Military authority greatly facilitates the practice of preventive medicine, "The structure in AMEDD primarily comprises Army hospitals--medical centers (MEDCENS) and smaller medical activities (MEDDACs)--under the command of the U.S. Army Medical Command (USAMEDCOM). These fixed facilities are referred to as the Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA) units-(Dept Of The Army,1). During wartime the structure comprises Table of Organization and Equipment (TOE) medical units assigned to combat organizations under the command of U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM).
The Army's health service support system is designed to be a single, integrated system that reaches from the combat zone in the theater to CONUS. The underlying idea is that the system is a continuum of care in which a soldier injured on the battlefield .
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will be provided a full range of services, from simple first aid in the theater to more definitive care at a fixed facility within CONUS or Europe. The deployable Army medical force is made up of units and personnel from both the Active Component (AC) and the Reserve Components (RC), with 75 percent of its wartime structure being in the RC. The Army Medical Department (AMEDD) is responsible not only for supporting the Army's wartime mission, but also for maintaining the delivery of health care to its beneficiary population.
Like no other branch, AMEDD officers satisfy military education requirements primarily through the military schooling system consisting of the AMEDD Officer Basic and Advance courses. Each level of training prepares an officer for more advance duties and responsibilities brought upon that officer. One of the first courses that an officer must take is OBC or Officers Basic Course which is designed to provided orientation and training for newly commissioned officers, the second part of training is OAC or Officers Advance Course which provides training in military medical service support and operations, and general responsibilities of the AMMED Department.
