335 Medical Evacuation Regiment

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment
Active	1 April 2016 as MER – present
Country	2 Medical Group Field Army Troops
Motto(s)	Curare Tueri Tollere "Caring, Protecting, Evacuating"
Colors	Dull Cherry, Royal Blue, Old Gold
Anniversaries	1 April 2005
Equipment	Platform agnostic - train to use NATO ambulance platforms.
Commanders
Commanding Officer	Lt Col C R Smyth RAMC
Honorary Colonel	Col I Corrie PhD RAMC
Regimental Sergeant Major	WO1(RSM)L Cullen RAMC
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment is a

in North Yorkshire, as a specialist unit the regiment recruits reservists from all over the UK.

History

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment was formed on 1 April 2005 from the Ambulance Train Group (Volunteers). The Regiment has a long history which can be traced back to the ambulance trains of the Boer War of 1899 to 1902. It has deployed personnel on every major offensive, peacekeeping and humanitarian operation since 2005.^[2]

Role

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment is the

unit. The Regiment under the integrated review trains high and medium dependency care clinicians and general ambulance crews to deploy on operations and exercises around the world either as an individual augmentee or as part of a formed unit. The Regiment provides two main capabilities:

• High and Medium dependency in transit care: Moving across the operational patient care pathway from the rear of Role 1 to handing over for strategic evacuation.

• General Ambulance Crews: For patient collection and movement.

The Regiment trains to operates in a range of Army ambulances platforms and focuses on Team and Crew clinical development, while maintaining personal skill to allow individual deployments.

Organisation

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment has a Regimental Headquarters and two operational Squadrons: A and B. Each Squadron comprises several Troops which specialise in high, medium dependancy and general crew capabilities.

The regiment is under 2 Medical Group, Field Army Troops and supports units as tasked.

Personnel

335 Medical Evacuation Regiment has reservists from various trades and professions. As a specialist unit the regiment recruits reservists from all over the UK, and training is undertaken throughout the UK and overseas.

Soldiers

• Combat Medical Technician
• Paramedic
• Nurse
• Driver
• Human Resource Specialist

Officers

• Medical Officer
• Nursing Officer
• Medical Support Officer

Notable personnel

• Corporal Ben Spittle RAMC. Paramedic awarded the
  Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service as a result of his actions in Afghanistan in 2013.^[3][4]
• Corporal Philip Keogh RAMC. Paramedic awarded Best Reservist in the 2017 The Sun Military Awards, known as the Millies, for his actions when responding to the terror attack at the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017.^[5]

References

External links

• Official website