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The battalion aid station belongs to, and is an organic component of, the unit it supports. It may be split into two functional units for up to 24 hours, the main aid station consists of a medical doctor and three 68W combat medics or Hospital Corpsmen and a forward aid station consisting of a physician assistant and three more 68Ws or corpsmen ...
M577/A1 battalion aid station: early nomenclature for emergency treatment vehicles, but appears to be a description of the role in which the vehicles operated rather than an official designation. M577/A1 armored ambulance :early nomenclature for emergency evacuation vehicles, but appears to be a description of the role in which the vehicles ...
The U.S. Army's medical evacuation vehicle (MEV) is assigned from the Battalion Aid Station for Battalion-sized units, and dedicated to each of the company-sized elements of the unit and provide treatment for serious injury and advanced trauma cases.
Battalion aid stations, the medical companies of Brigade Support Battalions and Forward Surgical Teams are usually the first point of contact medical care for wounded soldiers. The CSH receives most patients via helicopter air ambulance , and stabilizes these patients for further treatment at fixed facility hospitals.
It was designed to get experienced personnel closer to the front, so that the wounded could be treated sooner and with greater success. Casualties were first treated at the point of injury through buddy aid, then routed through Battalion Aid Stations for emergency stabilizing surgery, and finally routed to the MASH for the most extensive treatment.
BAS – Battalion Aid Station: A unit's medical post for routine ailments and injuries; also Basic Allowance for Subsistence. See also sick bay. Battery – Consists of six Artillery pieces, Guns Platoon (cannoneers), & HQ Platoon (support & logistics). Equivalent to an Infantry "Company". Battery Operated Grunt – combat radio operator.
With increasing standardisation upon the M113 and M113A1 armored ambulance, the litters fitted to M577s which were being used as ambulances were removed and the vehicles were designated as the M577/A1 battalion aid station (BAS) and tasked solely in the role of emergency medical treatment.
Headquarters and Service Company “Hades” - The largest company, H&S includes the Battalion Commander and the Sergeant Major. It is organized as such: S-1 (personnel) S-2 (intelligence) S-3 (operations) S-4 (supply and logistics) S-6 (communications) BAS (Battalion Aid Station staffed by U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen)