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Transportation Vehicles Available in Europe for Medical Evacuations

LCD-80-71 Published: Jun 10, 1980. Publicly Released: Jun 10, 1980.
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GAO reviewed Army and Air Force medical transportation vehicles available in Europe to meet wartime medical evacuation needs. The review was directed primarily at evaluating the physical condition of those air and ground vehicles with a dedicated wartime mission of evacuating casualties from the battle area to and among treatment locations intheater. Also included in the review were selected activities in the continental United States with medical transportation vehicles that may be used to augment intheater vehicles during contingencies.

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Air transportationEvacuationEquipment maintenanceEquipment repairsHealth care planningLogisticsMedical equipmentMilitary airlift operationsMotor vehicle repairsNational defense operationsProgram evaluation