[MilCom] Civilian/Military Support National Disaster Medical System

[Ken]

Regarding the recent joint exercise at Westover JARB.  A good source to give 
you an overview of how the NDMS system would operate can be found at:

http://www.dmrti.army.mil/Documents/FCC_Guide_7Jul06.pdf
http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/601022p.pdf

This is a quite a system that does require communications links at the 
local, regional, & national level.
Annex G covers Communcations
Great way to spend a rainy day reading!!!!

BTW my understanding is that HHS Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) no 
longer have ANY HF radio equipment but only satellite communications 
equipment.

As a side note, there's lots of free training available to give you a better 
understanding of the entire process.  Check out:  http://emilms.fema.gov/

Ken