In the Army Health System, which function covers direct patient care, hospitalization, medical evacuation, and blood logistics?

• A. Health Service Support
• B. Force Health Protection
• C. Proximity
• D. Mobility

Answer: (A)

Health Service Support is the part of the Army Health System that delivers the medical care soldiers need, from direct patient care at to-the-point treatment, through hospitalization, to moving patients out of battle zones via medical evacuation, and managing blood logistics. This is the broad, integrated function that covers both clinical care and the essential medical supply chain to keep the force healthy and able to fight.

Force Health Protection focuses on preventing health problems—things like vaccination, disease prevention, and physical readiness—not on delivering care or evacuation. Proximity is about where care is located in relation to the battlefield, a concept describing placement rather than a care-delivery function. Mobility relates to the movement of personnel and assets, important for reach and flexibility but not the function that directly encompasses patient care, hospital care, evacuation, and blood logistics.