全球智库信息集成服务系统

Key Findings

• The Military Health System needs a resilient and responsive posture to treat combat casualties in a rapidly evolving global threat environment.
• Preparing for a potential conflict with a near-peer adversary requires understanding the likely requirements for medical care on the future battlefield—including the types of injuries and numbers of casualties—in the aftermath of an attack involving high-precision, long-range weapon systems and other advanced capabilities.
• The Military Health System can improve its combat medical support posture, but it will need to evaluate and implement a portfolio of mitigations including
  • an improved capability and expanded capacity to treat casualties at or near the point of injury
  • an agile, resilient, and global network of treatment facilities, storage sites for medical supplies, and transportation assets
  • adequate preparation for homeland support and homeland defense missions
  • a resilient industrial base for medical supplies.