text: Army Health System Command and Control
  Patient Movement Branch
  2-104. The patient movement branch is responsible for maintaining 24-hour coordination and oversight for
  patient regulating and administration within the MEDBDE (SPT) operational area.
  Logistics (S-4) Section
  2-105. The logistics staff officer (S-4) section plans, monitors, coordinates, and facilitates MEDLOG
  operations within the command. This includes Class VIII supply and resupply, blood management and
  distribution, medical equipment maintenance and repair, medical gases, optical lens fabrication, spectacle
  fabrication and repair, and contracting support. The section is responsible for ensuring service support
  functions and directs and supervises the collection, evacuation, and accountability for all classes of supply
  classified as salvage, surplus, abandoned, or uneconomically repairable. The section advises the commander
  of logistical matters and unit mission capabilities. The section serves as the focal point for property
  management and accountability procedures of all assigned or attached units. As a staff office, they advise
  the commander on matters regarding supply and services support and other logistical functions. As the
  materiel manager, they develop, coordinate, and supervise the supply support portion of an integrated
  logistics support plan.
  2-106. In the Logistics (S-4) Section is the S-4 Logistics Plans Branch. The S-4 logistics plans branch
  completes the logistics staffing to monitor, coordinate, and facilitate MEDLOG operations within the
  MEDBDE (SPT). This includes Class VIII supply and resupply, blood management and distribution, medical
  equipment maintenance and repair, medical gases, and optical lens fabrication and repair.
  Signal (S-6) Section
  2-107. The S6 section is responsible for all aspects of automation and communications-electronics support
  within the MED BDE (SPT). This section establishes a medical automation office and is responsible for
  medical information system policy and guidance for all subordinate commands. This section identifies
  communications-electronics requirements for data transmission services and coordinates these requirements
  with the external signal organizations. This section provides advice and consultation on the integration of
  medical information systems in support of AHS and with other command and control systems within the
  operational area.
  Civil Affairs Operations (S-9) Section
  2-108. The civil affairs operations staff officer (S-9) is the principal staff officer responsible for all matters
  concerning civil affairs. The S-9 establishes the civil-military operations center, evaluates civil
  considerations during mission analysis, and prepares the groundwork for transitioning the area of operations
  from military to civilian control. The S-9 advises the commander on the military’s effect on civilians in the
  area of operations, relative to the complex relationship of these people with the terrain and institutions over
  time. The S-9 is responsible for enhancing the relationship between Army forces and the civil authorities
  and people in the area of operations. The S-9 prepares Annex K (Civil Affairs Operations) to the operation
  order or operation plan. (See FM 3-57 for more detailed information on the S-9 duties and responsibilities).
  Clinical Operations Section
  2-109. The clinical operations section serves as the commander’s principal consultants and technical
  advisors for the command in general medicine, nursing services and activities, operational public health,
  COSC and BH to include neuropsychiatric care and treatment, veterinary services, dental services, nutrition
  and hospital food service activities, and medical laboratory support.
  Command Judge Advocate Section
  2-110. The command judge advocate section advises the commander on ethical issues as they relate to
  health care operations. Further, it advises the commander and the MEDCOM (DS) detainee operations
  medical director on issues pertaining to the treatment of detainees in subordinate CSHs, hospital centers, or
  other MTFs. This section advises the commander on any issues related to the Geneva Conventions and the