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Post-Deployment begins with arrival at Home Station (Active Component) or DEMOB Station (Reserve Component), includes actions to recover equipment, personnel and demobilization activities. This phase ends with release from recovery mission (Active Component) or arrival at Home 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. At 3 to 6 months after return, the Post-Deployment Health Reassessment Program provides education, screening and a health assessment designed to identify and facilitate access to care for deployment-related physical, mental and re-adjustment concerns that have emerged over time since deployment.
To assist primary care clinicians in evaluating and managing individuals seeking care for potentially deployment-related health concerns and conditions, the DoD/VA Post-Deployment Health Clinical Practice Guideline (PDH-CPG) was developed The Guideline applies to both individuals who have deployed as well as non-deployed individuals who are experiencing health concerns which they consider related to a deployment: e.g., family members of personnel who have deployed.
Clinical Guidance
Policies and Directives
DoD/Joint Force
- HA Policy 07-029 Policy on Analysis of Metal Fragments Removed from Department of Defense Personnel, 18 Dec 07
- Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum, Policy Guidance for Provision of Medical Care to Department of Defense Civilian Employees Injured or Wounded While Forward Deployed in Support of Hostilities, 24 Sep 07
- DoDI 6490.03, Deployment Health, 11 Aug 06
- HA Policy 06-006 Periodic Health Assessment Policy for Active Duty and Selected Reserve Members, 16 Feb 06
- DoDI 6025.19, Individual Medical Readiness (IMR), 3 Jan 06
- DoD Report on Service Efforts to Establish Formal Post-Deployment Programs
- 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
- DoD Directives on Fitness and Disability Evaluations
- Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA) (DD Form 2900) Page
Army
Air Force
Navy/Marines
Coast Guard
VA (Veterans Administration)
Forms and Measures
Fact Sheets
- 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
- ARNG Brochure, Welcome Home, Jun 04
- USUHS Reintegration Fact Sheet for Military Couples
- USUHS Reintegration Fact Sheet for Providers
- VA Operations OIF and OEF Fact Sheets
- Post-Deployment Health Care for Reserve Component Members Fact Sheet For Service Members and Their Families, 16 Jun 05
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