scope:

AE is just one component of the DOD En Route Care (ERC) Capability, or En Route Casualty Care System (ERCCS), which enables continuation of care during movement (evacuation) without clinically compromising a patient's condition. The Air Force AE system provides a critical PM capability which cuts across traditional Service lines. Historically, the majority of AE patients generated during wars and contingency operations since World War II came from Army and Marine Corps ground combat units. Therefore, it is important that the AE system integrates well with medical components of all Services, not just those of the Air Force. Moreover, the past decade has increasingly revealed the necessity of advancing AE interoperability with coalition and allied AE partners (reference AFD Annex 3-17 and JP 4-02).