text: Contents
  Chapter 2 ARMY HEALTH SYSTEM COMMAND AND CONTROL ........................................ 2-1
  Section I — Overview of Army Echelons .............................................................. 2-1
  Operational Environment .......................................................................................... 2-1
  Army Command and Support Relationships ............................................................. 2-3
  Theater Army ............................................................................................................ 2-4
  Theater Army Surgeon's Section .............................................................................. 2-5
  Theater Sustainment Command ............................................................................... 2-6
  Section II — Medical Command and Control Organizations .............................. 2-8
  Medical Command (Deployment Support) .............................................................. 2-10
  Medical Brigade (Support) ...................................................................................... 2-21
  Medical Battalion (Multifunctional) .......................................................................... 2-30
  Section III — Medical Commander, Command Surgeon, and Line ..........................
  Commander ........................................................................................................... 2-36
  Medical Commander ............................................................................................... 2-36
  Command Surgeon ................................................................................................. 2-37
  Commander ............................................................................................................ 2-40
  Section IV — Army Health System Team of Teams ........................................... 2-42
  Chapter 3 ARMY HEALTH SYSTEM THE EFFECTS OF THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE
  AND MEDICAL ETHICS ........................................................................................... 3-1
  Section I — The Law of Land Warfare................................................................... 3-1
  Section II — Geneva Conventions ......................................................................... 3-1
  Protection and Care .................................................................................................. 3-1
  Enemy Wounded And Sick ....................................................................................... 3-3
  Medical Repatriation ................................................................................................. 3-4
  Protection and Identification of Medical Personnel ................................................... 3-4
  Protection and Identification of Medical Units, Establishments, Buildings, Materiel,
  and Medical Transports ............................................................................................ 3-6
  Conditions not Depriving Medical Units and Establishments of Protection .............. 3-9
  The 1977 Protocols to the Geneva Conventions .................................................... 3-10
  Compliance with the Geneva Conventions ............................................................. 3-10
  Medical Care for Detained Personnel ..................................................................... 3-11
  Section III — Medical Ethics ................................................................................ 3-11
  Ethical Considerations for the Medical Treatment of Detainees ............................. 3-11
  Chapter 4 ARMY HEALTH SYSTEM OPERATIONS ............................................................... 4-1
  Section I — Planning For Army Health System Support .................................... 4-1
  Unified Land Operations ........................................................................................... 4-1
  Operational Variables ............................................................................................... 4-1
  Mission Variables ...................................................................................................... 4-5
  Task-Organization ..................................................................................................... 4-7
  Section II — Support To Decisive Action ............................................................. 4-7
  Offensive Tasks ........................................................................................................ 4-8
  Defensive Tasks ........................................................................................................ 4-8
  Stability Tasks ........................................................................................................... 4-9
  Defense Support of Civil Authorities ....................................................................... 4-10
  Section III — Setting the Theater, Theater Opening, Early Entry, and
  Expeditionary Medical Operations ...................................................................... 4-11
  Theater Opening and Early Entry Operations ......................................................... 4-12
  Expeditionary Medical Operations .......................................................................... 4-12
  Section IV — Support To Detainee Operations .................................................. 4-14
  Medical Personnel Organic to Maneuver Units ...................................................... 4-15