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62nd Medical Brigade (United States)
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The 62nd Medical Brigade, formerly the 62nd Medical Group of the United States Army
is a unit of the Army Medical Department
and I Corps and Fort Lewis. It is based entirely at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
, Washington. Currently, the Brigade is commanded by Colonel John A. Powell and Command Sergeant Major Eugene Jeffers. The commander's mission statement for the success of the brigade is as follows:
Most recently, the Brigade has been tasked to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
It was activated on 25 January 1943 as the 62nd Medical Battalion, Motorized, at Fort Leonard Wood
, Missouri
.
On 15 September 1943 the Battalion was recognized and re-designated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Battalion, the 578th Ambulance Company, the 501st Collecting Company, the 502nd Collecting Company and the 635th Clearing Company.
It was then reorganized and re-designated 8 October 1957 as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Group in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany, The 7th Medical Brigade was the next higher headquarters. HHD 62nd Medical Group had a Unit (PCS) Personnel Change of Station to Ft Lewis, Washington where it has been stationed to the present.
On 16 October 2001, the 62nd Medical Group was re-designated as 62nd Medical Brigade. Additionally, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company.
During its service in WWII, the 62nd Medical Brigade participated in four campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe and then was inactivated on 13 November 1945. Since its reactivation 1 October 1956 in Germany, and on 8 October 1957 as the 62nd Medical Group it has participated in numerous exercises and operations including relief operations following Hurricane Andrew
. The Brigade received credit for participation in seven campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe during WWII; Defense of Saudi Arabia
, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait in Southwest Asia; and Operation Restore Hope, Somalia in Eastern Africa. The unit was awarded the Joint Award for meritorious achievement while serving with the Task Force Somalia from 5 December 1992 to 4 May 1993.
The Headquarters, 62nd Medical Brigade began initial planning for deployment as the Medical Brigade for Task Force Ironhorse, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas. The Brigade was one element of the Task Force planned to enter Iraq through Turkey. When the Northern option dissolved, the Brigade deployed to Kuwait in February 2003, where it received its change of mission from V CORPS, 900 km through Kuwait to Mosul, Iraq
, the Brigade made it quicker and safer than any other Combat Service Support
unit in theater. At end state, Task Force Steadfast provided echelon above division combat health support to the 101st Airborne Division
(Air Assault). The multi-component Task Force had representation from the National Guard, Reserves, and Active Component that provided command and control, hospitalizations, ground and air evacuation, preventive medicine
, combat stress, medical logistics
, and area medical support. The Brigade Headquarters redeployed to Fort Lewis in August 2003, with the last Brigade’s element returned on July 2004.
The 62nd Medical Brigade received orders for a second rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06 in June 2004. The Headquarters, 62nd Medical Brigade began planning for deployment as the sustainment Theater of Operations
Medical Command and Control. The Brigade deployed to Kuwait in December 2004, as the Headquarters element of a multi component task force which includes, Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine elements from the Active and Reserve component. The task force provided Level III Hospitalization, Vet services, PM, Mental Health
, Combat Stress, Logistics, Ground and Air evacuation operations throughout CENTCOM
Area of Responsibility. Level III Hospitalization was performed by Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Portsmouth and Dallas (USN), Vet Services by 993rd and 64th Vet Detachment (USA), Preventive Medicine Services by FDPMU-E (USN), Mental Health Services by COSTAF (USAF), Combat Stress Services by (USN), Logistical Support by Forward Team, 6th MMLC and the 551st Med Log Co (USA), Ground Evacuation by the 514th Medical Company (GA) (USA), and Air Evacuation by the 236th Medical Company (AA) (USA).
Campaign participation includes the following: World War II
in Europe; Korean War
; Third Korean Winter; Korea Summer 1953; Southwest Asia (Desert Shield/Desert Storm); Operation Restore Hope (Somalia
); Hurricane Mitch
Relief in Nicaragua
; Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom 03-05, and Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06.
Unit Decorations include the Meritorious Unit Commendation
(Army), Central Europe Streamer, Normandy Streamer, Rhineland Streamer, France Liberation Streamer, Streamer Embroidered Southwest Asia; Joint Meritorious Unit Award
, Streamer Embroidered Somalia; and the Joint Meritorious Unit Achievement for Hurricane Mitch Relief, and an Operation Iraqi Freedom Streamer.
Since the United States began the Global War on Terrorism
, 62nd Medical Brigade has deployed its Proud and Steadfast soldiers twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and three times to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Mid-morning on 10 July 2007, at a local Fort Lewis Gymnasium, 62nd Medical Brigade's colors were cased once again for OIF 07-09. 62nd Medical Brigade will command and control all medical aspects (Medical, Dental, Preventive Medicine, Veterinarian Services, Combat Stress Control, and Medical Logistics)in support of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, contractors and local Iraqis in the Iraq Theatre of Operations. Casing the colors was guest Brigadier General
Sheila Baxter, Commander of Madigan Army Medical Center
and Western Regional Medical Command.
