Cuerpo de Sanidad

The Medical Branch provides command and control of the BMF's fixed-facility medical, dental, and veterinary treatment facilities, providing preventive care, medical research and development and training institutions.

The Branch maintains day-to-day health care for soldiers, retired soldiers and the families of both. Despite the wide range of responsibilities involved in providing health care in traditional settings as well as on the battlefield, the Medical Branch's quality of care compares very favorably with that of civilian health organizations, when measured by civilian standards.

When BMF field hospitals deploy, most clinical professional and support personnel come from the Branch's fixed facilities. In addition to support of combat operations, deployments can be for humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, and other stability and support operations. Under the Professional Officer Filler System (PROFIS), up to 26 percent of Branch physicians and 43 percent of Branch nurses are sent to field units during a full deployment. To replace PROFIS losses, Reserve units and Individual Mobilization Augmentees (non-unit reservists) are mobilized to work in medical treatment facilities. The department also provides trained medical specialists to the BMF's combat medical units, which are assigned directly to combatant commanders.

Links

 * Bexar
 * Department of War
 * Bexar Military Forces