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OBJECTIVE: The aim: To identify and establish the basics of organizational and legal support for military medical activities performed by the Defense Forces of France, Germany, and Ukraine, to make a comparative legal analysis of these principles in order to select the best practices that could be adopted by the forces of modern states. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Materials and methods: This study is based on regulatory instruments of England, France, Germany, the United States, and Ukraine. The following methods are used in the article: comparative-legal, comprehensive and analytical ones. CONCLUSION: Conclusions: The study confirmed the importance of the legal and organizational framework of military medical activities to ensure the proper medical support of the troops. It includes 1) legal principles as key imperative requirements imposed on the operation of the military health services system; 2) legal foundations for the activities of the military medical services; 3) institutional arrangement.