Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Ensures detachment medical readiness prior to deployment; orders, stores, and distributes medical and dental supplies, equipment, and medicine; performs medical evaluation and care and treatment of allied and indigenous personnel; operates combat laboratory and treats emergency and trauma patients; arranges and facilitates medical evacuations; provides care to team members and establishes temporary medical facilities to support operations; diagnoses and treats medical conditions with appropriate medications; collects and disseminates medical intelligence.
Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Serves as a Junior Medical Sergeant for a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SFODA) specializing in Military Freefall (MFF) with the mission of conducting Special Operations in support of USNORTHCOM/USSOUTHCOM and USCENTCOM theater objectives; supervises, plans and leads Special Operations medical, dental and veterinary techniques to U.S. and Partner Nation Forces up to battalion level during Foreign Internal Defense (FID), Special Reconnaissance (SR), Direct Action (DA), and Unconventional Warfare (UW); maintains over $950,000 worth of Detachment equipment; maintains proficiency in the Spanish Language.
10-18D. MOS 18D - Special Forces Medical Sergeant, (SF Med SGT), CMF 18
a. Major duties. Special Forces Medical Sergeant ensures detachment medical readiness; establishes and supervises temporary, fixed and unconventional warfare medical/dental facilities to support conventional or unconventional operations with emergency, routine, and long term medical care; provides initial medical/dental screening and evaluation of allied and indigenous personnel; manages detachment, allied, or indigenous patients' administration, admission and discharge, care, laboratory and pharmacological requirements and the initiation, maintenance and transfer of records; orders, stores, catalogs, safeguards and distributes medical/dental supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals; supervises medical care and treatment during split detachment missions; operates combat laboratory and treats emergency and trauma patients in accordance with established surgical principles; diagnoses and treats various medical/veterinary dermatological, pediatric, infectious and obstetric conditions using appropriate medications, intravenous fluid support and physical measures; manages and supervises all aspects of deployed preventive medicine; develops and provides medical intelligence as required; 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; establishes a base stock of medical supplies and equipment, internal or external procurement, storage, security and distribution of those items; coordinates veterinary training and support for areas requiring animal transportation or use; provides guidance and training of medical personnel and preventive medicine specialists. Duties for MOS 18D at each level of skill are:
(1) MOSC 18D2O. (Personnel Only). MOS used to identify Soldiers accessed into MOS 18D prior to obtaining grade SSG.
(2) MOSC 18D3O. 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 1st Special Forces Command (Abn) 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; provides initial medical/dental screening and evaluation of allied and indigenous personnel; manages 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 pharmaceuticals; supervises 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; manages and supervises all aspects of deployed preventive medicine; develops and provides medical intelligence as required; ensures medical deployment readiness for unit of assignment.
(3) MOSC 18D4O. 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. Establishes a base stock of medical supplies and equipment, internal or external procurement, storage, security and distribution of those items; coordinates veterinary training and support for areas requiring animal transportation or use; provides guidance and training of medical personnel and preventive medicine specialists; when directed, conducts operational and intelligence planning, preparation and execution of detachment missions.
