10th Field Hospital

The 10th Field Hospital ("Mountain Medics") is a Field Hospital of the United States Army first constituted on 23 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 10th Field Hospital.

Constituted 23 June 1942 in the Regular Army as 10th Field Hospital Activated on 6 July 1942 at Camp Bowie, Texas Inactivated on 4 November 1945 at Camp Myles Standish, Massachusetts. Reactivated on 25 August 1949 in Germany before being allotted on 5 May 1951 to the Regular Army. Reorganized and redesignated on 15 June 1962 as the 10th Evacuation Hospital Inactivated on 16 August 1965 in Germany. Reactivated on 12 July 1967 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. Reorganized and redesignated on 21 March 1973 as the 10th Combat Support Hospital Reorganized and redesignated on 16 August 1983 as the 10th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Reorganized and redesignated on 16 December 1992 as the 10th Combat Support Hospital. Reorganized and redesignated on 16 June 2017 as the 10th Field Hospital

The mission of the 10th Field Hospital was to provide hospitalization support to U.S. Forces within the theater of operation in support of combat operations or operations other than war. The 10th Field Hospital provided medical support for the Fort Carson Community, operated two troop medical clinics, provided support personnel to Evans Army Community Hospital, supported EMT course, conducted combat lifesaver courses and preventive medicine courses, and conducted the installation's Expert Field Medical Badge test.

The 10th Field Hospital provided medical support in Tunisia, Italy, France, and Germany. It was awarded two Arrowhead Devices for participation in theses campaigns. Additionally, the unit was also awarded the Army Meritorious Unit Commendation on 16 April 1990, for services in the European Theater during 1944. Although inactivated after returning to the US following the defeat of the Axis Powers, the 10th Field Hospital was reactivated in the regular Army on 5 August 1949, then redesignated as the 10th Evacuation Hospital 15 June 1962. It resumed its medical support and training mission in Germany, until its inactivation 16 August 1965. The 10th Evacuation Hospital was reactivated 12 July 1967, at Fort Meade, Maryland. It was reorganized and redesignated as a Combat Support Hospital on 21 March 1973.

On 16 August 1983 the unit was redesignated as the 10th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH). On 5 August 1987, the Department of the Army directed a realignment of the 10th MASH with the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized), with an effective date of 16 August 1988. The 10th MASH was under the 43rd Support Group as a battalion organization with the 517th Medical Company (Clearing), 571st Medical Detachment (Air Ambulance), 223rd Medical Detachment (Preventive Medicine) and 40th Dental Company as subordinate units. On 3 Jan. 1991, the 10th MASH deployed to Saudi Arabia with the 44th Medical Brigade, 1st Medical Group in support of Operation Desert Storm until July 1991.

The Department of the Army redesignated the 10th MASH as the 10th Combat Support Hospital 16 Dec. 1992. The 10th CSH (FWD) deployed to Bosnia and Hungary in support of Operation Joint Forge from 12 March to 27 Sept. 1999. The 10th CSH was a modular-designed facility, which consisted of a HUB (Hospital Unit Base) and HUS (Hospital Unit Surgical). The unit had 8 wards providing intensive nursing care for up to 96 patients, 7 wards providing intermediate nursing care for up to 140 patients, one ward providing neuropsychiatric (NP) care for up to 20 patients. Surgical capacity was based on 8 operating room tables for a surgical capacity of 144 operating room (OR) table hours per day. The unit could be further augmented with specialty surgical/medical teams to increase its capabilities. The hospital wa

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