Re-Deployment

Re-Deployment is the period of time during which units re-posture themselves in theater/Area of Operations (AOR); transfer forces and material to support other operational requirements; or return personnel, equipment, and material to the Home Station (Active Component) or DEMOB Station (Reserve Component). Post-deployment health activities during this period are described in DoDI 6490.03, Deployment Health, 11 Aug 06 and are based on the deployment type or commander's decision, DoD and Service policies, and actual or potential health threats encountered during deployment. They may include a re-deployment medical briefing and completion of the DD Form 2796 (Post-Deployment Health Assessment) and Enhanced Post-Deployment Assessment Process. In accordance with DoDI 6490.03, DD Form 2796 should be completed "as close to the redeployment date as possible, but not earlier than 30 days before the expected redeployment date and NLT 30 days after redeployment, and for Reserve Component members, before they are released from active duty."

• Clinical Guidance
• Policies and Directives
  • DoD/Joint Forces
  • Army
  • Air Force
  • Navy/Marines
  • Coast Guard
• Forms and Measures
• Fact Sheets
• Other Related Information
• Education and Training
• Research
• Related Links

Clinical Guidance

• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page (includes information on Deployment Exposures)
• USACHPPM Deployment Resources for Healthcare Providers Page

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Policies and Directives

DoD/Joint Forces

• DoDI 6490.03, Deployment Health, 11 Aug 06
• HA Policy 04-001, Policy for Department of Defense Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program, 9 Jan 04
• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page

Army

• Department of the Army, Warrior Transition Unit (WTU) - Consolidated Guidance (Administrative)
• Department of the Army Personnel Policy Guidance (PPG) for Overseas Contingency Operations
• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page

Air Force

• HQ USAF/SG, Medical Procedures for Deployment Health Surveillance, 22 May 03
• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page

Navy/Marines

• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page

Coast Guard

• COMDTINST M6000 1D, Coast Guard Medical Manual, 25 Sep 09 (Chapter 6 Medical Readiness and Deployment Health)
• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page

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Forms and Measures

• DA Form 7631 Army Deployment Cycle Support (DCS) Checklist, Mar 07
• Other Forms and Measures

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Fact Sheets

• NCPTSD Guide, Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Military Personnel, Jun 09
• NCPTSD Guide, Returning from the War Zone: A Guide for Families of Military Members, Jun 09
• Deployment Health and Family Readiness Library Fact Sheet, The New Emotional Cycles of Deployment, Jul 06
• USACHPPM, Redeployment Health Guide: Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan), Apr 06
• USACHPPM, Redeployment Health Guide: A Service Member's Guide to Deployment-Related Stress Problems, Jan 06
• USACHPPM, Redeployment Health Guide: A Guide for Service Members and Their Families, Mar 06
• USACHPPM Post Deployment Exposure Fact Sheets
• Medically Unexplained Physical Symptoms (MUPS) - A Guide for Re-Deploying Service Members
• USUHS Reintegration Fact Sheet for Military Couples
• USUHS Reintegration Fact Sheet for Providers
• VA Operations OIF and OEF Fact Sheets

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Other Related Information

• Air Force MTF Flowchart, Deployment Health for DoD Civilian Personnel
• Redeployment Action Plan, Jan 06
• Deployment Atlas, Feb 04
• USACHPPM Medical Threat Briefings
• Depleted Uranium

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Education and Training

• DoD Training to Administer DoD Deployment Mental Health Assessments, 15 Jul 10
  (Official DoD Training designed to train and certify medical personnel to implement pre- and post-deployment mental health assessments for Service members in accordance with Public Law 111-84, 28 Oct 09 Title VII Health Care Provisions Section 708.)

• Army Brigade-Division Surgeons Course, AMEDD Center and School, Oct 05  (Requires Army Knowledge on Line (AKO) Account) Includes videos on:

  • Pre and Post Deployment Medical Processing (43:17 minutes)
  • MEDPROS  (76:43 minutes)
  • Profiles/Boards/MEB/PEB/MMRB (54:23 minutes)
  • Medical Holdover and CBHCO (29:08 minutes)
• USACHPPM Medical Threat Briefings Page
• Implementing the PDH-CPG Across the Deployment Cycle Post OEF/OIF PowerPoint Presentation May 03 Updated Apr 05
• Army Resilience Training (Formerly Battlemind Training, Resilience Training reflects a strength-based, positive psychology approach to Warrior behavioral health. It is designed for Warriors, Leaders, Spouses, Families and behavioral health providers. Training and information is targeted to all phases of the Warrior deployment cycle, Warrior life cycle and Warrior support system.)
• Air Force Landing Gear Program (Pre and Post Deployment Prevention Education) (Pre-Deployment education is designed to prepare Airmen to cope with traumatic events and Post-Deployment training is designed to facilitate smooth reentry into work/family life.)
• Navy Individual Augmentee Deployment Health Training (Pre- and post-deployment personal protection training)

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Research

• DHSD Deployment Health Medical Research Library

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Related Links

• Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Assessment Process (DD Form 2796) Page
• Post-Deployment Page
• Army G-1 Deployment Cycle Support Process (DCS) Page
• USACHPPM Deployment Resources
• NEHC Deployment Health Page
• Reserve Affairs Mobilization and Demobilization Information Resources
• VA Environmental Agents Page

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