18D: Special Forces Medical Sergeant

Major Duties: Employs conventional and unconventional warfare tactics and techniques in providing medical care and treatment. Duties for MOS 18D at each level of skill are:

• Skill Levels
  • Skill Level 3 MOSC 18D3O. Performs and maintains proficiency in all major duties. 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 facilities to support operations with emergency, routine, and long term medical care. Provides initial medical screening and evaluation of allied and indigenous personnel. Manages detachment, allied, or indigenous patient’s, administration, admission and discharge, care, laboratory and pharmacologic requirements and the initiation, maintenance and transfer of records. Orders, stores, catalogs, safeguards and distributes medical supplies, equipment and pharmaceutical. 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 dermatologic, pediatric, infectious and obstetric conditions using appropriate medications, intravenous fluid support and physical measures. Develops and provides medical intelligence as required.
    
    
  • Skill Level 4 MOSC 18D4O. Performs all duties of preceding skill level. 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 hospitals and field evacuation nets; coordinates the operation, interaction and activities of medical facilities within an area of operation; manages battalion size troop medical 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 area requiring anima transportation or use. When directed, conducts operational and intelligence planning, preparation and execution of detachment missions.

Physical demands rating and qualifications for initial award of MOS. The special forces medical sergeant must possess the following qualifications:

(1) Physical Demands Rating: N/A

(2) Physical Profile: 111221

(3) Minimum score of 110 in aptitude area GT and 100 in aptitude area ST.

(4) A security clearance of SECRET.

(5) Must complete Special Forces Qualification Course formal training course.

(6) Must meet requirements listed in AR 614-200.

(7) A U.S. citizen.

CLOSED TO WOMEN

The major duties, physical demands, physical profile, and skill levels were obtained from Army Pamphlet 611-21.

MOS List for Special Forces