Medical intelligence
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Medical Intelligence is defined by the Department of Defense as:
That category of intelligence resulting from collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of foreign medical, bio-scientific, and environmental information that is of interest to strategic planning and to military medical planning and operations for the conservation of the fighting strength of friendly forces and the formation of assessments of foreign medical capabilities in both military and civilian sectors. Also called MEDINT.[1]
[edit] AFMIC
The Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center ("AFMIC") located at Fort Detrick, Maryland is a field production agency of the Defense Intelligence Agency. AFMIC has primary responsibility for medical intelligence within the Department of Defense.
[edit] External sources
- "The Literature of Intelligence: A Bibliography of Materials, with Essays, Reviews, and Comments"
- See also "AFMIC" by Lynn McNamee
[edit] References
- ^ Joint Publication 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
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