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The ship selected to receive forces should have sufficient capacity in its medical department to receive patients in a reasonable amount of time.

• The Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) has the most medical department resources and should be considered to receive contaminated forces when necessary.
• A Landing Platform Dock (LPD-17) can be used to receive forces when casualties require urgent medical attention, and may represent a lower opportunity cost.

Selection of a connector craft depends on the number of forces to be recovered and how many require medical care.

• When casualties require urgent medical attention, aircraft, such as the CH-46 or CH-53E should be used to recover forces.
• In cases where casualties require urgent medical care and the number of forces to recover exceeds aircraft capacity, an aircraft is recommended to recover casualties and a landing craft (LCU) to recover the balance of forces.
• If the number of contaminated forces exceeds the passenger capacity of a single craft performing a single sortie, the next-largest connector should be used.

The Navy should stage expedient deck decontamination stations.

• Damage control crew can stage expedient showers with fire hoses directed so that contaminated runoff drains off the ship.
• This increases the throughput rate for patient decontamination.
• Keeping contaminants toward the downwind aft section of amphibious assault ships and keeping liquid and vapor hazards away from the fore sections helps establish a hazard buffer.
• This process will also expedite the process of decontaminating the ship and returning it to full military capability.