SOST is GST and FST. In the air force there is (GST) Ground Surgical Teams. All ground Surgeons who deploy to temporary Medical Facilities (almost always in a war zone), outside of full service hospitals with specialists. GST has a (Surgical/Medical Hospital) close to forward deployed Special Ops Units. Its more like just an Operating room + Some communications and extra equipment that a team can't carry to the field. Its usually in a tent or those military cargo container/trailer looking buildings. SOST is the Foward Surgical Team which would deploy from the forward facility to do surgery on the battlefield, some cases they even do it during a gun fight. The Navy and Army are now both combining and integrating servicemembers to make a nearly identical unit with the similar crew member make-up.
What is the difference between Ground Surgical Team, SOST and Forward Surgical Team???
SOST is GST and FST. In the air force there is (GST) Ground Surgical Teams. All ground Surgeons who deploy to temporary Medical Facilities (almost always in a war zone), outside of full service hospitals with specialists. GST has a (Surgical/Medical Hospital) close to forward deployed Special Ops Units. Its more like just an Operating room + Some communications and extra equipment that a team can't carry to the field. Its usually in a tent or those military cargo container/trailer looking buildings. SOST is the Foward Surgical Team which would deploy from the forward facility to do surgery on the battlefield, some cases they even do it during a gun fight. The Navy and Army are now both combining and integrating servicemembers to make a nearly identical unit with the similar crew member make-up.