AMEDD BOLC - Communicate the Army Health System
(AHS) PLANNING
AHS Planning The focus of the medical planning process should be to quickly develop a
flexible, tactically sound, fully integrated and synchronized plan that
supports the tactical commander’s mission.
Role of the Medical Planner • Conducts timely and comprehensive planning to
determine medical requirements before, during, and after all
phases of operations
• Conducts mission analysis to determine the allocation of AHS
resources and planned locations of medical assets
• Integrates the medical plans with the tactical plans
• Provides commanders with a sketch of medical capabilities in
their area of operations and in the operational environment
Medical Platoon Leader as a Staff Officer • The medical platoon leader is a part of the Commander's special staff
• The platoon leader writes the medical portion of the battalion operations
order
• The platoon leader then uses the same order to issue to the platoon
during subsequent TLPs
Conformity (Principles of the AHS) - Ensures that a comprehensive AHS support plan conforms to tactical plans
- Medical assets are arrayed on the battlefield properly
Proximity (Principles of the AHS) - Provide medical support at the right time and place
- Medical resources employed as far forward as possible, without
impeding ongoing operations
Flexibility (Principles of the AHS) - Ability to shift AHS resources to meet changing battlefield requirements
- Changes in plans or operations make flexibility in AHS support planning
and execution essential
, Mobility (Principles of the AHS) - AHS assets remain in supporting distance to support maneuvering forces
- Vehicle hardening equal to that of supported unit
Continuity (Principles of the AHS) - Patient moves through progressive, phased roles of care
- Each Soldier receives the care required to optimize patient outcome
*** Control (Principles of the AHS) - Resources are efficiently employed
- Ensure scope and quality of medical treatment meets professional standards
and policies
Principles of Planning • Understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future condition, and
laying out effective ways to bring that future about
• Results in a plan or order that communicates the commander's vision
• Directs action to synchronize forces in time, space, and purpose for
achieving objectives and accomplishing missions
• Apply critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe
unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them
*** Medical Operational Planning Factors 1. Be there - maintain a medical presence with the Soldier
2. Maintain the health of the Command
3.Save lives
4. Clear the battlefield of casualties
5.Provide state of the art medical care
6. Ensure early return to duty
Understanding Commander's Intent • describes what constitutes success for the mission including the:
1. Operation's purpose
2. Key tasks
3.Conditions that define the end state
• Understanding the commander's intent enables the medical planner to
plan AHS support that is synchronized with the scheme of maneuver and flexible
enough to adapt
• Medical planners may not always receive the commander's medical
guidance
Steps of MDMP 1. Receipt of mission
2. Mission analysis
3.COA development
4. COA analysis
5.COA comparison
6. COA approval
7. Orders, production
Receive the Mission - Commanders initiate the MDMP upon receipt or in anticipation of a mission.
- This step alerts all participants of the pending planning requirements,
enabling them to determine the amount of time available for planning and
preparation.
(AHS) PLANNING
AHS Planning The focus of the medical planning process should be to quickly develop a
flexible, tactically sound, fully integrated and synchronized plan that
supports the tactical commander’s mission.
Role of the Medical Planner • Conducts timely and comprehensive planning to
determine medical requirements before, during, and after all
phases of operations
• Conducts mission analysis to determine the allocation of AHS
resources and planned locations of medical assets
• Integrates the medical plans with the tactical plans
• Provides commanders with a sketch of medical capabilities in
their area of operations and in the operational environment
Medical Platoon Leader as a Staff Officer • The medical platoon leader is a part of the Commander's special staff
• The platoon leader writes the medical portion of the battalion operations
order
• The platoon leader then uses the same order to issue to the platoon
during subsequent TLPs
Conformity (Principles of the AHS) - Ensures that a comprehensive AHS support plan conforms to tactical plans
- Medical assets are arrayed on the battlefield properly
Proximity (Principles of the AHS) - Provide medical support at the right time and place
- Medical resources employed as far forward as possible, without
impeding ongoing operations
Flexibility (Principles of the AHS) - Ability to shift AHS resources to meet changing battlefield requirements
- Changes in plans or operations make flexibility in AHS support planning
and execution essential
, Mobility (Principles of the AHS) - AHS assets remain in supporting distance to support maneuvering forces
- Vehicle hardening equal to that of supported unit
Continuity (Principles of the AHS) - Patient moves through progressive, phased roles of care
- Each Soldier receives the care required to optimize patient outcome
*** Control (Principles of the AHS) - Resources are efficiently employed
- Ensure scope and quality of medical treatment meets professional standards
and policies
Principles of Planning • Understanding a situation, envisioning a desired future condition, and
laying out effective ways to bring that future about
• Results in a plan or order that communicates the commander's vision
• Directs action to synchronize forces in time, space, and purpose for
achieving objectives and accomplishing missions
• Apply critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize, and describe
unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them
*** Medical Operational Planning Factors 1. Be there - maintain a medical presence with the Soldier
2. Maintain the health of the Command
3.Save lives
4. Clear the battlefield of casualties
5.Provide state of the art medical care
6. Ensure early return to duty
Understanding Commander's Intent • describes what constitutes success for the mission including the:
1. Operation's purpose
2. Key tasks
3.Conditions that define the end state
• Understanding the commander's intent enables the medical planner to
plan AHS support that is synchronized with the scheme of maneuver and flexible
enough to adapt
• Medical planners may not always receive the commander's medical
guidance
Steps of MDMP 1. Receipt of mission
2. Mission analysis
3.COA development
4. COA analysis
5.COA comparison
6. COA approval
7. Orders, production
Receive the Mission - Commanders initiate the MDMP upon receipt or in anticipation of a mission.
- This step alerts all participants of the pending planning requirements,
enabling them to determine the amount of time available for planning and
preparation.
