Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-110

§2350t Military Medical Cooperation Arrangements Among Five Eyes Countries

Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART IV — SERVICE, SUPPLY, AND PROPERTY › CHAPTER 138 — COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH NATO ALLIES AND OTHER COUNTRIES › SUBCHAPTER II — OTHER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS › § 2350t

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense can make formal agreements with one or more Five Eyes governments to help military medical teams cooperate and to make their medical systems work together during operations. Five Eyes countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Military medical cooperation: actions like sharing information; making medical staff and systems interoperable and credentialed; training, exercises, research and trials; biodefense; medical logistics (including recognition of MedCM, drugs, and equipment); patient movement; and other areas the Secretary adds. Military medicine: things like combat casualty care, infectious disease, CBRN medical support, deployed health care, public health and force readiness, mental health, humanitarian response, strange health incidents, mass casualty care, and other areas the Secretary adds.

Full Legal Text

Title 10, §2350t

Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Authority.—

The Secretary of Defense may enter into a bilateral or multilateral memorandum of understanding or other formal agreement with one or more governments of the Five Eyes countries to support military medical cooperation or improve operational medical interoperability.

(b)Definitions.—

In this section: (1)

(2)The term “military medical cooperation” means any of the following:

(A)Information exchange.

(B)Medical interoperability, including credentialing of health care personnel.

(C)Medical education, training, exercises, and evaluation.

(D)Medical research, development, trials, and evaluation.

(E)Biodefense, including with respect to prevention, preparation, response, and investigation.

(F)Medical logistics, including the recognition of MedCM, drugs and medical equipment.

(G)Patient movement.

(H)Any other areas for cooperation designated by the Secretary of Defense.

(3)The term “military medicine” means any of the following:

(A)Combat casualty care including trauma.

(B)Military infectious disease.

(C)Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear medical support.

(D)Deployed health care delivery.

(E)Public health, health readiness, and force health protection.

(F)Mental health.

(G)Humanitarian response.

(H)Anomalous health incidents.

(I)Mass casualty management.

(J)Any other areas of military medicine designated by the Secretary of Defense.

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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 2350t

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110