strength as of 31 December 1971 was 48: Medical Service Corps - 33 Army Nurse Corps - 1 Warrant Officers - 14 Aviation - 12 Medical Service Corps - 1 Quartermaster Corps - 1 Total enlisted strength as of 31 December 1970 was 597. Total enlisted strength as of 31 December 1971 was 379. Personnel figures as of the end of 1970 showed the brigade was assigned approximately 125% of its assigned MTO strength. Excess personnel were generated as a result of the inactivation of the 28th General Hospital on 28 December 1970. Personnel figures as of the end of 1971 reflect that at the end of the year, the Brigade was assigned approximately 75% of its MTOE authorized strength. The decrease of personnel was the result of the early release programs directed by the Department of the Army. Due to an acute enlisted personnel shortage at the Fort Meade hospital, a request was submitted to the Commanding Officer, Fort George G. Meade, to attach the 44th Medical Brigade and all of its subordinate units to the Fort George G. Meade Medical Department Activity (Kimbrough Army Hospital). The request for attachment was not favorably considered. Training Units attached to the brigade were responsible for the scheduling and presentation of general, specialist, unit training, and the conduct of field exercises. The 44th Medical Brigade was tasked to provide 58 enlisted medical MOS slots for the operation of Kimbrough Army Hospital. In addition, the brigade coordinated an OJT/MOS proficiency program with Kimbrough Army Hospital, EPES Dental Clinic, First U.S. Army Medical Laboratory, and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. Normally seventy to eighty personnel participated in this second program on a ninety-day rotating basis in 1970, which increased to eighty to ninety per rotation in 1971. Funding deficiencies experienced by First Army made cancellation of all field training scheduled for the latter part of 1970 necessary. The following units successfully completed an Operational Readiness Training Test during the period 30 April-24 May l971: 702d Medical Company (Clearing) 591st Medical Company (Ambulance) 212th Medical Detachment (Helicopter Ambulance) 249th Medical Detachment (Supply) 630th Medical Detachment (Maintenance) The following units conducted a Field Training Exercise during September 1971: 702d Medical Company (Clearing) 591st Medical Company (Ambulance) 249th Medical Detachment (Supply) 630th Medical Detachment (Maintenance) The 44th Medical Brigade supported Reserve and ROTC Summer Camp during the period 6 March through 30 September 1971 at