The ability of military forces to fight and meet the demands of assigned missions.

A periodic oral evaluation performed on a patient of record to determine any changes in the patient’s dental or medical health status since a previous comprehensive or periodic evaluation. This includes an oral cancer evaluation and periodontal screening where indicated and may require interpretation of information acquired through additional diagno...

Individual Medical Readiness element items that immediately requires an individual Service member’s action and commander’s enforcement.

A measure of an individual Service member’s compliance with established medical readiness elements. This measure of health and fitness is one aspect used to determine medical deployability of individuals and units in support of military operations.

The most prevalent human enzyme deficiency, stemming from an intrinsic metabolic defect of red blood cells. Most people with G6PD deficiency are unaware of their status, living with no anemia, symptoms, or complications. The disorder becomes recognizable when exposure to oxidant drugs, infection, or ingestion of fava beans triggers an episode of acute hem...

A category that describes a Service member without any acute or chronic physical or psychological conditions that may interfere with their ability to perform duties while deployed.

A Service member’s medical, dental, and mental/behavioral health status necessary to perform their assigned missions.

A category that describes a Service member with an acute or chronic medical condition that may interfere with their ability to perform their duties while deployed and who requires additional medical screening or a medical waiver to deploy.

The capacity to perform physical activity, primarily characterized by the health-related components of cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular endurance, muscular strength, body composition, and flexibility.

The overall capacity to perform the physical duty of military service to include combat, consisting of the components of physical fitness.

This concept integrates health, resilience, and human performance across eight domains: physical fitness, environmental fitness, medical and dental fitness, nutritional fitness, spiritual fitness, psychological fitness, social fitness, and financial fitness.

Having the nutrients needed to facilitate not only good health and readiness but also resilience against the physical and mental stressors associated with military service. Nutritional fitness contributes to resilience by helping service members maintain a healthy weight, protecting them against diet-related diseases that affect physical and cognitive fun...

The ability of a skeletal muscle to perform repeated contractions for an extended period of time. It is measured as the number of submaximal contractions performed or submaximal sustained contraction time. Common muscular tests (e.g., push-ups and sit-ups) are measures of muscular endurance.

The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and the Reserve Components.

An approach to medicine that emphasizes the practice application of the findings of the best available current research.