, ambulance care, preventive medicine, combat stress control, among others.
56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion
47th Combat Support Hospital
Other Subordinate Units
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
is a unit of the Army Medical Department
Army Medical Department (United States)
The Army Medical Department of the U.S. Army – known as the AMEDD – comprises the Army's six medical Special Branches of officers and medical enlisted soldiers. It was established as the "Army Hospital" in July 1775 to coordinate the medical care required by the Continental Army during the...
and I Corps and Fort Lewis. It is based entirely at Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Joint Base Lewis-McChord is a United States military facility located south-southwest of Tacoma, Washington. The facility is under the jurisdiction of the United States Army Joint Base Garrison, Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
, Washington. Currently, the Brigade is commanded by Colonel John A. Powell and Command Sergeant Major Eugene Jeffers. The commander's mission statement for the success of the brigade is as follows:
Organize, train, equip, deploy, and command and control medical forces in support of global contingencies. Provide full and direct force health protection operations in support of forces engaged in full spectrum operations.
Most recently, the Brigade has been tasked to deploy to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
History https://ftextra.lewis.army.mil/62ndMed/history.htm
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 62nd Medical Brigade was constituted on 19 December 1942 as the 62nd Medical Battalion Corps.It was activated on 25 January 1943 as the 62nd Medical Battalion, Motorized, at Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood (military base)
Fort Leonard Wood is a United States Army installation located in the Missouri Ozarks. The main gate is located on the southern boundary of St. Robert. The post was created in December 1940 and named in honor of General Leonard Wood, former Chief of Staff, in January 1941...
, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
.
On 15 September 1943 the Battalion was recognized and re-designated as follows: Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Battalion, the 578th Ambulance Company, the 501st Collecting Company, the 502nd Collecting Company and the 635th Clearing Company.
It was then reorganized and re-designated 8 October 1957 as the Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 62nd Medical Group in Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland Pfalz, Federal Republic of Germany, The 7th Medical Brigade was the next higher headquarters. HHD 62nd Medical Group had a Unit (PCS) Personnel Change of Station to Ft Lewis, Washington where it has been stationed to the present.
On 16 October 2001, the 62nd Medical Group was re-designated as 62nd Medical Brigade. Additionally, Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment was re-designated as Headquarters and Headquarters Company.
During its service in WWII, the 62nd Medical Brigade participated in four campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe and then was inactivated on 13 November 1945. Since its reactivation 1 October 1956 in Germany, and on 8 October 1957 as the 62nd Medical Group it has participated in numerous exercises and operations including relief operations following Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season...
. The Brigade received credit for participation in seven campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe during WWII; Defense of Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
, Liberation and Defense of Kuwait in Southwest Asia; and Operation Restore Hope, Somalia in Eastern Africa. The unit was awarded the Joint Award for meritorious achievement while serving with the Task Force Somalia from 5 December 1992 to 4 May 1993.
The Headquarters, 62nd Medical Brigade began initial planning for deployment as the Medical Brigade for Task Force Ironhorse, 4th Infantry Division from Fort Hood, Texas. The Brigade was one element of the Task Force planned to enter Iraq through Turkey. When the Northern option dissolved, the Brigade deployed to Kuwait in February 2003, where it received its change of mission from V CORPS, 900 km through Kuwait to Mosul, Iraq
Mosul
Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...
, the Brigade made it quicker and safer than any other Combat Service Support
Combat service support
Combat service support is a subset of military logistics. Combat service support is more limited in depth than logistics, as it primarily addresses those factors directly influencing combat operations.-United States Army:...
unit in theater. At end state, Task Force Steadfast provided echelon above division combat health support to the 101st Airborne Division
101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division—the "Screaming Eagles"—is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. During World War II, it was renowned for its role in Operation Overlord, the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944, in Normandy, France, Operation Market Garden, the...
(Air Assault). The multi-component Task Force had representation from the National Guard, Reserves, and Active Component that provided command and control, hospitalizations, ground and air evacuation, preventive medicine
Preventive medicine
Preventive medicine or preventive care refers to measures taken to prevent diseases, rather than curing them or treating their symptoms...
, combat stress, medical logistics
Medical logistics
Medical logistics is the logistics of pharmaceuticals, medical and surgical supplies, medical devices and equipment, and other products needed to support doctors, nurses, and other health and dental care providers...
