Updating the Resource Requirements for Marine Corps Preventive Medicine Units

Marine Corps Authorized Medical Allowance Lists (AMALs) are reviewed and updated every 3 years. The purpose of the Preventive Medicine (PM) AMAL review is to modernize its medical materiel, as well as to improve the scalability of the PM capability. The equipment and supplies to meet the Occupational Environmental Health Surveillance (OEHS) requirements were also identified. Subject matter experts convened to identify those supplies required to complete PM tasks. Supplies were evaluated against the PM tasks performed to achieve previously identified preventive medicine objectives. How each module is employed and the number of modules required to support a Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) were discussed. Items identified as unnecessary were removed from the AMAL, while other items that were overlooked in the previous review were added. National Stock Numbers and part numbers were verified. The equipment and supplies to support preventive medicine have been streamlined and the quantities of each module have been refined to reflect how the modules will be employed by the MEF. The OEHS augment created allows the Marine Corps to meet the requirements with minimal additions to the AMAL. The original document contains color images.