incorporated into wearable technology, such as a chest harness with a physiologi- cal status monitor, which mission leaders and medics can monitor with a phone to detect if one or more Soldiers are at increased risk of heat illness. USARIEM developed ECTemp based on years of physiological data collected from mul- tiple studies. By providing accurate core temperature information, the ECTemp can help military leaders make timely, critical training and mission decisions in hot, humid and unpredictable environ- ments. Te ECTemp has opened the door to future monitoring apps and wearable technology for the military.


Unit leaders can use the Altitude Readi- ness Management System (ARMS), an Android-based app, to plan mis- sions with appropriate expectations. By using data from more than 25 years of USARIEM’s altitude studies, ARMS predicts how likely Soldiers are to expe- rience acute mountain sickness during a mission, and how severely. ARMS also calculates how much time Soldiers need to complete missions and acclimate to a variety of altitudes. Unit leaders can use this easily accessible information to alter high- altitude missions before deploy- ment in order to prevent hypoxic events. Te app is now fielded on the Nett Warrior platform and is being fielded through the TRADOC online app store this year.


Te Soldier Water Estimation Tool (SWET) is an Android-based smart- phone app and mission planning tool that can predict average water needs for groups of Soldiers for defined periods of time. Te app uses a validated, updated sweat prediction equation based on five decades of USARIEM’s research on sweat loss and hydration. A unit leader can plug in the temperature, humidity, cloud cover, type of clothing worn and


Soldiers’ workload. Te app does the rest of the work. SWET supports the use of real-world planning in military settings in a variety of outdoor conditions. Te app is now fielded on the Nett Warrior platform and, along with ARMS, is also being made available on the TRADOC app store this year.


Te Performance Readiness Bar (PRB) is a calcium- and vitamin D-fortified snack bar developed to optimize bone health in basic trainees. Te snack bar was distributed at Fort Benning, Georgia, in the summer of 2017 and will be dis- tributed at all four Army basic training locations in 2018. Calcium and vitamin D have already been proven to be nec- essary nutrients to improve bone health. However, USARIEM researchers’ find- ings indicated that basic trainees needed higher-than-average amounts of calcium and vitamin D to support bone health during initial military training.


According to the Military Health System, recruits often arrive at basic training with poor calcium and vitamin D status, mak- ing their bones more vulnerable to stress fractures and other injuries. PRB is one solution to this problem that will reduce attrition and personnel costs associated with initial military training, increasing Army readiness.


Te Occupational Physical Assessment Test (OPAT) was part of the TRADOC Soldier 2020 initiative, which would help set the standards necessary for Sol- diers—male and female—to perform in combat MOSs. USARIEM researchers broke down those specialties into essen- tial physical capabilities that a Soldier needs to be trainable for a given specialty.


Troughout 2016, USARIEM research- ers conducted more than 27 field studies in initial military training settings at Fort


EDIBLE READINESS


The Performance Readiness Bar, a calcium- and vitamin D-fortified snack bar developed under the research guidance of USARIEM’s Military Nutrition Division, will soon be available Armywide. The new snack was prompted by military health researchers’ realization that basic trainees are doubly vulnerable to bone injury. (U.S. Army photo by Mallory Roussel, USARIEM)


SWET THE DETAILS


Operations in extreme heat or cold, or at high altitude, can be unpredictable. Decades of USARIEM research informs the SWET app, left, and the ARMS app, which give unit leaders objective information to adjust deployments and prevent disastrous casualties. (U.S. Army photo by Mallory Roussel, USARIEM)


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