, and area medical support. The Brigade Headquarters redeployed to Fort Lewis in August 2003, with the last Brigade’s element returned on July 2004.
The 62nd Medical Brigade received orders for a second rotation in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06 in June 2004. The Headquarters, 62nd Medical Brigade began planning for deployment as the sustainment Theater of Operations
Theater (warfare)
In warfare, a theater, is defined as an area or place within which important military events occur or are progressing. The entirety of the air, land, and sea area that is or that may potentially become involved in war operations....
Medical Command and Control. The Brigade deployed to Kuwait in December 2004, as the Headquarters element of a multi component task force which includes, Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine elements from the Active and Reserve component. The task force provided Level III Hospitalization, Vet services, PM, Mental Health
Mental health
Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
, Combat Stress, Logistics, Ground and Air evacuation operations throughout CENTCOM
United States Central Command
The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense...
Area of Responsibility. Level III Hospitalization was performed by Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Portsmouth and Dallas (USN), Vet Services by 993rd and 64th Vet Detachment (USA), Preventive Medicine Services by FDPMU-E (USN), Mental Health Services by COSTAF (USAF), Combat Stress Services by (USN), Logistical Support by Forward Team, 6th MMLC and the 551st Med Log Co (USA), Ground Evacuation by the 514th Medical Company (GA) (USA), and Air Evacuation by the 236th Medical Company (AA) (USA).
Campaign participation includes the following: World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
in Europe; Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
; Third Korean Winter; Korea Summer 1953; Southwest Asia (Desert Shield/Desert Storm); Operation Restore Hope (Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...
); Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch
Hurricane Mitch was the most powerful hurricane and the most destructive of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph . The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the season. Along with Hurricane Georges, Mitch...
Relief in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
; Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, Operation Iraqi Freedom 03-05, and Operation Iraqi Freedom 04-06.
Unit Decorations include the Meritorious Unit Commendation
Meritorious Unit Commendation
The Meritorious Unit Commendation is a mid-level unit award of the United States military which is awarded to any military command which displays exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding service, heroic deeds, or valorous actions....
(Army), Central Europe Streamer, Normandy Streamer, Rhineland Streamer, France Liberation Streamer, Streamer Embroidered Southwest Asia; Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
The Joint Meritorious Unit Award is a military award that was established on June 4, 1981 by Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger and was implemented by Department of Defense Directive 1348.27 dated July 22, 1982...
, Streamer Embroidered Somalia; and the Joint Meritorious Unit Achievement for Hurricane Mitch Relief, and an Operation Iraqi Freedom Streamer.
Since the United States began the Global War on Terrorism
War on Terrorism
The War on Terror is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign led by the United States and the United Kingdom with the support of other North Atlantic Treaty Organisation as well as non-NATO countries...
, 62nd Medical Brigade has deployed its Proud and Steadfast soldiers twice to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and three times to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iraqi Freedom 07-09
Brigadier General
Brigadier general is a senior rank in the armed forces. It is the lowest ranking general officer in some countries, usually sitting between the ranks of colonel and major general. When appointed to a field command, a brigadier general is typically in command of a brigade consisting of around 4,000...
Sheila Baxter, Commander of Madigan Army Medical Center
Madigan Army Medical Center
Madigan Army Medical Center, located on Joint Base Lewis-McChord just outside Tacoma, Washington, is a key component of the Madigan Healthcare System and one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the USA....
and Western Regional Medical Command.
Subordinate units
The 62nd Medical Brigade comprises the following subordinate units whose missions include area support medical careHealth care
Health care is the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in humans. Health care is delivered by practitioners in medicine, chiropractic, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, allied health, and other care providers...
, ambulance care, preventive medicine, combat stress control, among others.
56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion
- 102nd Forward Surgical Team
- 153rd Medical Detachment (Blood Support)
- 227th Medical Detachment(Preventive Medicine)
- 255th Medical Detachment(Preventive Medicine)
- 250th Forward Surgical Team
- 514th Medical Company (Ground Ambulance)
- 520th Medical Company (Area Support)
- 547th Medical Company (Area Support)
- 551st Medical Logistics Company
- 758th Forward Surgical Team
- 218th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Service)
- 575th Medical Company (Area Support)
47th Combat Support Hospital
- Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment, 47th Combat Support HospitalCombat support hospitalA Combat Support Hospital is a type of field hospital. The CSH is a United States military mobile hospital delivered to the Corps Support Area in standard military-owned Demountable Containers cargo containers and assembled by the staff into a tent hospital to treat wounded soldiers. A CSH also...
- A Company, 47th Combat Support Hospital
- B Company, 47th Combat Support Hospital
Other Subordinate Units
- 98th Medical Company (Combat Stress)
- 673rd Medical Company (Dental)