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 ARMY MEDICINE
LINES OF EFFORT
Army Medicine Mission:
Army Medicine provides sustained health services and research in
support of the Total Force to enable readiness and conserve the fighting
strength while caring for our Soldiers for Life and Families.

Army Medicine Vision:

Army Medicine is the Nation’s premier expeditionary and globally
integrated medical force ready to meet the ever-changing challenges of
today and tomorrow.

Readiness
and Health
(Decisive Operation)

End State:

Healthcare
Delivery Army Medicine of
(Shaping Operation) 2025 and beyond,
as an integrated
Current system for health,
Conditions is the Nation’s first
Force choice for prompt
Development and sustained
(Shaping Operation) expeditionary
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Readiness and Health (Decisive Operation) The Operational Framework
The Chief of Staff of the Army’s number one priority is readiness. Likewise, (ADRP 3-0)
our primary mission is supporting the Warfighter’s readiness. In supporting the
Warfighter, we uphold the solemn commitment our Nation’s Army has made to our Decisive Operation:
A decisive operation is the operation that
Soldiers when sending them in harm’s way. We must be agile, adaptive, flexible,
directly accomplishes the mission.
and responsive to Warfighter requirements. We must remain ready, relevant,
and reliable. Our readiness to deploy healthy individuals and organizations Shaping Operation:
in support of the world’s premier combat force must be without question. A shaping operation is an operation that
establishes conditions for the decisive
operation through effects on the enemy,
Healthcare Delivery (Shaping Operation)
other actors, and the terrain.
Our fundamental tasks are promoting, improving, conserving, or restoring the
behavioral and physical well-being of those entrusted to our care. From the battlefield Sustaining Operation:
to the garrison environment, we will support the Operational requirements of A sustaining operation is an operation at any
Combatant Commanders while also ensuring the delivery of the healthcare benefit to echelon that enables the decisive operation
our beneficiaries. The quality healthcare we deliver to our beneficiaries, and especially or shaping operations by generating and
maintaining combat power.
our Families, allows the Warfighter to remain focused on the task at hand. As a vital
component of healthcare delivery, ensuring our Medical Treatment Facilities as Health
Readiness Platforms (HRPs) are properly staffed with highly trained personnel will remain a focus. U.S. Army Medical Command Team
Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West
The Surgeon General and
Force Development (Shaping Operation):
Commanding General
The future of Army Medicine at the individual, organizational, and enterprise levels is being U.S. Army Medical Command
determined today. We must rapidly develop scalable and rapidly deployable medical
capabilities that are responsive to Operational needs and are able to effectively operate in Command Sgt. Maj. Michael L. Gragg
a Joint/Combined environment characterized by highly distributed operations and minimal, Command Sergeant Major
U.S. Army Medical Command
if any, pre-established health service infrastructure. We need to continue to incorporate
lessons learned from recent combat experiences. We must develop agile and adaptive U.S. Army Medicine
leaders who are able to effectively operate and achieve success in an environment of a Directorate of Public Affairs
constant state of flux while navigating to and through an unknowing and unknowable future. Col. Wayne Marotto
Director, Public Affairs

Take Care of Ourselves, our Soldiers for Life, DA Civilians, and Families Craig Dyer
(Sustaining Operation): Deputy, Public Affairs
Our Forces, Soldiers for Life, Service Colleagues, DA Civilians, and service member Families
are our strength and we will continue to take care of them. We must treat each other with Jennifer Donnelly
dignity and respect. Graphic Designer
“Army Medicine will continue to stand as a unique organization that has the versatility, agility and scale
to adapt to the challenges that arise at home or abroad.”
~ Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West
The Surgeon General and
Commanding General
U.S. Army Medical Command
 JANUARY 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6

1777: General George

Washington orders smallpox
New Year’s Day inoculation for the Army.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Pvt. Herman L. Longerbeam, a
litter bearer, earns the DSC during
WWII. Longerbeam treated six
wounded Soldiers under heavy fire
and evacuated another through
half a mile of deep snow.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

1945: Medical Aidman,

Tech 4 Laverne Parrish
Martin Luther King Jr. 1991: Operation Desert earns the Medal of Honor
Birthday Storm begins. during World War II.

