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Medical Support 18 June 2020 8-7 supplies to the lowest level supporting SSA, normally the BSB’s distribution company for further unit distribution by the forward support companies to the maneuver battalions. For more information on medical logistics see FM 4-02, Army Health System. The BMSO fills critical line items from the authorized stockage maintained by the BMSO when the customer wait time exceeds mission requirements and emergency resupply to the unit is required. Routine ordering procedures will resume upon arrival in theater as soon as unclassified internet connectivity is established. Upon receipt of a requisition, the supporting SSA will fill and package the items for distribution to the requesting unit. The BMSO receives and accounts for materiel upon arrival to the BSA. The BMSO integrates materiel marked for maneuver Role 1 medical treatment facilities or battalion aid stations with other critical class VIII supplies and nonmedical items for the BSB to distribute to the battalions through LOGPAC or other methods of resupply. Preventive Medicine Section Commanders are responsible for protecting their Soldiers from disease non-battle injury and must emphasize and enforce high standards of field sanitation and personal hygiene. The BCT and the BSMC have preventive medicine support throughout the battlefield. Preemptive actions are crucial for effective preventive medicine operations. Delay in implementing preemptive field sanitation and personal hygiene actions can significantly impact the deployed force’s ability to accomplish its assigned mission. The preventive medicine section is primarily responsible for identifying health threats, force health protection, sanitary engineering, pest management, and occupational/environmental health hazards, assessing associated health risk and recommending protective measures. Under the oversight of the brigade surgeon, the preventive medicine section monitors and guides implementation of the brigade preventive medicine program. They also provide training to BCT Soldiers in disease non-battle injury prevention programs. The preventive medicine section develops and coordinates a preventive medicine circulation plan throughout the brigade’s area of operations to monitor supported battalions. Behavioral Health Section The behavioral health section and combat and operational stress control team help commanders to control combat and operational stress through prevention programs. The combat operational stress control team operates under the direction of the BSMC commander and provides brigade-wide behavioral health and combat operational stress control services. Combat operational stress control activities include continual Soldier assessment and consultation with medical and other personnel. It assists and counsels personnel with personal, behavioral, or psychological problems and participates in the early identification of mild traumatic brain injury. The behavioral health section does not treat ongoing cases. See ATP 4-02.8, Force Health Protection for more details. The company behavioral health section normally collocates with the BSMC Role 2 medical treatment facility as the center for its operations but is mobile throughout the brigade’s area. The section’s priority functions are to promote positive stress behaviors, prevent unnecessary evacuations, and coordinate return of Soldiers to duty. The section keeps abreast of the tactical situation and plans and forecasts requirements for combat operational stress control support through the company commander and evacuation platoon leaders. The company behavioral health section routinely provides combat operational stress control support when planners pull units back for reconsolidation. Medical Treatment Platoon The medical treatment platoon operates the Role 2 medical treatment facility in the BSA. It also provides limited assets to reinforce supported unit medical sections and battalion aid stations as required. The platoon receives, triages, treats, and determines disposition of patients. The treatment platoon also serves as the alternate CP for the BSMC. The medical treatment platoon leader directs, coordinates, and supervises platoon operations based on the BCT medical support plan. The platoon leader also directs the activities of the BSMC Role 2 medical treatment facility and monitors class VIII supplies, blood usage, and inventory levels. The platoon leader keeps the commander informed of critical class VIII and blood requirements and shortages. The medical ATP 4-90