United States Unified Medical Command
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| United States Unified Medical Command | |
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| Active | In Development |
| Country | United States |
| Type | Functional Combatant Command |
The United States Department of Defense is currently considering the creating of a unified Medical Command as an additional Unified Combatant Command. This was confirmed by Maj. Gen. Carla G. Hawley-Bowland, commander of the Army's Pacific Regional Medical Command, in a comment in early November 2006. [1]The command would merge the medical assets of the United States Navy, Air Force, and Army and reduce the duplication of effort that currently exists.
The command would take charge of all direct-care health services of the Army, Navy and Air Force. It would streamline medical logistics, purchasing, information technology, research and development, facility operations, and the education, training and assignment of medical personnel.
A four-star general or admiral would command all medical personnel, equipment and facilities, just as SOCOM controls combined special forces. Medical personnel still would be trained for service-unique missions and in the culture of their parent service. But overall medical training, assignments, procurement and operational support would be centrally controlled. Medical staff would be assigned according to command needs.
[edit] References and links
- ^ Stars and Stripes, Pacific edition, Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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| Regional responsibilities | |
| US Northern Command - US Central Command - US European Command - US Pacific Command - US Southern Command | |
| Functional responsibilities | |
| US Special Operations Command - US Joint Forces Command - US Strategic Command - US Transportation Command - US Unified Medical Command | |