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

1893: The Army Medical 1967: Spc. 4 Donald W.

School was established at Evans Jr., specialist four
Washington, D.C. by Brig. Gen. combat medic, earns the
George M. Sternberg. Medal of Honor in Vietnam.

28 29 30 31

1919: The AMEDD enlisted

strength was 219,100 medical
and dental personnel, and
13,500 veterinary personnel.

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

National Blood Donor Month
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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“Preparing for the unknown is always the biggest challenge. We live in a volatile, uncertain, chaotic, and
ambiguous environment. It’s easy to prepare for the injuries and illnesses from the last war, but we rarely
fight the same war twice.”
~ Maj. Gen. Barbara R. Holcomb
Commanding General, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
and Fort Detrick, MD; Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps
FEBRUARY 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3
1969: Brig. Gen. Hal B. Jennings
Jr. assumes command of the
44th Medical Brigade at Long
Binh, Vietnam, with additional Army Nurse
duty as surgeon, Headquarters, Corps Birthday
U.S. Army, Vietnam. Groundhog Day

4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1972: Three-hundred
Army physician assistants
transitioned from warrant
officer status to appointments
as Army Medical Specialist
Corps commissioned officers.

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

1846: Medical Corps officers Ash Wednesday

authorized military rank. Valentine’s Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1991: Start of ground phase

Washington’s Birthday of Operation Desert Storm.

25 26 27 28
1973: General Order #7,
Department of the Army,
authorized the organization
of Health Services Command. 1991: End of ground phase
Liberation Day Kuwait of Operation Desert Storm.

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

Heart Health Month
Army Nurse Corps Birthday - Feb 2

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“By incorporating all eight pillars (activity, nutrition, family/social, spiritual, emotional, surroundings,
sleep, and personal development) into our system for health, we are able to look at every approach of
the cause of pain and find the best way to treat our patients. By using ‘Move to Health’ we are able to
identify additional areas that may either contribute or prevent the recovery from pain that typically has
not been blatantly visible.”
~ Col. Deydre Teyhen
Commander, U.S. Army Health Clinic, Schofield Barracks
 MARCH 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3

Army Dental
Army Enlisted Medical Corps Birthday
Corps Birthday

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

National Sleep Awareness Week

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1942: Dogs officially became a
U.S. Army asset. Care and health
1864: Army Ambulance Corps maintenance of military canines 1938: First Army dentist
established during the Civil War. would be veterinary missions promoted to Brig. Gen.,
Daylight savings time begins. from this point forward. Leigh C. Fairbank. St. Patrick’s Day
Patient Safety Awareness Week

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Spring Begins

25 26 27 28 29 30 31
1899: George F. Shiels, a
surgeon, earns the Medal
of Honor in a battle near 1942: Raymond Kelser
the Tuliahan River, in the AMEDD Civilian becomes the first Veterinary Good Friday
Philippine Islands. Corps Birthday Corps brigadier general. Passover Begins

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

National Nutrition Month
National Brain Injury Awareness Month
National Sleep Awareness Week - Mar 2-9
Patient Safety Awareness Week - Mar 11-17
Army Enlisted Medical Corps Birthday - Mar 1
Army Dental Corps Birthday - Mar 3
AMEDD Civilian Corps Birthday - Mar 26

