text: Appendix C
  SURGEON SECTION
  C-19. The division surgeon section resides in the MCP. Its mission is to plan, coordinate, and synchronize
  the division’s AHS support under the supervision of the division surgeon. The division AHS support
  planning also involves the division's staff and the division’s projected supporting MEDBDE (SPT) and next
  higher echelon Army or joint surgeon's staff section. This coordination focuses on how the medical
  command’s plans impact the provision of AHS support within the division. A series of planning, in-progress
  reviews, coordination meetings, and rehearsals are required to tailor an AHS support plan to sustain the
  division's anticipated operations. This section is responsible for, but not limited to:
  * Provides reachback capability for the forward deployed surgeon in the tactical command post.
  * Reviews all division OPLANs and contingency plans to identify potential health threats associated
  with geographical locations and climatic conditions.
  * Oversees division TSOPs, plans, policies, and procedures for AHS support as prescribed by the
  division surgeon.
  * Assists tactical command post in monitoring and coordinating AHS support operations.
  * Provides current information on the division AHS support plan/MEDCOP to surgeons/medical
  operations staffs of the next higher, adjacent, and subordinate HQs to maintain medical situational
  awareness.
  * Plans and ensures Roles 1 and 2 AHS support for the division is provided in a timely and efficient
  manner.
  * Establishes links from the medical brigade supporting the division to the medical platoons and
  teams in its brigades as each brigade completes its deployment. Division medical support includes
  both air and ground ambulance platforms and embedded forward surgical, COSC, and preventive
  medicine detachments and teams.
  * Utilizes casualty and DNBI estimates and forecasts evacuation, treatment, and Class VIII
  requirements. Commanders pre-position medical treatment and evacuation capabilities forward
  to efficiently evacuate casualties to where they can receive the appropriate medical care. When
  developing the AHS support plan, the surgeon section planner considers many factors (Refer to
  ATP 4-02.55). The forms of maneuver, as well as the threat’s capabilities, influence the character
  of the patient workload and its time and space distribution. The analysis of this workload
  determines the allocation of medical resources and the location or relocation of MTFs.
  * Establishes links to the theater MEDLOG infrastructure to begin the Class VIII resupply process
  once deployed. The division surgeon section anticipates customer Class VIII unit requisitions.
  They identify and store adequate Class VIII stocks in medical brigade Role 3 MTFs supporting
  the division to reduce the resupply turnaround times for forward surgical detachments in the
  brigades.
  * Determines situationally appropriate medication resupply protocols for cold packages, birth
  control, and sexually transmitted diseases.
  * Tracks the expenditures of prophylaxis means, such as anthrax and smallpox vaccinations.
  * Coordinates relationships of organic medical units and medical units/elements under OPCON or
  attached to the division for GS or direct support (DS).
  * Coordinates for both air and ground ambulance support beyond the capabilities of BCT medical
  companies with the division’s supporting medical unit(s) and combat aviation brigade.
  * Coordinates the prompt evacuation of casualties from the division’s Role 1 and 2 MTFs to
  supporting Role 3 MTFs provided by the division’s supporting medical unit.
  * Coordinates with G-1/S-1 casualty operation personnel to ensure patient tracking is performed.
  * Ensures medical supplies are available to division medical personnel.
  * Develops and maintains the medical troop basis, revising as required, to ensure task organization
  for mission accomplishment.
  * Plans and coordinates AHS support operations for division and attached/OPCON corps medical
  assets. This includes reinforcement and reconstitution.
  * Prepares and presents, as directed by the division surgeon, routine AHS support portion of the
  division briefings.