Joint Special Operations Task Force – Phillipines (jsotf-p) Joint Medcap Planning

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Joint Special Operations Task Force – Phillipines (jsotf-p) Joint Medcap Planning
Fletcher J, Dominguez J, Walker T, Gallaher P 7(4). 43
Publication Type: Journal Article

Abstract:
Over the last several years civil military operations (CMO) have increasingly become a vital part of a commander’s overall mission strategy. Special Operations Forces Medics help support a commander’s CMO plan by planning, coordinating, and executing medical civil action programs (MEDCAPs). SOF Medics face unique challenges in planning and successfully executingMEDCAPs at the operational and tactical level of war. However, because of shared experiences in different combatant commands, civil affairs teams (CAT-As), and operational detachments alpha (ODAs) are developing successful tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for conductingMEDCAPs through a professional peer exchange within the JSOTF-P. The TTPs developed enable the CAT-A or ODA to immediately establish credibility, foster rapport, and improve contacts with local government units, local government organizations, non-government organizations, and host nation counterparts. The professional peer exchange provides the CAT-A or ODA team with the opportunity to learn the planning and logistical requirements of conducting a MEDCAP in the Joint Special Operations Task Force – Philippines AOR.

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