text: Surgeon and Surgeon Section
  division commander and their staffs on all medical or medical-related issues. The division surgeon operating
  from within the section coordinates EAB medical support and ensures information is integrated into the
  commander’s ground tactical plan. As the chief of the division surgeon section, the division surgeon is able
  to contribute to the division’s warfighting capability by providing timely and effective AHS support planning
  (to include developing patient estimates) for inclusion in the division planning process and the conduct of
  conducting LSCO. They are also responsible for the technical oversight of all medical activities in the
  command. The division surgeon ensure that the division’s current and future operations and plans are
  coordinated with the MEDCOM (DS) and the supporting MEDBDE (SPT).
  C-18. Through medical command and control, the division surgeon coordinates and synchronizes the ten
  medical functions split between the protection and sustainment warfighting functions and serves as a link
  between these varied commands and staffs.
  SURGEON ELEMENT
  * The division surgeon position is in the tactical command post surgeon element. They oversee and
  coordinate AHS support activities through the division surgeon section. This element is
  responsible for, but not limited to:
  * Advises the commander on the health of the command.
  * Oversees, monitors, and coordinates divisional AHS support operations to include both FHP and
  HSS activities.
  * Ensure that the division current and future operations and plans are coordinated with the
  MEDCOM (DS) and the supporting MEDBDE (SPT).
  * Oversees, monitors, and coordinates medical treatment (to include CBRN) provided to personnel
  in the division AO.
  * Provides status of the wounded.
  * Coordinate MEDEVAC including Army dedicated MEDEVAC platforms (air and ground).
  * Provides recommendations on allocation and redistribution of medical personnel and Class VIII
  items.
  * Oversees all MEDLOG for the command.
  * Monitors and coordinates dental services within the division.
  * Monitors and coordinates COSC.
  * Monitors and coordinates veterinary services within the division.
  * Provides patient disposition and reports.
  * Monitors and coordinates public health operations.
  * Oversees medical civil-military operations.
  * Provides technical advice to the Division Commander for OEH surveillance, health threat analysis,
  medical surveillance, facility sanitation inspections, and potential CBRN contamination.
  * Participates in the sustainment cell working group to integrate and synchronize HSS
  * tasks. Prepares a portion of Annex F (Sustainment) to the OPORD or OPLAN.
  * Participates in the protection cell working group to integrate and synchronize FHP tasks and
  systems for each phase or transition of an operation or major activity. Prepares a portion of annex
  E (Protection) to the operation order or operation plan.
  * Refines the division’s FHP medical support plan during the preparatory phase of defensive tasks.
  * Identifies additional medical resources needed to support additional divisional attachments
  received in the joint operations area and those elements of the civilian population whose needs are
  not meet by civilian medical assets.
  * Coordinates for Role 4 CONUS-support based MTF support.
  * Oversees medical training for division medical personnel.