and one east coast and one West coast surgical team be placed on
                                   24-hour alert


                        5 Aug      COMUSNAVCENT requested that the CNO deploy MRT and SRT

                        7 Aug      BUMED placed hospital ships on alert status

                        7 Aug      USCINCCENT identified requirement for USNS Comfort on station by 6 Sep and USNS Mercy
                                   on station by 7 Sep and for MV Noble Star (with FH-5 equipment aboard) to get under way for
                                   port of Ras Tannurah

                        8 Aug      CJCS notified USCINCCENTot-deployment order for MV Noble Star

                        8 Aug      COMUSNAVCENT requested that surgical teams 1 and 2 prepare for imminent deployment to
                                   Bahrain in support of CJTFME

                        9-Aug      COMSC ordered full operating status for USNS Mercy

                        9 Aug      BUMED issued MPUAS alert for hospital ships and FH-5

                        9 Aug      MV Noble Stardeparted Diego Garcia

                        9 Aug      CIN CPACFLT tasked CBUs to support FH-5

                        1 0 Aug    CNO issued deployment orders for hospital ships

                        10 Aug     COMSC ordered full operating status of USNS Comfort

                        I 0 Aug    BUMED issued MPAUS activation orders for hospital ships

                        1 0 Aug    USCINCLANTFLT proposed a phased deployment of medical personnel

                        11 Aug     USNS Comfort set sail from Baltimore to Norfolk

               12 Aug     USNS Comfort arrived in Norfolk to continue provisioning

                        12 Aug     USCINCCENT concurred with hospital ship staffing for 250 acute-care beds (500 total beds)
                                   with capacity to expand to 1,000 beds within 24 hours

                        12 Aug     FH-5 personnel activation order issued


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