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“What Medical Readiness and Training Command (MRTC) does, as the only collective medical training
command in the Army, is to help prepare our forces for whatever mission they may be called to execute.
It is fitting that MRTC is in the Army Reserve given the majority of deployable medical units are in the
Army Reserve.”
~ Brig. Gen. Michael C. O’Guinn
Deputy Surgeon General, U.S. Army Reserve
APRIL 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1777: Pay of nurses in Army
hospitals raised to $8 per month
plus a ration; matron (chief nurse)
1872: Hospital Steward reeived $15 plus a ration.
William Saunders is
recognized as the first World Health Day
Easter Sunday U.S. Army Dentist. Passover Ends

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1864: Mary E. Walker, the 1911: Dr. John Sayre

only female recipient of the Marshall becomes the
Medal of Honor is captured Army’s first commissioned
by Confederate troops. dental officer.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Army Medical Specialist

Corps Birthday

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

1908: Medical Reserve 1898: Surgeon General

Corps created, first element Sternberg gets approval to
of the Army Reserve. hire female nurses at $30
Earth Day U.S. Army Reserve Birthday month plus a ration.

29 30

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

Military Children’s Health Month
National Alcohol Awareness Month
World Health Day - Apr 7
Army Medical Specialist Corps Birthday - Apr 16

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“We must ensure the Army remains ready as the world’s premier combat force. It is paramount that
MEDCOM continue to develop, deploy, and sustain expert medical care for our Soldiers and their Families.”
~ Gen. Mark A. Milley
Chief of Staff of the Army
MAY 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
1 2
2003: The 498th Medical
Company (Air Ambulance)
ends its operations in
OIF after the company
evacuated 740 patients in
1909: Walter Reed General 314 missions during 1,687
Hospital opens. flight hours.
THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
3 4 5
1968: Sharon A. Lane, Army
Nurse Corps, begins training
at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Lane is the only U.S. Army
Nurse killed in Vietnam as
a result of hostile fire.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

National Nurse’s Week

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Mother’s Day Armed Forces Day

Women’s Health Week

20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1970: Sgt. 1st Class (later WO)
Louis R. Rocco, an enlisted
medical advisor with MACV, earns
the Medal of Honor by providing
treatment and rescuing wounded
1881: American Red troops from a burning helicopter,
Cross founded. sustaining serious wounds himself.

27 28 29 30 31

1943: First female in the Medical

Corps, Dr. (Maj.) Margaret 1945: 2,150 dietitians and
Craighill during WWII. 1,700 physical therapists
were authorized by the
Memorial Day War Department.

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

National Mental Health Month
National Physical Fitness & Sports Month
Better Speech & Hearing Month
National Nurse’s Week - May 6-12
Women’s Health Week - May 13-19

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“I’m happy to be playing even a small role in keeping Soldiers and Families healthy and hopefully
influencing a nation of healthier people in the process.”
~ Maj. Gen. Patrick D. Sargent
Deputy Commanding General for Operations,
U.S. Army Medical Command
JUNE 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1969: 1st Lt. Sharon Lane, Army
Nurse Corps, is killed by a
rocket attack on the 312th Evac
Hospital. Lane would be the only
Army Veterinary 1944: D-Day, Normandy Army nurse killed as the result
Corps Birthday Invasion. of enemy activity in Vietnam.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

1973: Lt. Col. Doris S. Frazier

is the first Army Nurse Corps
officer to graduate from the Army Birthday
Army War College. Flag Day

17 18 19 20 21 22 23
2000: James Okubo is
1965: Expert Field Medical posthumously awarded the
Badge approved. Medal of Honor 55 years
1812: U.S. Congress after his actions, as a combat
declares war on Britain medic during World War II.
Father’s Day beginning the War of 1812. Summer Begins

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

1950: North Korean

2014: Operation Inherent invasion of South Korea Army Medical Service
Resolve begins. starts the Korean War. Corps Birthday

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

National Men’s Health Month
National Safety Month/Summer Safety
Army Veterinary Corps Birthday - Jun 3
Army Medical Service Corps Birthday - Jun 30

