In the United States Army, a medical brigade (MED BDE) is a unit providing command and control for assigned or attached medical units at Corps level. One MED BDE is typically assigned to one Army Corps and a typical Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment (HHD) for a MED BDE consists of about 65 personnel.[1]
Operations
A MED BDE tasks and organizes its medical assets on the battlefield. It plans Health Service Support (HSS) operations and oversees logistical operations for the group's units. It serves as a radio control net for group units and performs medical regulation between group units. It also coordinates external support for group units.
Components
- HHD (Internal Admin/Supply/Maintenance Support)
- S-1 (Group Personnel Actions)
- S-2/3 (Operations, Planning, NBC, MRO, Security, Intell, Training, TOC Operations)
- S-4 (Property Accountability, Group Supply Operations, Medical Resupply, Transportation Support, Maintenance Tracking, ALOC Operations)
- S-6 (Group Communications)
- CN (Nursing Education, Professional Services)
- Chaplain Unit (Ministry Team Operations)
- Combat Support Hospital (CSH)
- Multifunctional Medical Battalions (MMB) (Replaced Evacuation, Medical Logistics, and Area Medical Support Battalions)
- Medical Company Area Support (MCAS)
- Medical Logistics Company (MEDLOG CO)
- Forward Surgical Teams (FSTs)
- Combat Stress Control (COSC) Detachment
- Medical Company (Dental Services)
- Medical Company (Veterinary Support Services)
- Preventive Medicine Detachments
- Medical Specialty Teams (orthopedic, neurosurgery, ophthalmology, etc.)
Active Medical Brigades of the U.S. Army
- 1st Medical Brigade (III Corps)
- 2nd Medical Brigade (Reserve; 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) (807th MCDS))
- 5th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support) (3rd MCDS), inc 75th Combat Support Hospital, Tuscaloosa, AL.)
- 8th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 3rd MCDS)
- 30th Medical Brigade (United States Army Europe)
- 32nd Medical Brigade (United States Army Medical Department Center and School)
- 44th Medical Brigade (XVIII Airborne Corps)
- 62nd Medical Brigade (I Corps)
- 65th Medical Brigade (Eighth Army)
- 139th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 807th MCDS)
- 176th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 807th MCDS)
- 307th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 807th MCDS)
- 330th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 807th MCDS)
- 332nd Medical Brigade (Reserve; 3rd MCDS)
- 338th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 3rd MCDS)
- 804th Medical Brigade (Reserve; 3rd MCDS, including the 399th and 405th Combat Support Hospitals[2])