HMC-FMF-PJ
09-19-2006, 07:41
HMC-FMF-PJ wrote: [] The HM/DT merger is only Phase I of a much larger plan to consolidate 14 medical NEC's down to 5 NEC's and outsource at least 4 other NEC's to the civilian sector in Phase II. Phase III will likely involve additional consolidation and outsourcing of HM NEC's. Thinking aloud without any inside knowledge, I might be incline to say contractors and civilians are going to replace many HM jobs in a manner similar to what has already occurred in other ratings/duties. You won't see civilians humping a pack with the Marines or running sickbay on ship, but the vast majority of shore billets can be outsourced (CONUS & O-CONUS) rather easily. The Navy as a whole, to include Navy Medicine (officer & enlisted), WILL BE DOWNSIZING over the next few years. There will also be a transition away from branch specific medical service (towards a DoD Medicine, instead ofNavy Medicine)
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,112706,00.html
The Defense Business Board unanimously recommended that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld immediately appoint a task force to oversee establishment of a Unified Medical Command by Jan. 1, 2007, a year sooner than Defense officials had planned. The command would take charge of all direct-care health services of the Army, Navy and Air Force. It would streamline medical logistics, purchasing, information technology, research and development, facility operations, and the education, training and assignment of medical personnel.
The services would continue to control medical care in support of front line units and field hospitals. But Level III operational medicine, which includes all fixed military hospitals and clinics, would be run by the new command which would report directly to the defense secretary.
In the most sweeping reorganization of military medicine in 60 years, the Unified Medical Commandis envisioned tobe a major combatant command similar to theSpecial Operations Forces Command (SOCOM), and reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense. A four-star medical officer (general or admiral) given unprecedented authority would command all medical personnel, equipment and facilities, just as SOCOM controls combined special forces.
Several examples of a unified approach to medical care are operating are in the works. For example, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany is a joint medical facility.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan, with big changes to military medicine in Washington and San Antonio offers a snapshot of what's likely to be ahead. It establishes the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, while closing the existing Walter Reed campus in Washington and Malcolm Grow Medical Center at nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
BRAC 05 also creates the joint San Antonio Regional Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center and makes San Antonio the training hub for all enlisted medical technicians. (bye-bye Great Lakes??)
http://www.military.com/features/0,15240,112706,00.html
The Defense Business Board unanimously recommended that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld immediately appoint a task force to oversee establishment of a Unified Medical Command by Jan. 1, 2007, a year sooner than Defense officials had planned. The command would take charge of all direct-care health services of the Army, Navy and Air Force. It would streamline medical logistics, purchasing, information technology, research and development, facility operations, and the education, training and assignment of medical personnel.
The services would continue to control medical care in support of front line units and field hospitals. But Level III operational medicine, which includes all fixed military hospitals and clinics, would be run by the new command which would report directly to the defense secretary.
In the most sweeping reorganization of military medicine in 60 years, the Unified Medical Commandis envisioned tobe a major combatant command similar to theSpecial Operations Forces Command (SOCOM), and reporting directly to the Secretary of Defense. A four-star medical officer (general or admiral) given unprecedented authority would command all medical personnel, equipment and facilities, just as SOCOM controls combined special forces.
Several examples of a unified approach to medical care are operating are in the works. For example, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany is a joint medical facility.
The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan, with big changes to military medicine in Washington and San Antonio offers a snapshot of what's likely to be ahead. It establishes the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the grounds of the National Naval Medical Center in nearby Bethesda, while closing the existing Walter Reed campus in Washington and Malcolm Grow Medical Center at nearby Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
BRAC 05 also creates the joint San Antonio Regional Medical Center at Brooke Army Medical Center and makes San Antonio the training hub for all enlisted medical technicians. (bye-bye Great Lakes??)