Medical Enabler Demand Analysis (MEDA)

As part of the Enabler Force Demand assessment conducted by the Center for Army Analysis (CAA), CAA applies casualty estimation techniques and various medical planning parameters to evaluate the medical force capability demands of the U.S. Army during major contingencies.
These casualty estimation techniques and healthcare planning parameters are grounded in Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) G–3/5/7 and Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) validated procedures, utilizing data drawn from historical conflicts and the informed application of medical doctrine. CAA integrates these established methods and datasets with strategic-level directives into Defense Planning Scenario (DPS) campaign simulations to analyze the doctrinally based projected force demands for future medical support unit types, ensuring sustained demand fulfillment for medical personnel and Class VIII supplies throughout the campaign’s execution.
Using HQDA-approved inputs, CAA uses the Force Requirements Generator (FORGE) model to evaluate new concepts, capabilities, organizational designs, and doctrine, comparing the resulting force structure demands with a standardized baseline. CAA works cooperatively with MEDCoE, HQDA G–3/5/7, and other key stakeholders within the community of interest to perform scenario analyses and sensitivity studies, addressing adjustments to medical doctrine, assumptions, planning parameters, and casualty prediction techniques.
This presentation will outline how CAA performs analyses to support the determination of force structure requirements at the campaign level. Specifically, it will showcase the analytical work that CAA undertakes to portray medical enabler force structure demands during the Total Army Analysis (TAA) process and related studies.