What do Medics do at a Medical Company (Area support)?

In an MCAS, you will aid in providing Role 2 AHS support. The MCAS is an Echelon Above Brigade (EAB) and as such has a slightly different mission that focuses on its area of operations during a mobilizarion....so it supports the whole area.

You'll find these functions at an MCAS:

– Treatment/sick call services
– Ancillary Services (lab, x-ray, dental)
– Ground ambulance/evacuation support
- Medical Logistics
– Behavioral Health

Additionally, MCAS will assist BCTs with some of their missions. As a medic, think clinical work alongside PAs and Docs.

I was with a CSH and then a Role 2 in Afghanistan. It is what you make of it.

You will do a lot of sick call type stuff so get familiar with primary care and ADTMC. But this is a great opportunity to learn from your providers and pick their brains as they may trust you over time to be more autonomous and work above your normal scope.

Deployed, you are also the ER, and I promise you, you will see some wacko cases that can be pretty cool from a medical stand point. Lots of opportunity there for critical care management. We had mascara and traumas as well and that is something you will train significantly for there as well.

The army is moving to smaller, more modular medical units so you are going into a good spot, if you choose to see it for what it is.

Which MCAS are you going to at Lewis? Do you know yet?