Establish and supervise unconventional warfare medical/dental facilities.
Performs all duties of preceding skill level and maintains proficiency as previously stated for 18D3O; supervises and manages field medical activities in a conventional or unconventional warfare environment; advises and provides tactical and technical guidance to the Detachment Commander, indigenous and allied personnel; responsible for the planning, execution and supervision of cross training of detachment members in medical skills; in unconventional warfare environment, instructs medical personnel, manages guerilla hospital, and field evacuation nets; coordinates the operation, interaction and activities of medical/dental facilities within an area of operation; manages battalion size troop medical/dental clinic and its administrative and logistical support; establish a base stock of medical supplies and equipment, internal or external procurement, storage, security and distribution of those items; coordinate veterinary training and support for area requiring animal transportation or use; provide guidance and training of medical personnel and preventive medicine specialists; when directed, conducts operational and intelligence planning, preparation and execution of detachment missions; the Team Sergeant is the senior NCO of the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha/SMU Team responsible for all administrative, operational, and training requirements of the detachment in peacetime and war; supervises all aspects of mission preparation (isolation) and execution; CMF 18 Master Sergeants are the subject matter experts in ARSOF, capable of planning and executing conventional and unconventional combat operations across the spectrum of conflict in support of theatre level objectives in a unilateral, joint, interagency, multi-national, combined, or coalition environment.
Performs and maintains proficiency in all major duties in accordance with the medical skills sustainment program outlined in USASOC Regulation 350-1 (ARSOF Active Component and Reserve Component Training) and USASFC Regulation 350-1 (Component Training); ensures detachment medical preparation and maintains medical equipment and supplies, provides examination and care to detachment members and establishes temporary, fixed and unconventional warfare medical/dental facilities to support operations with emergency, routine, and long term medical care; provide initial medical/dental screening and evaluation of allied and indigenous personnel; manage detachment, allied, or indigenous patients, administration, admission and discharge, care, laboratory and pharmacologic requirements and the initiation, maintenance and transfer of records; orders, stores, catalogs, safeguards and distributes medical/dental supplies, equipment and pharmaceutical; supervise medical care and treatment during split detachment missions; operates a combat laboratory and treats emergency and trauma patients in accordance with established surgical principles; diagnoses and treats various medical/veterinary dermatologic, pediatric, infectious and obstetric conditions using appropriate medications, intravenous fluid support and physical measures; manage and supervise all aspects of deployed preventive medicine; develops and provides medical intelligence as required.
The Team Sergeant is the senior NCO of the Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha/SMU Team responsible for all administrative, operational, and training requirements of the detachment in peacetime and war; supervises all aspects of mission preparation (isolation) and execution; CMF 18 Master Sergeants are the subject matter experts in ARSOF, capable of planning and executing conventional and unconventional combat operations across the spectrum of conflict in support of theatre level objectives in a unilateral, joint, interagency, multi-national, combined, or coalition environment.