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  care, to evacuation from the operational area. Training must be integrated with combatant elements to ensure
  friction points are revealed and resolved before exposure to the added difficulties and uncertainty of actual
  combat operations. Mastery of the basics of battlefield medicine by all medical personnel is the pivotal
  component of supporting LSCO. To prepare for combat operations, medical personnel must also be afforded
  the opportunity to hone their skills and knowledge in demanding clinical environments (e.g., hospitals,
  emergency medical services and remote clinics).
  Operational Army
  2-164. The AHS collaborates with line commanders to ensure that Soldiers maintain a healthy lifestyle, are
  physically and mentally fit for deployments, and are medically screened to ensure they do not have on-going
  medical conditions which could be aggravated by conditions in the AO. Health promotion programs,
  nutrition programs and counseling, personnel protective measures to include health risk communications and
  mitigation techniques, preventive dentistry, and COSC programs all focus on maintaining the Soldier’s health
  both in garrison and when deployed.
  RELIABLE
  2-165. As discussed under partnerships, the Soldier, commander, and Families have confidence that the
  AHS will always be prepared to provide the appropriate medical care whenever and wherever it may be
  required. This trust between the AHS and its beneficiaries is at the center of all that the AHS does. It is
  imperative to the fighting morale of our forces, that each Soldier believes that if injured, he will promptly be
  given medical care for those wounds and will be medically evacuated from the battlefield. It is also essential
  that should the Soldier’s Family face a medical emergency while the Soldier is deployed, the Family member
  will receive state-of-the-art medical care. This in turn relieves some of the stressors the Soldier must manage
  during deployments and separation from the Soldier’s Family. The AHS system of health is a proven system
  which has provided reliable health care throughout its history regardless of where needed on the battlefield
  or in garrison operations.
  RESPONSIVE
  2-166. Both the operational Army and the institutional force must be responsive to the changing OE and
  the resulting medical implications.
  Operational Army
  2-167. Army Health System planning must be flexible, scalable, and adaptable to optimize the full
  utilization and integration of scarce medical resources in the accomplishment of the health care delivery
  mission. The medical command and control organizations must leverage all available medical resources
  within an AO to optimize patient care to include medical capabilities of sister Services, U.S. governmental
  agencies, and multinational forces.
  Institutional Force
  2-168. The institutional force is responsive to the health care needs of all Soldiers stationed throughout the
  world. Combat capability developers use observations, insights, and lessons learned from on-going
  operations to identify requirements and gaps in order to develop TOE medical organizations which are more
  modular and adaptive to changes on the battlefield and to incorporate emerging technologies to enhance the
  effectiveness and efficiency of medical materiel. Medical research and development is a vital link between
  the Army Medicine and the educational and industrial base within CONUS. It enables the MEDCoE to
  capitalize on emerging technologies and treatment protocols to refine and enhance the state-of-the-art care
  provided to our Soldiers and other eligible beneficiaries. The military medical education provided within the
  AHS includes leadership training, enlisted military occupational specialty skills, refresher and sustainment
  training, medical continuing education, individual Soldier skills, and collective training. Further, if training
  deficiencies are identified during a deployment, the MEDCoE may develop additional predeployment
  training packages and assist United States Army Forces Command with predeployment certification of
  individual and unit skill sets. When appropriate, new equipment training teams provide collective training