text: Army Health System Command and Control
  Figure 2-5. Medical Command (deployment support) organizational structure
  2-46. Military medical training exercises can be mutually beneficial to the host nation and U.S. forces.
  These exercises provide a forum for training medical personnel in the identification and treatment of diseases
  and conditions that are not endemic in the U.S. and provide the host-nation military or civilian medical
  personnel training on emerging state-of-the-art technologies and medical protocols. The care provided which
  is incidental to the training mission, assists the host nation in overcoming the adverse impacts of the
  diseases/conditions treated and enhances its legitimacy in the eyes of its citizens.
  2-47. The effects of focusing on interregional cooperation are to eradicate diseases or the environmental
  conditions that promote the growth of disease vectors. The interregional cooperation which results may also
  favorably affect the economic, social, and political fabric of the nation, remove obstacles to interregional
  cooperation in other sectors, and enhance the standard of living of the host-nation residents. For more
  information on MEDCOM (DS) in support of setting the theater, refer to Chapter 5.
  STAFF ORGANIZATION
  2-48. This section combines various command posts of the MEDCOM (DS) to provide a description of the
  composition and capabilities of the command’s coordinating, special, and personal staff structure. For
  additional information on the composition, duties, and responsibilities of the various Army staffs refer to
  ADP 5-0. Refer to Figure 2-6 on page 2-14 for the depiction of the MEDCOM (DS) coordinating, personal,
  and special staff structure.