A Joint Medical Command and Transformation

Abstract

This paper examines the establishment of a Joint Medical Command. It provides some brief historical notes. It discusses the readiness mission and interrelated benefits mission. It relates the advantages to the operational commander of transforming the Medical Health System to a joint command from the perspective of the principles of war. The paper notes previous objections raised and recommends establishment of a Joint Medical Command with individual Service components along the lines of USSOCOM. A further recommendation is, in order to meet growing asymmetric threats, greater reliance should be placed on military medicine as opposed to civilian contractors.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 16, 2003
Accession Number
ADA419402

Entities

People

  • Rey Conard

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Hospitals
  • Military Medicine
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Physicians
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control