U.S. Army FM 4-02.4 Medical Platoon Leaders' Handbook.pdf

This field manual (FM) provides information on the structure and operation of all medical platoons
and medical sections that are organic to combat and combat support (CS) battalions and squadrons. It is
directed toward the medical platoon leader and medical platoon members. The tactics, techniques, and
procedures (TTP) provided are not all-inclusive. They provide a way of performing a particular mission,
but may require modification based on mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civilian
considerations (METT-TC).
This publication provides information on the organization of the division and how medical platoons
and sections organic to division units provide combat health support (CHS). It outlines the responsibilities
of medical platoon/section leaders. It provides definitive information on planning, rehearsing, and
conducting CHS at Echelon I. It provides TTP for directing, controlling, and managing CHS at the medical
platoon/section level. It describes the troop-leading procedures for CHS operations and identifies interface
and coordination requirements with other brigade medical elements. This publication provides doctrine for
the Force XXI medical platoon.
This FM is not a stand-alone reference. It is a doctrine publication that speaks to the current Army
of Excellence (AOE) Division and the Force XXI Digitized Division and Brigade CHS and will require the
user to be familiar with FMs 4-02.21, 8-10, 8-10-1, 8-10-3, 8-10-5, 8-10-6, 8-10-7, 8-10-9, 8-10-26, 8-42,
and 8-55.
This publication implements the following North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization
Agreements (STANAGs) and American, British, Canadian, and Australian (ABCA) Quadripartite
Standardization Agreements (QSTAGs):