Office of the Command Surgeon

Mission

The command surgeon is the senior medical advisor to the combatant commander, as well as the command’s senior staff for all health service support policy, plans, engagements and exercises.

The office oversees U.S. military medical operations across the U.S. Africa Command area of responsibility, which includes an operational area of 53 sovereign African nations, supporting U.S. forces and their families.

The command surgeon also provides policy guidance to six component surgeons representing four services, one sub-unified command, and Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa.


Vision

Sustain the health of our forces, support ongoing operations, strengthen partner-nation military medicine capability, and shape medical stability operations through partnership building.


Contact

DSN: 324.591.0703

Commercial: +49 (0)711.7081.0703