AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2025/2026
WITH
General threat and health threat
The AMEDD views threats from what two
perspectives?
composite of ongoing potential enemy actions; adverse environmental,
occupational, and geographic and meteorological conditions, endemic diseases,
What is a health threat? CBRN, etc
All support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to
promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of
personnel in the Army.
What is health Service Support (HSS)?
Anything that helps improve the physical and mental state of people in the Army.
Casualty Care: treatment, hospitalization, dental, neuropsych, and lab services
Medical evacuation: medical regulating and en route care
What are the 3 components of Health
Service Support? Medical logistics: all subcomponents and services
Measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of
What is Force Health Protection (FHP)? Soldiers.
-Preventative medicine
-Veterinary services, food inspection, zoonotic disease prevention
-Combat operational stress control (COSC)
What is involved in Force Health
-Dental services (preventative)
Protection?
-Lab services and support
All encompassing term to describe both the HSS and FHP aspects of AMEDD
What is the Army health System? support.
Care Under Fire
What are the 3 parts of Tactical Combat Tactical Field Care
Casualty Care (TC3)? Tactical Evacuation
1. Conformity
2. Proximity
3. Flexibility
What are the 6 principles of the Army 4. Mobility
health System? 5. Continuity
6. Control
Role 1: BN aid station and below
-Immediate life saving measures
Role 2: Medical company
-X-ray, lab, dental, patient hold, pharmacy, advanced trauma
Role 3: Field hospital
-Resuscitation, wound surgery, postoperative treatment
What are Roles 1, 2 3 and 4?
Role 4: Definitive Care
-Full spectrum of definitive medical care
No. For example you can go from Role 1 to Role 3
Is sequential evacuation necessary? (Role
1 > Role 2 > Role 3 > Role 4)
,AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Special staff officer that plans and monitors execution of the AHS mission
2025/2026
WITH
Ensures all Medical Functions and operational planning factors are planned and
synchronized in operation plans and orders
What is the role of the command surgeon?
Not a commander. May recommend policy/procedures but can't give orders except
through unit plans and orders
Mission command
Communications and computers
Task organization
Medical intelligence
What are the primary tasks of mission
command functions? Technical supervision
Regional focus
Medical command (Deployment support)- medical force provider
Medical brigade (Support)-provide mission command of all attached/assigned AHS
units
What are the 3 mission command
organizations? Medical Battalion (Multifunctional)-provide mission command, administrative
assistance, logistical support, and technical supervision capability
Exercises mission command (authority and direction) over his subordinate medical
What are the responsibilities of the medical
resources
commander?
What are the responsibilities of the At all levels of command, a command surgeon is designated. This AMEDD officer is
command surgeon? a special staff officer charged with planning for and executing the AHS mission
What are the responsibilities of the line The commander ensures health promotion program. This encompasses the assets
commander? of educational, environmental, and AHS support services
The desire to diminish the evils of war
-Protects combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering
-Safeguards certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands of
What is the Law of Land Warfare inspired the enemy, particularly detainees/enemy prisoners of war, the wounded and sick,
by? What does it do? and civilians
-Facilitates the restoration of peace
Political
Military
Economic
Social
Infrastructure
What are possible operation variables? Information
(Known as PMESII-PT) Physical environment
Time
Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Name the possible mission variables. Troops and support available
(Known as METT-TC) Time available
Civil considerations
, AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2025/2026
A tool used by commanders to tailor their forces to specific mission requirements.
WITH
Task-organization is a temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a
What is task organization? particular mission
Offensive tasks
Defensive tasks
What are the four supporting tasks to Stability tasks
decisive operations? Defense support of civil authorities
The process used by leaders to review with a subordinate their demonstrated
What is counseling? performance and potential
1. Event- for specific event/situation, and precede or follow events like a school or
duty performance
2. Performance-review of duty performance over certain period
What are the 3 types of counseling?
3. Professional growth-planning for accomplishment of goals
1. Nondirective approach- •Leaders use experiences, insight and judgment to assist
subordinates in developing solutions, explain expectations
2. Directive approach- •Leader does most of the talking and tells subordinate what
to do and when to do it. Works best to correct simple problems
What are the approaches to counseling? 3. Combined approach- •Leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting
them to fit what's best for the subordinate. Emphasize planning and decision making
Pros:
Encourages maturity
Encourages open communication
Develops personal responsibility
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the Nondirective Cons:
approach? More time-consuming
Requires greatest counselor skills
Pros:
Good for people who need clear, concise direction
Allows counselors to use their experience
Quickest method
Cons:
What are the advantages and Discourages subordinates to be part of the solution
disadvantages of the Directive approach? Tends to treat symptoms, not problems
Discourages free talk
Solution is the counselor's
Pros:
Encourages maturity and open communication
Allows counselors to use their experience
Moderately quick
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the Combined approach? Cons:
May take too much time for some situations
1. Identify the need for counseling
2. Prepare for counseling (7 areas)
What are the stages of the counseling 3. Conduct the counseling session
process? 4.Follow-up
2025/2026
WITH
General threat and health threat
The AMEDD views threats from what two
perspectives?
composite of ongoing potential enemy actions; adverse environmental,
occupational, and geographic and meteorological conditions, endemic diseases,
What is a health threat? CBRN, etc
All support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to
promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well being of
personnel in the Army.
