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Chapter 5ongoing operations. Special bands have unique responsibilities in support of the Military District ofWashington, Headquarters, Department of the Army Public Affairs, or the United States Military Academy.5-125. The modular structure of Army bands, with “plug-in” augmentation, enables split operations in supportof musical mission requirements. Home station missions among Army bands include music support of Soldierand family, wounded warrior outreach, and community relations. Deployment operations of Army bandsinclude the music support of morale-building events among Soldiers, joint-services, and MNFs as well asbuilding alliances or shaping the civil situation with host nation and/or regional populations. Army bands canalso provide music support of nondenominational religious activity in accordance with AR 220-90, both the athome station and during deployment operations.HEALTH SERVICE SUPPORT5-126. The AHS is a component of the Military Health System that is responsible for operational managementof the HSS and FHP missions for training, pre-deployment, deployment, and post deployment operations. AHSsupport includes all mission support services performed, provided, or arranged by the AMEDD to support HSSand FHP mission requirements for the Army and as directed, for joint, intergovernmental agencies, coalitions,and MNFs (see FM 4-02).FUNDAMENTALS OF ARMY HEALTH SERVICES5-127. AHS support is guided by six fundamentals. These fundamentals are consistent with JP 4-02. They aredescribed below:• OPLAN conformance. By ensuring that Force Health Projection support conforms to the tacticalcommander's OPLAN, the AHS support planner can determine support requirements and planfor the support needed to prevent non-battle injuries and to effectively clear the battlefield of theill, injured, and wounded.• Surgeon technical direction. Technical direction/guidance and staff supervision of AHSsupport activities must remain with the appropriate command-level surgeon.• Continuity of care. The AHS support staff must maintain continuity of care since aninterruption of treatment may cause an increase in morbidity and mortality. No patient isevacuated farther to the rear than his/her medical condition or the tactical situationdictate.• Proximity. The proximity of AHS support assets to the supported forces is dictated by thetactical situation METT-TC.• Flexibility. The AHS support plan must be flexible to enhance the capability of reallocatingAHS support resources to meet changing requirements. Changes in the tactical situation orOPLAN make flexibility essential.• Mobility. Mobility is required to ensure that AHS support assets remain close enough to combatoperations to support combat forces. The mobility and survivability of medical units andmedical platforms must be equal to the forces supported.ARMY HEALTH SYSTEM SUPPORT5-128. AHS support involves the delineation of support responsibilities by capabilities (roles of care) andgeographical area (area support). The AHS support executes its HSS and FHP missions as a single, seamless,and integrated system. The AHS support encompasses the promotion of wellness and preventive, curative, andrehabilitative medical services. It is designed to maintain a healthy and fit force and to conserve the fightingstrength of deployed forces. The goal of the AHS in support of the HSS and FHP missions is to:• Provide prompt medical treatment consisting of those measures necessary to locate, acquire,resuscitate, stabilize, document, and prepare patients for evacuation to the next role of careand/or return to duty (RTD).• Employ standardized air and ground medical evacuation units/resources, in conjunction with theaviation brigades for air ambulances.5-20 FM 4-0 30 April 2009