This United States Army manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 4-02.6 The Medical Company (Role 2) November 2022, provides information on the structure and operation of medical companies in a Role 2 capacity within the theater of operation. It is directed toward the medical company leaders as well as the medical platoon leader and platoon sergeant who conduct medical operations at the Role 1 battalion aid stations and the Role 2 medical treatment facility. The tactics, techniques, and procedures provided are not all-inclusive. They provide a way of performing a particular mission but may require medical support based on mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civilian considerations with informational considerations.
This publication provides information on how force health protection and health service support are provided by medical organizations, medical companies, and sections organic to the division. It outlines the responsibilities of the medical company. It provides definitive information and doctrinal tools on planning, rehearsing, and conducting Army Health System support at Role 2. It provides tactics, techniques, and procedures for directing, controlling, and managing Army Health System support at the company level. It describes the troop leading procedures and military decision-making processes required for medical support and identifies interface and coordination requirements with other brigade, division, and corps medical elements.
The medical company is a complex organization and contains elements of the entire Army Health System. This publication is not a stand-alone reference and will require the user to be familiar with the entire Army Health System doctrine publications library consisting of the capstone field manual, Army techniques publications, and training circulars.
The principal audiences for ATP 4-02.6 are all commanders and their staffs, command surgeons, medical planners, Army Medicine personnel, and other medically qualified personnel assigned to or in support of maneuver forces who are executing Role 2 medical support in large-scale combat operations in a multidomain operational environment. It is to be used as a guide in both obtaining and providing Role 2 Army Health System support in a theater of operations. Information in this publication is applicable to decisive actions in support of large-scale combat operations. It is compatible with the Army's command and control, protection, and sustainment doctrine and is aligned with JP 4-02.