What is health Service Support (HSS)?
Anything that helps improve the physical and mental state of people in the Army.
Casualty Care: treatment, hospitalization, dental, neuropsych, and lab services
Medical evacuation: medical regulating and en route care
What are the 3 components of Health
Service Support? Medical logistics: all subcomponents and services
Measures to promote, improve, or conserve the mental and physical well-being of
What is Force Health Protection (FHP)? Soldiers.
-Preventative medicine
-Veterinary services, food inspection, zoonotic disease prevention
-Combat operational stress control (COSC)
What is involved in Force Health
-Dental services (preventative)
Protection?
-Lab services and support
All encompassing term to describe both the HSS and FHP aspects of AMEDD
What is the Army health System? support.
Care Under Fire
What are the 3 parts of Tactical Combat Tactical Field Care
Casualty Care (TC3)? Tactical Evacuation
1. Conformity
2. Proximity
3. Flexibility
What are the 6 principles of the Army 4. Mobility
health System? 5. Continuity
6. Control
Role 1: BN aid station and below
-Immediate life saving measures
Role 2: Medical company
-X-ray, lab, dental, patient hold, pharmacy, advanced trauma
Role 3: Field hospital
-Resuscitation, wound surgery, postoperative treatment
What are Roles 1, 2 3 and 4?
Role 4: Definitive Care
-Full spectrum of definitive medical care
No. For example you can go from Role 1 to Role 3
Is sequential evacuation necessary? (Role
1 > Role 2 > Role 3 > Role 4)
,AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Special staff officer that plans and monitors execution of the AHS mission
2025/2026
WITH
Ensures all Medical Functions and operational planning factors are planned and
synchronized in operation plans and orders
What is the role of the command surgeon?
Not a commander. May recommend policy/procedures but can't give orders except
through unit plans and orders
Mission command
Communications and computers
Task organization
Medical intelligence
What are the primary tasks of mission
command functions? Technical supervision
Regional focus
Medical command (Deployment support)- medical force provider
Medical brigade (Support)-provide mission command of all attached/assigned AHS
units
What are the 3 mission command
organizations? Medical Battalion (Multifunctional)-provide mission command, administrative
assistance, logistical support, and technical supervision capability
Exercises mission command (authority and direction) over his subordinate medical
What are the responsibilities of the medical
resources
commander?
What are the responsibilities of the At all levels of command, a command surgeon is designated. This AMEDD officer is
command surgeon? a special staff officer charged with planning for and executing the AHS mission
What are the responsibilities of the line The commander ensures health promotion program. This encompasses the assets
commander? of educational, environmental, and AHS support services
The desire to diminish the evils of war
-Protects combatants and noncombatants from unnecessary suffering
-Safeguards certain fundamental human rights of persons who fall into the hands of
What is the Law of Land Warfare inspired the enemy, particularly detainees/enemy prisoners of war, the wounded and sick,
by? What does it do? and civilians
-Facilitates the restoration of peace
Political
Military
Economic
Social
Infrastructure
What are possible operation variables? Information
(Known as PMESII-PT) Physical environment
Time
Mission
Enemy
Terrain and weather
Name the possible mission variables. Troops and support available
(Known as METT-TC) Time available
Civil considerations
, AMEDD BOLC MIDTERM EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2025/2026
A tool used by commanders to tailor their forces to specific mission requirements.
WITH
Task-organization is a temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a
What is task organization? particular mission
Offensive tasks
Defensive tasks
What are the four supporting tasks to Stability tasks
decisive operations? Defense support of civil authorities
The process used by leaders to review with a subordinate their demonstrated
What is counseling? performance and potential
1. Event- for specific event/situation, and precede or follow events like a school or
duty performance
2. Performance-review of duty performance over certain period
What are the 3 types of counseling?
3. Professional growth-planning for accomplishment of goals
1. Nondirective approach- •Leaders use experiences, insight and judgment to assist
subordinates in developing solutions, explain expectations
2. Directive approach- •Leader does most of the talking and tells subordinate what
to do and when to do it. Works best to correct simple problems
What are the approaches to counseling? 3. Combined approach- •Leader uses techniques from both approaches, adjusting
them to fit what's best for the subordinate. Emphasize planning and decision making
Pros:
Encourages maturity
Encourages open communication
Develops personal responsibility
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the Nondirective Cons:
approach? More time-consuming
Requires greatest counselor skills
Pros:
Good for people who need clear, concise direction
Allows counselors to use their experience
Quickest method
Cons:
What are the advantages and Discourages subordinates to be part of the solution
disadvantages of the Directive approach? Tends to treat symptoms, not problems
Discourages free talk
Solution is the counselor's
Pros:
Encourages maturity and open communication
Allows counselors to use their experience
Moderately quick
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of the Combined approach? Cons:
May take too much time for some situations
1. Identify the need for counseling
2. Prepare for counseling (7 areas)
What are the stages of the counseling 3. Conduct the counseling session
process? 4.Follow-up
