COMMANDS COMMANDS
COMMANDS MEDCOM
AMEDDC&S
USAISR
U.S Medical Command he MEDCOM took over the buildings and personnel of the 2-year-old U.S. Army Health Services Command (HSC), which was deactivated. The MEDCOM gives the Surgeon General direct command authority, for the first time, over all Army medical activities and operations in the U.S. and Europe except field medical units.
Army Medical Department Center and School In support of the health service, AMEDDC&S provides concepts, doctrine, and organizational structure that meet force requirements. AMEDDC&S provides the appropriate skills set to DOD, non-DOD, and Allied soldiers and leaders through individual training, soldierization, specialized/ functional skills and leadership development. This command also creates training strategies, products and programs. AMEDDC&S consults and collaborates with internal and external agencies and commands in matters of common interests. In support of the Joint Base San Antonio community, AMEDDC&S provides base operations support and leadership development which provides the appropriate skill sets to DOD, non-DOD and Allied soldiers and leaders.
U.S Army Institute of Surgical Research, Medical Research and Material Command The mission of USAISR is to provide requirement-driven combat casualty care medical solutions and products for injured soldiers from self-aid through definitive care across the full spectrum of military operations. It also provides state-of-the-art burn, trauma, and critical care to DOD beneficiaries around the world, and supports Burn Special Medical Augmentation Response Teams.
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U.S. ARMY NORTH U.S. Army North (Fifth Army) The purpose of USARNORTH is to conduct Homeland Defense (HLD) and Civil Support (CS) operations, and Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) activities as the Army Service Component Comment (ASCC) to U.S. Northern Command in order to protect the American people and their way of life. On order, USANORTH commands and controls deployed forces as a Joint Task Force (JTF) or Joint Force Land Component Command (JFLCC).
