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PULHES Factor. PULHES is a United States military acronym used in the Military Physical Profile Serial System. It is used to qualify an enlistee's physical profile for each military skill. Each letter in the acronym (see box below) is paired with a number from 1 to 4 to designate the service member's physical capacity.
USAMRDC Headquarters at Fort Detrick, Maryland, supports subordinate commands located throughout the world. Medical research laboratories and institutes perform the core science and technology (S&T) research to develop medical solutions. These laboratories specialize in various areas of biomedical research, including infectious diseases, combat ...
PROFIS. The PROFIS or Professional Filler System is used by the United States Military to fill voids in personnel when a unit deploys on a combat or humanitarian mission. Due to the high financial cost of employing physicians, civil engineers, lawyers or other "high dollar specialists" in a military unit, usually at the battalion and sometimes ...
United States Army. The Medical Corps (MC) of the U.S. Army is a staff corps (non-combat specialty branch) of the U.S. Army Medical Department (AMEDD) consisting of commissioned medical officers – physicians with either an M.D. or a D.O. degree, at least one year of post-graduate clinical training, and a state medical license .
Insignia. Distinctive Unit Insignia. The 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (94th AAMDC) is an activated (at Fort Shafter on 16 October 2005) Air Defense Artillery command of the United States Army assigned to United States Army Pacific. It is headquartered at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Hawai'i at the Pacific Air Force Headquarters.
The Army is currently restructuring its personnel management systems, as of 2019. [1] [2] [3] Changes took place in 2004 and continued into 2013. Changes include deleting obsolete jobs, merging redundant jobs, and using common numbers for both enlisted CMFs and officer AOCs (e.g. "35" is military intelligence for both officers and enlisted).
The basic equipment of a US Army medic usually consists of: An M4A1, [2] now being replaced by the XM5, [3] and/or a Sig Sauer M17/M18 Modular Handgun System. [4] A MOLLE Vest with a full "combat load," being (most often) 210 rounds for the M4A1 carbine or XM5 rifle. An Improved Outer Tactical Vest or Soldier Plate Carrier System, now being ...
United States. The United States Army ( USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution. [14] The Army is the oldest branch of the U.S. military and the most senior in order of precedence. [15]