text: Army Aviation Operations
  * Ensures LOCs to supported units and higher echelons of medical command are available. The
  medical operations cell also ensures supported units understand AE procedures and capabilities.
  * Establishes AE briefing and launch procedures.
  * Maintains awareness of the tactical and medical situation. Coordinates with medical regulators at
  higher echelons to efficiently conduct GS and works in concert with adjacent units.
  * Assists the GSAB or CAB staff in conducting MEDEVAC operations.
  AERIAL CASUALTY EVACUATION
  3-172. Differentiated from AE, aerial CASEVAC is the unregulated transport of injured personnel with
  the use of Army Aviation assets that do not have onboard medical personnel or equipment. Aerial
  CASEVAC operations may be dedicated, designated, or opportune. During dedicated or designated
  CASEVAC, augmentation of medical providers and equipment reduces the necessity of supported
  maneuver forces to provide medical equipment and providers or buddy-aid escorts to the aerial CASEVAC
  asset at the pickup location. Augmentation functions as a force multiplier by not further reducing the
  maneuver element’s personnel, assets, and capabilities.
  DEDICATED AERIAL CASUALTY EVACUATION
  3-173. Dedicated aerial CASEVAC consists of dedicated aircrews and equipment identified and reserved
  exclusively for the CASEVAC mission. This is the highest level of classification for aerial CASEVAC, and
  is usually a specified task from higher headquarters and should be for a specific period of time. Dedicated
  aerial CASEVAC may be required for specific operations where AE assets are not assigned or available, or
  when casualty estimates are expected to overwhelm available AE assets. Dedicated AE crews are not called
  on to perform any other mission. Dedicated aerial CASEVAC operations and procedures should be similar
  in conduct of the AE mission and be fully integrated into the patient movement system, to include
  augmentation with medical providers and equipment if available.
  DESIGNATED AERIAL CASUALTY EVACUATION
  3-174. Designated aerial CASEVAC assets perform other roles during the operation such as an air assault
  or air movement, but are also specifically tasked with aerial CASEVAC operations as a contingency. This
  task may come from higher headquarters or may be identified during mission planning. Tasking may be for
  a specific time period, a specific phase of an operation, or for a specific mission. When designating non-
  medical assets for aerial CASEVAC requirements, augmentation of medical providers and equipment
  should be considered, depending on availability. Commanders must identify procedures for receipt of
  mission as well as launch approval.
  3-175. When planning to utilize designated aerial CASEVAC in support of specific operations, such as an
  air assault, link-up procedures with air or ground MEDEVAC assets should be established and rehearsed.
  Establishing link-up procedures allows for rapid transfer of urgent casualties to MEDEVAC assets and
  allow aerial CASEVAC assets to return to provide further support to the operation. Link-up procedures
  with MEDEVAC assets reduces lengthy evacuations where en-route care is limited or unavailable.
  OPPORTUNE AERIAL CASUALTY EVACUATION
  3-176. Given the opportunity, any available Army utility or cargo aircraft is capable of performing aerial
  CASEVAC operations. Opportune aerial CASEVAC may be a necessity during operations, but represents
  the lowest level of CASEVAC and is the highest risk of morbidity and disability to the casualty. By
  planning for MEDEVAC and CASEVAC through all phases of an operation, commanders effectively
  reduce the necessity for lifts of opportunity.
  SECTION IX – COMMAND AND CONTROL SUPPORT
  3-177. Army Aviation enhances C2 by providing ground and air commanders the ability to visualize,
  describe, direct, lead, and assess operations from the location of their choice on the battlefield. Command