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FORT MCCOY, Wis. - The U.S. Army Reserve is integrating a pilot medical readiness program at the beginning of Combat Support Training Exercise 2010.
The program, which is designed to check soldiers’ combat health readiness, consists of a dental clinic, audio station, immunizations, and a periodic health assessment.
“We are trying to replicate as much as possible what Soldiers would experience once they’re deployed,” said Brig. Gen. Walter B. Chahanovich, commanding general of the 78th Training Brigade and CSTX 2010 exercise director.
To accomplish this, the Army Reserve reached out to several private companies including Onsite Health which provided portable dental facilities, and Logistics Health Inc., a La Crosse, Wis., based company which has been in charge of providing health assessments for the Department of Defense.
LHI’s mission is part of the Reserve Health Readiness Program, but the long term mission is to reduce Soldiers’ time at the deployment station, said Chahanovich.
According to Erica Erdmann, a group prevention coordinator with LHI, between 50 and 1,000 soldiers are seen by LHI consultants each day they have been at Fort McCoy.
“When this was first introduced back in the mid-planning conference we had a lot of heads shaking in the positive way – that this concept makes sense,” said Chahanovich.
Chahanovich said he hopes that this method will work so well that he wants to bring news of its success to this fall’s Army Reserve Senior Leadership Conference. He also said he sees the potential that more training grounds will instill this method of health assessment.
“Ultimately the goal is to have soldiers spend less time at the mobilization station and more time with boots on the ground,” said Chahanovich. As the final days of the health assessment draw near, commanders of the various units here can rest assured that their soldiers are entering this year’s CSTX healthy and ready to train.
| Date Taken: | 08.11.2010 |
| Date Posted: | 08.12.2010 19:09 |
| Story ID: | 54478 |
| Location: | FORT MCCOY, WISCONSIN, US |
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