(2) Team BB Medical Supply, Optical and Maintenance Support. This team
increases the capability of a MEDSOM unit (combat zone or COMMZ) to support an
additional division force equivalent.
(3) Teams BC. Medical Supply (Large). This team provides medical supply
support to a force of 50,000 troops or major fraction thereof not supported by a
MEDSOM unit.
(4) Teams BD and BE. Medical Inventory Control. Team BD (small) and
team BE (large) furnish medical inventory control services for medical supply teams BB
b. Medical Equipment Maintenance Teams. These teams provide direct
medical equipment maintenance support for medical facilities. Team EA (small)
supports fixed strength medical units, team EB (medium) augments facilities that
support a force of 50,000 and team EC (large) augments facilities that support a force of
100,000.
c. Spectacle Fabrication Teams. Team GA (small) provides pre-surfaced
single vision spectacle prescription fabrication and repair services for a force of 50,000.
Team GB (medium) provides the same services plus special type spectacle prescription
fabrication for a force of 200,000.
d. Medical Administrative Teams. These teams provide facilities or augment
existing services of fixed MTF or provide special type services in the communications
zone as indicated by the name of the team.
(1)
Team PA, Medical Illustration.
(2)
Team PB, Admission and Disposition.
(3)
Team PC, Patient Records (Small).
(4)
Team PO, Patient Records (Medium).
(5)
Team PF, Patient Records, Reports and Statistics.
(6)
Team PG, Patient Holding.
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MEDICAL SUPPORT TEAMS
a. Preventive Medicine Teams. These teams provide professional preventive
medicine consultation services, as well as support and training in the fields of medical
entomology, medical epidemiology, environmental sanitation, and environmental
engineering.
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