Military Personnel : Top Management Attention Is Needed to Address Long-Standing Problems with Determining Medical and Physical Fitness of the Reserve Force

DoD's operations in time of war or national emergency depend on sizable reserve force involvement & DoD expects future use of the reserve force to remain high. Operational readiness depends on healthy & fit personnel. Long-standing problems have been identified with reserve members not being in proper medical or physical condition. PL 108-375 required a study DoD's mgmt. of the health status of reserve members activated for Operations Enduring Freedom & Iraqi Freedom. This report assessed DoD's: (1) ability to determine reserve force compliance with routine exams; & (2) visibility over reserve members' health status after they are called to duty & the care, if any, provided to those deployed with preexisting conditions. Includes recommend. Illus.Stewart, Derek B. is the author of 'Military Personnel : Top Management Attention Is Needed to Address Long-Standing Problems with Determining Medical and Physical Fitness of the Reserve Force', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422304310 and ISBN 1422304310.