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“Remind yourself often of where you have been and why you do what you do; to serve patients and their
families, to ease pain and suffering, to heal the sick and bring comfort to those in need, to make others
whole again. Always listen first and place the patient first…never stop learning.”
~ Col. Andrew M. Barr
Commander, Tripler Army Medical Center
JULY 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1863: The Battle of Gettysburg 1944: Cpt. Ben Salomon was
ends with over 14,000 US killed in action at Saipan while
1964: Maj. Charles Kelley WIA, and over 18,000 CSA defending patients. He was
killed in Vietnam; his call WIA. Camp Letterman is later awarded the Medal of
sign would be adopted for all established onsite to care for Honor and is the only dentist
medevac flights: DUSTOFF. the wounded. Independence Day to date to earn the award.

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

1943: U.S. Army Pharmacy

Corps established.

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

1798: James Craik

becomes the Physician
General of the U.S. Army.

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

AMEDD/Army Medical
Corps Birthday

29 30 31

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

AMEDD/Army Medical Corps Birthday - Jul 27

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“To get ready for combat we have to train. So we train hard on a daily basis to get ready for combat so
we can bring as many home as we can.”
~ Staff Sgt. Christopher Waiters
Army Medic
AUGUST 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4

U.S. Coast Guard Birthday

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

1917: 112th Medical Brigade 1917: 112th Medical Brigade 1917: First Chief of the Dental
(Ohio National Guard) enters (Ohio National Guard) enters Corps appointed, Maj. William
federal service. federal service. H.G. Logan.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

1967: The 18th Medical

Brigade (later the 18th
Medical Command) is
1945: Victory over Japan Day. activated at Fort Lee, Virginia.

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
1952: TOE 8-500 A was
published, providing for the
first time, the organization
and equipment of an air
ambulance detachment of 7 1942: The first class of 16 Army
officers, 21 enlisted men, and dietitian students enter duty at
5 utility helicopters. Walter Reed General Hospital.

26 27 28 29 30 31

1988: Ramstein Air Show

disaster, resulting in the death
of AMEDD MEDEVAC pilot
Women’s Equality Day Cpt. Kim Strader.

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

National Immunization & Influenza Vaccine
Awareness Month

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“We are facing dynamic challenges that demand our collective and immediate actions...Future forces,
ranging from small units to traditional military formations, may be widely dispersed with minimal, if any,
pre-established health care infrastructure. [This] is the reason why Army Medicine is accelerating and
fully investing in virtual health.”
~ Maj. Gen. Robert D. Tenhet
Deputy Surgeon General and Deputy Commanding General (Support)
U.S. Army Medical Command
SEPTEMBER 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
1950: Two helicopters are
assigned to the evacuation of
wounded from 2nd Infantry
Division clearing stations to the
8076 MASH, the first dedicated
medevac helicopters.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1928: The 4th Medical

Brigade is constituted in the
Organized Reserves as the
Labor Day 4th Auxiliary Surgical Group.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1970: 1st Lt. Kenneth Ledford,
Patriot Day & Jr. performs actions that
National Day of earned him the Navy Cross
Service & The only Army recipient of the
Rememberance Navy Cross in Vietnam.
Suicide Prevention Week
16 17 18 19 20 21 22

1877: Maj. Henry R. Tilton,

1862: The Battle of Antietam Surgeon, earns the Medal of
left almost 24,000 WIA, the U.S. Air Force Birthday Honor at Bear Paw Mountain Patriot National POW/
bloodiest day of the Civil War. Yom Kippur in Montana. MIA Recognition Day Autumn Begins

23 24 25 26 27 28 29
2001: Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
announces that the war
1918: The influenza epidemic against terrorism outside
hits Camp Pike, Arkansas, the United States would
with 450 cases admitted to be known as Operation
the Base Hospital. Enduring Freedom.

