Storage of Medical Unit Prepositioned War Reserve Materiel
Abstract
Army Medical Department (AMEDD) war reserve stocks are presently commingled with mission stocks throughout the world. In case of mobilization, these stocks must be selected, assembled into units, and transported to the needed area. To improve its readiness posture, AMEDD sought to preassemble stocks into units which could be prepositioned at designated locations. At the Surgeon General's request, PSCC studied a 200-bed combat support hospital which will be tested initially. This report examines the packaging required to protect the 200-bed combat support Medical Unit Self-Contained Transportable (MUST) hospital prepositioned in a field environment for a period of five years. Concluded is that packaging requirements must be developed for the individual components comprising the hospital to effect standardization and to control the item package size and unit pack quantity. The report explores and provides the alternatives available to protect the hospital assemblages in the field environment during the storage period. It also includes the material costs and man-hours required for each alternative including inspection, servicing, and maintaining of the total package consideration.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA099687
Entities
People
- Janet Host
- Raymond L. Hays
- Victor Volpe