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In addition to the individual's duties, the environmental conditions may include extremes of
temperature, physiologic demand (water, mineral, salt, and heat management), and poor air
quality (especially particulates), while the operating conditions may impose extremes of diet (to
include fat, salt, and caloric levels), discomfort, sleep deprivation, emotional stress, and
circadian disruption. If maintaining an individual's health requires avoidance of these extremes
or excursions, she/he should not deploy.
The above rules and facts should allow the evaluating medical authority to make qualified
judgments as to whether a condition should be approved. Any medical condition that markedly
impairs an individual's daily function is potential grounds for disapproval.

5–11. Personnel Protective Equipment and Medications

a. Personnel assigned to duties in devastated urban areas where debris from damaged
buildings is present and accompanied by blowing dust or fuel vapors will also have a special
issue of the following item: respirator (either filtering face-piece respirators or half-face air-
purifying respiratory). All issued respirators will be equipped with class 100/high efficiency
particulate air (HEPA) filters and organic vapor cartridges.

b. Deployment and Mobilization Health Information: Information about staying healthy during
mobilization and/or deployment will be provided to all deploying and mobilizing personnel.
Health threat briefing: All personnel will be briefed on the health threat, including endemic
diseases, environmental hazards, proper sanitation and hygiene, personal responsibility and
preventive measures to maintain health. Health threat and prevention information is available
from the US Army Public Health Command (USAPHC). The USAPHC Threat of Briefing
Resources site on AKO https://www.us.army.mil/suite/page/583959 provides a standardized set
of Core Medical Threat Briefing slides, along with a list of resources and instructions for
customizing the Core slides to meet individual mission-specific needs.

C. Health information graphical training aids (GTAS): In addition to briefings, each person
deploying or mobilizing will be issued individual health information on the health threat and
personal procedures to protect health.

5–12. Redeployment Medical Processing

Upon redeployment from overseas locations, all individuals will undergo medical processing at
the deployment platforms (which are power generation platforms (PGP), power projection
platforms (PPP), power support platforms (PSP), mobilization stations/installations) and CONUS
Replacement Centers or equivalent deployment processing sites.

5–13. Requirements for REFRAD/Demobilization

Medical Benefits and Entitlements Briefing: All personnel will receive a medical benefits and
entitlements briefing. The briefing outlining the minimum standard for medical entitlements is
posted at the Deployment Cycle Support website (http://www.armyg1.army.mil/dcs/default.asp)
under the Post Deployment Phase Tasks section. Completion of a self-assessment
tool/questionnaire by the Soldier (DD Form 2697, DD Form 2796 or DD Form 2807-1).

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