Welcome to The Medical Staff Section
Mission
"Provide planning, advice, recommendations, monitoring, and assistance in all areas of HSS to the staff and Marine forces assigned to MARFORCOM, MARFOREUR, and MARFORSOUTH. To provide support for HSS tasking from higher Headquarters and coordination with adjacent headquarters via appropriate staff channels as directed."
Vision
"Provide the best possible HSS system and support for all Marine Corps operations under the cognizance of the Commander MARFORCOM."
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Points of Contact |
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Force Surgeon
(MARFORCOM, MARFORSOUTH, & MARFOREUR)
(757) 836-1682 |
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Force Dental Officer/Deputy Force Surgeon
(757) 836-1520 |
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Senior Medical Planner
(757) 836-1683 |
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Force Environmental Health Officer
(MARFORCOM, MARFORSOUTH, and MARFOREUR)
(757) 836-1687 |
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Medical Planner/MAO
(757) 836-1521 |
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LCPO
(757) 836-1688 |
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Admin
(757) 836-1552 |
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Dental Liaison
(757) 836-1684 |
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Credentials
(757) 836-1685 |
Duties & Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities assigned to the FORCE (Command) Medical Officer and Dental Officer are outlined in FMFM 3-1 and amplified in MARFORCOMO P5000.1H. To enhance support to MARFORCOM’s mission and to coordinate with other staff areas within the command headquarters, it is useful to view all personnel under the Force Surgeon and Force Dental Officer as functioning as one integrated health services support staff section. In this way the Force Surgeon, Force Dental Officer, the Environmental Health Officer, the Medical Planners, the supporting enlisted Corpsmen, and Dental Technician represent a team of professional staff providing health services input, oversight and planning.
The actions of this staff include providing:
Advice
Assistance
Recommendations
Coordination
Evaluations
Monitoring the diverse responsibilities of HSS
Included in these responsibilities are:
HSS operational planning
Force health protection measures
Medical surveillance
Manpower requirements for medical personnel
Facilities and platform requirements
Coordination of inter-service support
Class VIII and medical/dental equipment needs
Oversight and review of medical supporting plans
Monitoring a variety of tracking programs
Evaluating training requirements for force medical personnel
Background
As a staff of a component command headquarters, some of these areas of responsibilities fall under our role in the operational chain of command and some fall within our Service role. Some functions overlap both areas. The list of tasks assigned in MARFORCOMO P5000.1H is very broad. We need to review these and bring them into focus by prioritizing the tasks and become excellent at those that are our essential tasks. We need to look for opportunities to be proactively involved and make our efforts count. Headquarters’ staff work especially at the level of this staff can quickly become dull, boring, and all reactive or we can chose to make a difference. Presence is more than just showing up. We need to shine like a light bulb and focus like a laser. The staff needs to be out of the office, interfacing, and involved with other sections, especially the G 3/5/7, G 4, and some with the G 1. This is both for situational awareness and to be visible. We need much better communication and liaison with medical treatment facilities on MARFORCOM bases and stations; we need to take the initiative in tracking all medical readiness and in coordinating issues regarding the health status of activated Marine reservists and the activation of reservist corpsmen assigned to activated reserve Marine units. A critical problem is evaluation of the adequacy of training of medical personnel assigned to or in support of Marine Corps units. We can play a key role in this area. There are some special projects that need advocacy and honest brokerage that I think we can take the lead on for the Marine Corps and Navy Medicine. We also need to be more attentive and involved in our assigned roles under MARFOREUR and MARFORSOUTH. There is much to do.