As a secondary mission, MEDTRE FAC COMFORT is capable of providing a full hospital service asset for use by other government agencies involved in the support of relief and humanitarian operations worldwide. These mission statements are accountable to both the Reduced Operating Status (ROS) and Full Operating Status (FOS) military personnel staffed at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda MD. until the ship is activated. However, the ROS personnel's immediate and number one priority is to fully activate the ship to a FOS Echelon III Medical Treatment Facility within the prescribed 5-day time frame. In meeting these missions, the ROS personnel perform the following functions:
1. Serve as the nucleus of the critical core required to execute activations;
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3. Orient and train FOS augmenting staff;
4. Monitor/assess the medical treatment facility's overall ability to fully activate/perform mission