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United States Army Medical Command, the Glossary

The U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) is a direct reporting unit of the U.S. Army that formerly provided command and control of the Army's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities, providing preventive care, medical research and development and training institutions.^[1]

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Medical Commands of the United States Army
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Air Force Reserve Command

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Alcide M. Lanoue

Alcide Moodie "Cid" LaNoue (November 2, 1934 – February 20, 2021) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army.

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Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine

The Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) is a federally funded institution in the United States, which is committed to develop clinical therapies for the following five areas.

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Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences

The Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS) (สถาบันวิจัยวิทยาศาสตร์การแพทย์ทหาร) is a United States Army project that started as a collaboration with the Government of Thailand to fight a cholera outbreak in Bangkok in 1958 and 1959.

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Army Medical Department (United States)

The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army (AMEDD), formerly known as the Army Medical Service (AMS), encompasses the Army's six medical Special Branches (or "Corps").

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Army Wounded Warrior Program

The Army Wounded Warrior Program (AW2) is the official U.S. Army program that assists and advocates for severely wounded, ill or injured Soldiers, Veterans, and their Families and Caregivers, wherever they are located, regardless of military status.

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Caduceus as a symbol of medicine

The caduceus is the traditional symbol of Hermes and features two snakes winding around an often winged staff.

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Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center

The Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center is a United States Department of Defense medical facility at Fort Cavazos, Texas.

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Chief of Staff of the United States Army

The chief of staff of the Army (CSA) is a statutory position in the United States Army held by a general officer.

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Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen

The U.S. Army Public Health Center (APHC) is a United States Army element headquartered at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, United States. United States Army Medical Command and Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen are medical Commands of the United States Army.

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Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury

The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (DCoE) is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) organization that provides guidance across DoD programs related to psychological health (PH) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) issues.

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Defense Health Agency

The Defense Health Agency (DHA) is a joint, integrated combat support agency that enables the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force medical services to provide a medically ready force and ready medical force to Combatant Commands in both peacetime and wartime.

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Fort Sam Houston

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. United States Army Medical Command and Fort Sam Houston are joint Base San Antonio.

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Humanitarianism

Humanitarianism is an ideology centered on the value of human life, whereby humans practice benevolent treatment and provide assistance to other humans to reduce suffering and improve the conditions of humanity for moral, altruistic, and emotional reasons.

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JAMA

JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association.

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Landstuhl Regional Medical Center

The Landstuhl Regional Medical Center (LRMC), also known as Landstuhl Hospital, is a U.S. Army post in Landstuhl, Germany, near Ramstein Air Base.

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Lieutenant general (United States)

In the United States Armed Forces, a lieutenant general is a three-star general officer in the United States Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Space Force.

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Madigan Army Medical Center

The Madigan Army Medical Center, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside Lakewood, Washington, is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the United States.

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Mary Krueger

Mary Krueger Izaguirre is a United States Army lieutenant general and physician who serves as the surgeon general of the United States Army.

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Military Medicine (journal)

Military Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of medicine in military settings.

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National Guard (United States)

The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the U.S. military's reserve components of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force when activated for federal missions.

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National Museum of Health and Medicine

The National Museum of Health and Medicine (NMHM) is a museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. The museum was founded by U.S. Army Surgeon General William A. Hammond as the Army Medical Museum (AMM) in 1862; it became the NMHM in 1989 and relocated to its present site at the Army's Forest Glen Annex in 2011.

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Preventive healthcare

Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.

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Research and development

Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.

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San Antonio

San Antonio (Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 US census.

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Shoulder sleeve insignia

Shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI) are distinctive cloth patches worn on the left sleeve of the United States Army uniform just below the shoulder seam by soldiers assigned to divisions, corps, armies, and other specifically authorized organizations.

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Surgeon General of the United States Army

The Surgeon General of the United States Army is the senior-most officer of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD).

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Tricare

Tricare (styled TRICARE) is a health care program of the United States Department of Defense Military Health System.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Dental Command

The U.S. Army Dental Command, known as DENCOM is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Medical Command that provides command and control of the Army's fixed-facility dental treatment facilities, preventive care, dental research, development and training institutions, dental treatment to ensure the oral health and readiness of the force, a trained dental force for worldwide deployment, and structures for evolving missions of the Army. United States Army Medical Command and United States Army Dental Command are medical Commands of the United States Army.

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United States Army Health Services Command

The U.S. Army Health Services Command was activated on 1 April 1973 as part of a reorganization of the Army Medical Department. United States Army Medical Command and United States Army Health Services Command are medical Commands of the United States Army.

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United States Army Materiel Command

The U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) is the primary provider of materiel to the United States Army.

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United States Army Medical Department Center and School

The U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) is located at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. United States Army Medical Command and United States Army Medical Department Center and School are joint Base San Antonio.

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United States Army Medical Materiel Agency

The United States Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA), is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and serves as the U.S. Army's life cycle management command (LCMC) and executive agent for strategic medical acquisition, project management and logistics programs.

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United States Army Medical Research and Development Command

The United States Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is the United States Army's medical materiel developer, responsible for medical research, development, and acquisition. United States Army Medical Command and United States Army Medical Research and Development Command are medical Commands of the United States Army.

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United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD) is a military medical research institute located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, US.

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United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases

The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) is the U.S Army's main institution and facility for defensive research into countermeasures against biological warfare.

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United States Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya

The United States Army Medical Research Directorate-Africa (USAMRD-A) — previously known as the "U.S. Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya (USAMRU-K)" — is a "Special Foreign Activity" of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.

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United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM) is the U.S Army’s main institution and facility for military environmental medicine and exercise physiology research.

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United States Army Reserve

The United States Army Reserve (USAR) is a reserve force of the United States Army. United States Army Medical Command and United States Army Reserve are United States Army Direct Reporting Units.

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United States Army Training and Doctrine Command

The United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) is a major command of the United States Army headquartered at Fort Eustis, Virginia.

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United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

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Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is the largest biomedical research facility administered by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

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William Beaumont Army Medical Center

William Beaumont Army Medical Center is a Department of Defense medical facility located in Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Womack Army Medical Center

Womack Army Medical Center (WAMC) is a United States Army-run military hospital that is located on Fort Liberty near Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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6th Medical Logistics Management Center (United States Army)

The 6th Medical Logistics Management Center (6MLMC), a direct reporting unit of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with administrative control and training readiness authority to the Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick, Maryland, and serves as the Army's only deployable medical materiel management center worldwide.

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7th Medical Command

The 7th Medical Command provided Echelon/Role 4 Health Service Support to units of the United States Army Europe. United States Army Medical Command and 7th Medical Command are medical Commands of the United States Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Medical_Command

Also known as MEDCOM, U.S. Army Medical Command, U.S. Army Medical Command (MEDCOM), United States Army Medical Command (MEDCOM).

United States Army Medical Command, the Glossary

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Joint Base San Antonio

Medical Commands of the United States Army

United States Army Direct Reporting Units

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