AMEDD Restructure: Impacts to the Mission and Readiness of the Force

By CPT Maria P. Ong, CPT Nicholas McGregor, and ENS Gavin Clark

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Analysis of AMEDD restructuring since 2020, examining personnel reductions, DHA transition impacts, and readiness challenges. Explores workload increases, staffing shortages, and capacity gaps affecting combat casualty care and LSCO preparedness.

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Night-vision view showing a soldier inside a military vehicle adjusting night-vision goggles on their helmet,
illuminated in a green-tinted display.

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AMEDD Restructure: Impacts to the Mission and Readiness of the Force

Maj. Jason Christman and Col. Kenney Wells argue that mobile optometry detachments are critical to maintaining combat effectiveness in large-scale combat operations by providing in-theater eye care and glasses fabrication, thereby increasing return-to-duty rates and reducing evacuation burdens. They challenge the traditional "life, limb, or eyesight" evacuation paradigm by demonstrating that vision-related casualties can be effectively treated forward, preserving fighting strength.

By Maj. Jason Christman and Col. Kenney Wells

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Hope for the Best, Train for the Worst: Modernizing Army Medicine's Premier Health Physics Course for Multi-Domain Operations and Large-Scale Combat Operations

Military training exercise Operation RAD RANGER: soldiers practice radiological response, hazmat procedures, tactical planning.

U.S. Army X-ray technicians with the 512th Field Hospital examine a patient via X-ray in the Emergency Medicine tent.

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The 7 Commandments of Clinical Leadership: A Framework for Transforming Team Culture, Readiness, and Care Delivery

A mission-tested leadership framework for military healthcare professionals, outlining seven actionable principles to enhance team cohesion, operational readiness, and patient outcomes in complex clinical and combat environments.

Several large military tactical trucks and Humvees are lined up in a desert training area with mountains in the background. A group of soldiers in full gear stands beside one of the trucks, which displays a medical cross marking. The scene appears to depict a field exercise or logistics operation in a rugged environment.

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Global Medic 25-01: Forging Army Reserve Medical Readiness in A New Era of Large-Scale Combat Operations

This article examines Global Medic 25-01, the capstone medical readiness exercise for U.S. Army Reserve forces, conducted as part of Operation Mojave Falcon in May-June 2025. Brigadier General Todd W. Traver analyzes how over 1,200 Soldiers—including 19 Canadian troops—trained across multiple California locations to validate combat health support capabilities under large-scale combat operations (LSCO) conditions.