MOS 18D Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Duty Descriptions

Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Ensures detachment medical readiness prior to deployment; orders, stores, and distributes medical and dental supplies, equipment, and medicine; performs medical evaluation and care and treatment of allied and indigenous personnel; operates combat laboratory and treats emergency and trauma patients; arranges and facilitates medical evacuations; provides care to team members and establishes temporary medical facilities to support operations; diagnoses and treats medical conditions with appropriate medications; collects and disseminates medical intelligence.


Special Forces Medical Sergeant
Serves as a Junior Medical Sergeant for a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha (SFODA) specializing in Military Freefall (MFF) with the mission of conducting Special Operations in support of USNORTHCOM/USSOUTHCOM and USCENTCOM theater objectives; supervises, plans and leads Special Operations medical, dental and veterinary techniques to U.S. and Partner Nation Forces up to battalion level during Foreign Internal Defense (FID), Special Reconnaissance (SR), Direct Action (DA), and Unconventional Warfare (UW); maintains over $950,000 worth of Detachment equipment; maintains proficiency in the Spanish Language.



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