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Pain Awareness Month
Suicide Prevention Week - Sep 10-16

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“Often, when we think of readiness, we’re only thinking of the warfighter or active-duty Soldier. But
there are a lot of other green suiters who go to support that warfighter, and that’s our medical team.”
~ Lt. Col. Leah Triolt
Orthopedic Surgeon, 67th Forward Surgical Team
OCTOBER 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY
1 2
1966: The Civilian Health
and Medical Program of
the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) is created, and
provides care and services
for military dependents and
retired military personnel.
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
3 4 5 6
1994: U.S. Army Health 1917: Army Dental Corps
Services Command is officers were granted the
redesignated U.S. Army same rank, pay, promotion,
Medical Command. and retirement rights as
(MEDCOM). officers of the Medical Corps.

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

2001: Operation Enduring

Freedom begins. Columbus Day U.S. Navy Birthday

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2006: 212th MASH colors
are cased, and the 212th is 1949: The Army’s first
redesignated and reorganized trainees start licensed
as the 212th CSH (Combat practical nurse training at
Support Hospital). Walter Reed Army Hospital.

21 22 23 24
1955: The Bolton Bill
(Public Law 294, 84th
Congress) is approved.
The Bolton Bill provided
for the commissioning of
male nurses in the Army
Nurse Corps.
25 26 27
1944: The 807th Medical
Brigade/Command is
constituted in the Army
of the United States
as the 807th Medical
Service Detachment.

28 29 30 31

Halloween

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Substance Abuse Awareness Month
National Disability Employment Awareness Month

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“We need our Soldiers to know we are delivering the quality of care and meeting the requirement to
support the Force, whether in peacetime or in combat. They can count on Army Medicine without any
shadow of a doubt.”
~ Brig. Gen. R. Scott Dingle
Commander, Regional Health Command - Atlantic
NOVEMBER 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3

1994: U.S. Army Medical

Research Development
Command established at
Fort Detrick, MD.

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

1832: Surgeon General 1966: William Hamrick

Lovell gets whiskey becomes the first Medical
Daylight Savings removed from the ration; Service Corps Brig. Gen.
Time Ends sugar and coffee replace it. U.S. Marine Corps Birthday

11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1918: Active duty strength
of medical, dental and
veterinary officers of the
1918: End of World War I AMEDD was 989 MC, 229
Veteran’s Day DC, and 115 VC.

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

1902: Maj. Walter Reed,

Medical Corps, dies
from peritonitis after an
Thanksgiving Day appendectomy.

25 26 27 28 29 30

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

Warrior Care Month
National Diabetes Month
Tobacco Cessation Month

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“Readiness is foremost, and we must maintain the ability to flex with our service to provide the right
capability [and to continue] to meet or exceed national quality care standards in our garrison environment.”
~ Lt. Gen. Nadja Y. West
The Surgeon General and
Commanding General
U.S. Army Medical Command
DECEMBER 2018
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
1955: The 818th Hospital
Center (later the 818th
Medical Brigade)
reorganizes and is
redesignated as the 818th
Medical Detachment.

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1956: The first nurses Army vs. Navy football game

(all males) reported for Pearl Harbor 1941: Congress declares
Hanukkah Begins airborne training. Rememberance Day war on Japan.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15
1944: The U.S. Army’s twenty-
first hospital ship was named
The Ernestine A. Koranda in
honor of Lieutenant Koranda,
ANC, who died in an airplane
crash on 19 December 1943 in
Hanukkah Ends the Southwest Pacific. U.S. National Guard Birthday

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

1961: Dunham Army 1899: Surgeon Paul F.

Hospital, Carlisle Barracks Straub earns the Medal
named in memory or Maj. of Honor.
Gen. George C. Dunham. Winter Begins

23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29

1965: The 44th Medical

Brigade is constituted in
the Regular Army. New Year’s Eve Christmas Day Kwanzaa

NOTES Army Medicine Observances

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ONE TEAM, ONE PURPOSE...CONSERVING THE FIGHTING STRENGTH SINCE 1775!