DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS
2000 NAVY PENTAGON
WASHINGTON, DC 20350-2000
OPNAVINST 3501.409
N44
17 Jun 2021
OPNAV INSTRUCTION 3501.409
From: Chief of Naval Operations
Subj: REQUIRED OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES AND PROJECTED OPERATIONAL
ENVIRONMENT FOR THE EN ROUTE CARE SYSTEM
Ref: (a) OPNAVINST C3501.2L
(b) DoDD 6200.04 of 9 October 2004
(c) JP 4-02
(d) OPNAVINST 4040.39C
Encl: (1) Projected Operational Environment for the En Route Care System
(2) Required Operational Capabilities for the En Route Care System
1. Purpose. To issue required operational capabilities and the projected operational
environment for the En Route Care (ERC) System.
2. Background. The ERC system provides personnel, equipment and consumables for
uninterrupted continuation of patient care during movement.
3. Scope and Applicability. Enclosures (1) and (2), prepared as directed by reference (a), define
ERC System mission areas, operational capabilities and employment environments. This
instruction supports manpower planning and readiness reporting criteria definition.
4. Action. The deployable medical systems resource sponsor, Medical Systems Integration &
Combat Survivability (OPNAV N44), in coordination with the Navy Surgeon General will
periodically review this instruction and recommend changes when the required operational
capabilities or projected operational environments for ERC System are significantly altered.
5. Records Management.
a. Records created as a result of this instruction, regardless of format or media, must be
maintained and dispositioned per the records disposition schedules located on the Department of
the Navy Assistant for Administration, Directives and Records Management Division portal page
at https://portal.secnav.navy.mil/orgs/DUSNM/DONAA/DRM/Records-and-Information-
Management/Approved%20Record%20Schedules/Forms/AllItems.aspx.
