10th Combat Support Hospital The 10th Combat Support Hospital ( " Mountain Medics " ) is a combat support hospital of the United States Army first constituted on 23 June 1942 in the Army of the United States as the 10th Field Hospital . History . The mission of the 10th Combat Support Hospital was to provide hospitalization support to U . S . Forces within the theater of operation in support of combat operations or operations other than war . The 10th Combat Support Hospital provided medical support for the Fort Carson Community , operated two troop medical clinics , provided support personnel to Evans Army Community Hospital , supported EMT course , conducted combat lifesaver courses and preventive medicine courses , and conducted the installation ' s Expert Field Medical Badge test . The 10th Combat Support Hospital was a modular - designed facility , which consisted of a HUB ( Hospital Unit Base ) and HUS ( Hospital Unit Surgical ) . The unit had 8 wards providing intensive nursing care for up to 96 patients , 7 wards providing intermediate nursing care for up to 140 patients , one ward providing neuropsychiatric ( NP ) care for up to 20 patients . Surgical capacity was based on 8 operating room tables for a surgical capacity of 144 operating room ( OR ) table hours per day . The unit could be further augmented with specialty surgical / medical teams to increase its capabilities . The hospital was equipped with Deployable Medical System ( DEPMEDS ) equipment , which could be set up in various configurations . The major components of a combat support hospital were the expandable tactical shelters , TEMPER Tents , and the military vans . The expandable tactical shelter was a rigid paneled metal unit that could be unfolded to become an enclosed air conditioned shelter for use as an operating room , central material services , pharmacy , laboratory , blood bank , radiology , or biomedical maintenance . The TEMPER ( Tent Extendible Modular Personnel ) tent featured an aluminum frame and fabric outer skin , which could be quickly assembled and disassembled without , tools . The standard ward was 20 feet by 64 feet , consisting of 8 8 - by - 20 foot TEMPER sections . The MILVAN was a rigid paneled metal storage and transportation container , which was allocated to the functional sections of the hospital . When operational , the combat support hospital could provide climate and environmental control equivalent to that found in any fixed hospital . In January 2004 , the 10th Combat Support Hospital became the first hospital to complete the Medical Re - engineering Initiative ( MRI ) conversion . With the conversion , the 10th Combat Support Hospital was a more mobile 84 - bed hospital with an additional 164 beds in storage , if ever needed . The combat support hospital was designed to provide level III care to deployed soldiers during wartime operations or humanitarian missions . The hospital facility was the Deployable Medical System ( DEPMEDS ) , which consisted of TEMPER tents and ISO shelters . It was composed of an emergency medical treatment section with a dispensary , one operating room ( with 2 tables ) , 2 intensive care units ( ICU ) each composed of 12 beds , 3 intermediate care wards ( ICW ) each composed of 20 beds , one central materiel services section , laboratory with limited testing capabilities , blood bank , radiology with portable x - ray capability and digital processing , and a pharmacy . Experiences of the 10th Combat Support Hospital had led it to request an additional OR iso - shelter to increase its surgical capabilities . Though the 10th Combat Support Hospital was an echelon - above - division ( EAD ) asset , and therefore required support , with the MRI conversion it was more self - sufficient than before . The staff of the hospital consisted of 2 personnel components : permanently assigned and professional fillers or PROFIS . Under the FY07 MTOE , which appeared on 16 March 2007 , the 10th Combat Support Hospital had 482 required positions , which consisted of 237 permanently assigned and 245 PROFIS . With the MRI conversion , this represented a shift with the number of permanently assigned personnel decreasing and the number of PROFIS increasing by approximately 40 each respectively . The backbone of a fully operational and functional hospital was the competent staff found under the canvas . An important part of that competent team was the PROFIS staff , which made up over half of the total staff and included the majority of the clinical professionals . In an ideal world , the 10th Combat Support Hospital would have had all personnel assigned and training on a daily basis in anticipation for worldwide deployments . Unfortunately , that arrangement would become a detriment to the clinical skills of the medical , nursing , and specialty staff . Therefore , a system was required whereby the majority of time could spent in a real clinical environment , where skills could be developed and maintained . That system , the PROFIS program , allowed clinical staff to maintain clinical proficiency while developing unit relationships and training for deployment with their designated PROFIS unit . Likened to a " break glass when needed " piece of equipment , PROFIS were assigned to the 10th Combat Support Hospital on paper and were requested when the need arose for professionals to round out the staffing requirements for a particular mission . Today , the 10th Combat Support Hospital ' s mission " is to rapidly deploy an 84 - bed hospital in support of combat operations or operations other than war . Additionally , there is another 164 - bed " slice " that is in reserve and may be deployed as required by the mission . The 10th CSH is a force multiplier for the combatant commander , providing high quality , comprehensive level III medical care and health services in order to conserve the fighting strength " .