scope:

Purpose

a. To establish policy and procedures to ensure timely and accurate completion of deployment health assessments for Active Component (AC) and Reserve Component (RC) Service members, and to provide the process for reporting compliance to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO).

b. This instruction is revised to clarify processes, stakeholder responsibilities, and Web links. It is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety.

Applicability. AC and RC Service members are deploying, deployed, and re-deployed under one or more of the following conditions:

a. Deployment ashore of more than 30 days with duties involving operations outside the continental United States without a fixed U.S. military medical treatment facility (MTF).

b. The combatant commander, Service component commander, or commander exercising operational control determines a health threat exists regardless of deployment area, duration, or MTF support (e.g., a deployed ship conducts operations that may expose Service members to contaminants, disease, or traumatic events).