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What is a '''Role 3''' medical unit? Well you may ask, because the [[TV]] show "[[Combat Hospital]]" assumes the viewer is familiar with the terminology.

* In [[NATO]]’s world, medical facilities are designated Role 1 to Role 4, depending on capability. A Role 1 facility is essentially a Unit Medical Section, while a Role 2 can do everything short of [[surgery]]. '''A Role 3 has surgical capacity.''' In [[Afghanistan]], a Role 2 (plus) type of [[hospital]] existed in some locations, which was a Role 2 with limited surgical capacity. The all-singing all-[[dance|dancing]] full service Role 4 is located at Landstuhl, [[Germany]]. At Kandahar Air Field, the [[United States]] had been lead nation at the Role 3 until 2005, with [[Canada]] taking over the following year. [http://www.mci-forum.com/home/article/103.html Historical account by Sean Maloney] - military historian

So it's basically a [[MASH]] unit (mobile army surgical hospital) except it stays in one place.
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