medical support to civilian contract agencies in accordance with contractual agreements Provide medical support to Free World Military Assistance Forces, prisoners of war, and to civilian war casualties, as directed by higher headquarters Inspect personnel, materiel, and training of subordinate units to evaluate unit readiness Conduct civic action programs in accordance with established policies Perform acting Inspector General functions of receiving and processing complaints, requests for assistance, advice or information, and for such other purposes as may be authorized by Army Regulation 20-1 Provide chaplain activities within the command, supervise and provide staff direction to chaplains and chaplain activities of all elements of the brigade and provide morale and welfare support Conduct public information and command information programs for all assigned and attached medical units in accordance with established policies of higher headquarters Provide primary preventive medicine services for organizations lacking organic medical support Provide preventive medicine services beyond the capability of surgeons of subordinate USARV units or commands Provide preventive medicine services to other United States Forces, Free World Military Assistance Forces and Government of Vietnam Forces as directed by higher headquarters Assist in controlling or preventing epidemic disease in local civil populations as necessary to protect the health of USARV personnel or as directed by higher headquarters Note 1: In 1950, Congress changed the name of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) to the Army Medical Service (AMEDS) as part of the Army Organization Act of 1950. In March 1968, at the urging of Army Surgeon General Leonard D. Heaton, then in his ninth year of service as the Surgeon General, Secretary of the Army Stanley R. Resor petitioned Congress to restore the name of the Army Medical Service to the Army Medical Department, and Congress approved the restoration of the Department's name in June 1969. Relocation of Brigade Headquarters With the increased emphasis on moving units from the Saigon-Cholon-Tan Son Nhut area, the brigade headquarters moved from its suburban villas at 24/8 Truong Quoc Dung to buildings 8528-8532 on Long Binh Post. The two-phased move was accomplished during late September 1967. Being in close geographical proximity to Headquarters USARV, and the USARV Surgeon's Office was notably beneficial in time saved and in alleviating communications problems. Organization of Groups and Subordinate Units Intergroup and intragroup organization remained essentially stable until the third calendar quarter. On 23 October 1967 the 67th Medical Group became operational and medical facilities in the