Army Health System support to Army special operations forces is challenging in that Army special operations forces are lightly equipped with limited organic support assets. Therefore, they must be self-sustaining in all areas of medical care across the competition continuum. Since they routinely operate in undeveloped joint operational areas without established support systems, Army special operations forces medical personnel must assume both Army Health System missions of health service support and force health protection responsibilities. Summary of changes include— Aligning this publication with Army doctrine publications FM 3-0, FM 4-0, and the operational medicine keystone publication, FM 4-02. Replacing mission command medical function with medical command and control, which is in line with ADP 6-0.
DesignationATP 4-02.43
EditionAug 2023
StatusActive
ProponentTRADOC
Pages80
FunctionMedical TCCC
CollectionCurrent Doctrine
Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited. This publication supersedes ATP 4-02.43, dated 17 December 2015