DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3501.408
N44
14 Jun 2021
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3501.408
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND PROJECTED OPERATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE ROLE 2 LIGHT MANEUVER EXPEDITIONARY
RESUSCITATIVE SURGICAL SYSTEM
Ref: (a) OPNAVINST C3501.2L
(b) DoD Directive 6200.04 of 9 October 2004
(c) JP 4-02
(d) OPNAVINST 4040.39C
Encl: (1) Projected Operational Environment for the Role 2 Light Maneuver Expeditionary
Resuscitative Surgical System
(2) Required Operational Capabilities for the Role 2 Light Maneuver Expeditionary
Resuscitative Surgical System
1. Purpose. To issue required operational capabilities (ROC) and the projected operational
environment (POE) for the Role 2 Light Maneuver (2LM) Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical
System (ERSS).
2. Cancellation. None.
3. Background. The ERSS provides personnel and equipment to accomplish rapid damage
control resuscitation and damage control surgery in order to stabilize patients in forward-
deployed austere locations afloat or ashore.
4. Scope and Applicability. Enclosures (1) and (2), prepared as directed by reference (a), define
ERSS mission areas, operational capabilities and employment environments. This instruction
supports manpower planning and readiness reporting criteria definition.
5. Action. The deployable medical systems resource sponsor Director, Medical Systems
Integration and Combat Survivability Division (OPNAV N44) in coordination with the Navy
Surgeon General will periodically review this instruction and recommend changes when the
ROC POEs for ERSS are significantly altered.
