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SUBJ/POST-DEPLOYMENT HEALTH REASSESSMENT PROGRAM//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  THE POST-DEPLOYMENT HEALTH REASSESSMENT (PDHRA)
IS A DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MANDATED PROGRAM DESIGNED TO ASSIST
COMMANDERS IN MANAGING HEALTH RELATED MATTERS EFFECTING SERVICE
MEMBERS RETURNING FROM COMBAT.  EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF THE PDHRA
PROGRAM PROVIDES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR EARLY IDENTIFICATION OF
EMERGING DEPLOYMENT RELATED HEALTH CONCERNS WHILE PROVIDING VITAL
READINESS INDICATORS OF OUR FIGHTING FORCE.  MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT
HELPS PROTECT THE LONG-TERM HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR MARINES.
OUR SUCCESS RATE IN OBTAINING THE REQUIRED PDHRA DATA IS BELOW
ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.  WE OWE OUR MARINES BETTER THAN THAT.
2.  THE DEPUTY COMMANDANT FOR MANPOWER & RESERVE AFFAIRS (DC M&RA)
WILL LEAD THE INITIATIVE TO GAIN COMPLIANCE MANDATED BY THE PDHRA
PROGRAM.  DC M&RA WILL ASSIST COMMANDERS BY PROVIDING TECHNICAL AND
FUNCTIONAL RESOURCES (FIELD MANAGERS AND SUPPORT STAFF) TO ENSURE
OUR SUCCESS.  ADDITIONALLY, DC M&RA WILL TRACK COMPLIANCE
ACHIEVEMENTS AND ADVISE COMMANDERS ON SUCCESS RATES.
3.  THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF EVERY MARINE IS OF THE UTMOST
IMPORTANCE.  I WANT ALL COMMANDERS TO FULLY SUPPORT THE PDHRA
PROGRAM AND UTILIZE THE RESOURCES TO ACHIEVE AND SUSTAIN SUCCESS.
4. SEMPER FIDELIS, JAMES T. CONWAY, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//