Navy Medicine Campaign Plan supports Expeditionary Medicine and Prepares for Future Fight

Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Russell Lindsey | CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Nov. 15, 2022) – Navy Role 2 providers simulate casualty care with high fidelity manikins in the onboard ship simulator at Naval Expeditionary Medical Institute (NEMTI) during Operation Firebreak,November 15. Operation Firebreak is an exercise designed to evaluate operational readiness through simulated point of injury treatment and transport of casualties to the next level of care. Navy Medicine Operational Training Command (NMOTC) is comprised of six nationwide detachments that offer specialized medical training in the fields of aviation, aviation survival, surface and undersea warfare, expeditionary and special operations medicine. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Russell Lindsey  

FALLS CHURCH, VA, UNITED STATES

12.13.2023

Story by BUMED PAO 

U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The U.S. Navy Surgeon General has released Navy Medicine’s first-ever campaign plan.

The five-year plan directs actions across the enterprise to ensure Navy Medicine has trained, equipped, certified, maintained, and sustained medical forces and units capable of supporting the Joint and Naval force.

“This plan provides a five-year future state roadmap,” said Rear Admiral Darin Via, U.S. Navy Surgeon General. “We are taking this action because Sailors and Marines are operating in contested battlespaces that are quickly growing in lethality, complexity, and scope – and we must be ready now for the next fight.”

The campaign plan is organized along Navy Medicine’s four lines of effort:

1) Deliver Expeditionary Medicine Systems.
2) Increase Sailor and Marine Deployability.
3) Provide Quality Healthcare and Patient Safety Programs Across the Naval Force.
4) Recruit and Retain Navy Medicine Shipmates.

“We are responsible for maintaining and increasing the survivability and lethality of the Navy and Marine Corps’ most valuable weapon system – People,” Via said. “And our campaign plan ensures our organization is focused on maximizing the readiness of operational and medical forces and strengthening our integrated system of readiness and health.”

The campaign plan, updated annually, is supported by yearly operational orders, and follows several organizational changes already implemented at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and its subordinate commands, Naval Medical Forces Atlantic, Naval Medical Forces Pacific, and Naval Medical Forces Support Command. These changes include the establishment of a Maritime Headquarters (MHQ) and Maritime Operations Center (MOC) construct at each command.

The campaign plan supports national defense strategy and other Navy and Marine Corps strategic documents. It builds the foundation for Navy Medicine to enhance warfighter medical readiness and successfully operate in the high-end fight.

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Navy Medicine — comprised of more than 40,000 highly-trained military and civilian health care professionals — provides enduring expeditionary support to the warfighter on, below, and above the sea, and ashore.

• Date Taken: 12.13.2023
• Date Posted: 12.13.2023 16:53
• Story ID: 459883
• Location: FALLS CHURCH, VA, US