MEDICAL AUGMENTATION PROGRAM
(MAP)
The Medical Augmentation Program is a
computer-supported program that provides medical
personnel to the operating forces during situations
requiring medical personnel augmentation (additional
personnel). Inherent in this system is the ability to
monitor wartime manning readiness and determine the
impact of future personnel requirements. The program
also allows for the planning of training for Medical
Department personnel. Other aspects that must be
considered are the establishment of training
requirements, the development of a readiness
reporting system, and the phased deployment of
personnel.
Augmentation Sources
Through MAP, the requirements of the operational
commanders are combined with the active duty
resources of the augmentation source commands. The
commands that are to be supported by MAP are
functional units, typically manned only at a minimum
level during peacetime and requiring manpower
augmentation in order to fulfill their missions during
contingency situations. C u r r e n t m a n p o w e r
authorization levels are not a factor in defining unit
augmentation requirements. The augmentation
sourcing units are CONUS-based medical and dental
treatment facilities. These medical and dental facilities
provide and train the augmentees. The sourcing units
a s s e t s a r e m a t c h e d w i t h t h e a u g m e n t a t i o n
requirements.
Program Scope
The scope of the MAP is based on a worst-case
scenario involving total augmentation to meet the early
support requirements of the operational forces. This
means bringing all operational units to their full
allowances. Limited augmentation scenarios are also
within the scope of this program. Double tasking is not
permitted under the MAP. The MMART system is a
subset of the MAP and should not be viewed as a
separate entity.
The MMART surgical/surgical
support teams are incorporated into the system as the
core of an LHA/LPH/LHD augment. Individuals may
have both MMART and LHA/LPH/LHD mission
assignments, but these are identical, not dual tasks.
Specific unit platforms and training requirements are
discussed in detail in the current version of Medical
Augmentation Program (MAP) , BUMEDINST
6440.5.
MOBILE MEDICAL AUGMENTATION
READINESS TEAM (MMART)
The MMART system is a peacetime subset of the
MAP. The mission of an MMART is to serve as a force
of trained Medical Department personnel capable of
rapidly augmenting operational forces for limited,
short-term military operations, disaster relief
missions, fleet and FMF exercises, and scheduled
deployments. During contingencies requiring medical
augmentation, the MMART surgical and surgical
support teams become the integral augment core for
LHA/LPH/LHDs. Other MMART teams dissolve into
other augment units.
The MMART is a composite of separate teams
manned by medical and dental specialists. The nucleus
of the MMART is the surgical team. When combined,
a number of distinct specialty teams comprise a single
MMART. A full composite MMART consists of one of
each of the following component specialty teams:
Surgical team
Surgical support team
Head and neck trauma team
Neurosurgical team
Nursing team
Medical regulating team
Special psychiatric rapid intervention team
(SPRINT)
Blood bank team
Preventive medicine team
Disaster relief/evacuation team
An MMART may be deployed as a full composite
team.
However, in most situations, an individual
specialty team or a combination of specialty teams is
all that is required.
The personnel and material
organization of the MMART may be modified at
BUMED direction to meet the specific operation or
disaster mission. MMARTs are generally deployed as
intact units to an operational commander. These teams
may be augmented or reduced as necessary, but they
are deployed to a single unit. The exception to this
situation is in medical regulating teams, which are
fragmented to various ships to set up a medical
regulating communications network.
For further
information about MMART, see the current version of
Mobile Medical Augmentation Readiness Team
(MMART) Manual, BUMEDINST 6440.6.
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