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Operation Desert Storm: Problems With Air Force Medical Readiness

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 30, 1993
Report No. NSIAD-94-58
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Summary:

The medical and evacuation units provided by the Air Force during Operation Desert Storm would have been unable to handle the projected number of casualties. Further, even though actual casualty rates fell short of the predictions, the units still had a hard time accomplishing their missions. Units did not have enough or the right mix of people; supplies were often incompatible with the equipment, missing, or outdated; many personnel were inadequately trained; and the system used to regulate the movement of patients did not work. According to Air Force personnel, the Air Force's system of forming teams to meet staffing requirements was biased and caused low troop morale.

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