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Joint Task Force Surgeon’s Office<br />

(d) Hospitalization (to include theater hospitalization capabilities).<br />

(e) Dental services.<br />

(f) Preventive medicine (to include force health protection against environmental,<br />

occupational, industrial, and operational health risk).<br />

(g) MIPOE.<br />

(h) Veterinary services.<br />

(i) Combat and operational stress control and mental health care services.<br />

(j) <strong>Health</strong> service logistic support.<br />

(k) <strong>Medical</strong> laboratory services.<br />

(l) Blood and blood product support.<br />

(m) Communications system support.<br />

(n) <strong>Health</strong> risk communications.<br />

(o) Return to duty (RTD).<br />

support.<br />

(p) Host-nation support (HNS) and/or United States Government (USG) agency<br />

(q) HSS for other than US forces.<br />

(10) The collection of FHP lessons learned data that provides operational<br />

documentation that result in recommendations for change to current plans and policy.<br />

(11) The implementation of programs and processes that promote and sustain a healthy<br />

and fit force, prevent injury and illness, protect the force from health threats, and deliver responsive<br />

health service support to the deployed force.<br />

b. Working with the geographic combatant command surgeon, the JTFS assesses JTF HSS<br />

and FHP requirements and capabilities (both quantitatively and qualitatively), and provides<br />

recommendations to the commander, JTF (CJTF). The JTFS is normally a senior medical<br />

department officer from the Army, Navy, or Air Force. It is recommended they complete the<br />

JTF senior medical leader seminar. The responsibilities of the JTFS are similar to those of the<br />

geographic combatant command surgeon. The JTFS should:<br />

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