South African Department of Defence SAMHS Conventional Reserve
Nickname(s)
6 Med
Motto(s)
Optima Cura – Excellence in Care
Engagements
Boer War World War I World War II Border War
Website
Website currently not available
Commanders
Current commander
Colonel M.I. Mogari
Insignia
NATO Symbol
6
Military unit
6 Medical Battalion Group (6 Med Bn Gp or 6 Med) is a Medical Battalion in the South African Military Health Service (SAMHS). SAMHS is the fourth Arm of Service of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).[1]
The unit forms part of the Mobile Military Health Formation of the SAMHS with the mandate to deliver comprehensive Military Medical Health Services to the SANDF during conventional operations, by combat-ready reserve force members, in a military as well as a civilian capacity.[2]
As a reserve unit, 6 Med Bn Gp has a status roughly equivalent to that of a British Army Reserve or United States Army National Guard unit. It is presently based in Kempton Park in Gauteng, South Africa.
^"South African National Defence Force Act, Act 42 of 2002" (PDF). dod.mil.za. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
^"Fact file: The Medical Battalion Group". defenceweb.co.za. DefenceWeb. 25 November 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2015. Fact file: The Medical Battalion Group
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