Guidance for the Use of Influenza Vaccine for the 2011-2012 Influenza Season 

2 AUG 2011. Department of Defense (DoD) policy requires immunization of all Active Duty and Reserve Component personnel against influenza according to Service specific guidelines.

Enhanced Influenza Surveillance 

11 OCT 2009. Directs all services to use their existing electronic reporting tools to submit influenza-associated hospitalized cases.

Memorandum Regarding, Tri-Service Reportable Medical Events Document 

30 JUN 2009. "Tri-Service Reportable Events Document." (Directs all services to use the Tri-Service Reportable Events List.)

Post-Deployment Health Reassessment 

10 MAR 2005. Establishes requirements for the services to implement a Post-Deployment Health Reassessment (PDHRA), with specific emphasis on mental health, to be administered three to six months post-deployment.

Requirements for Blood Samples Before and After Deployments 

27 JAN 2005. Creates interim policy for collection of pre-deployment serum specimens within 120 of deployment, in accordance with provisions contained in the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act. (Updates the policy contained in the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Memorandum "Updated Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples", 25 Oct 2001.)

Automation of Pre- and Post-deployment Health Assessment Forms 

21 MAY 2004. Establishes the goal of electronic submission of pre- and post-deployment health assessments.

Policy for Department of Defense Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program 

09 JAN 2004. Establishes policy and provides program guidance for the Department of Defense Deployment Health Quality Assurance Program, in response to issues identified in a report by the General Accounting Office.

Updated Policy for Pre and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples 

25 OCT 2001. (Updates the policy contained in the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Memorandum "Policy for Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples", 6 Oct 1998.)

Establishment of DoD Centers for Deployment Health 

30 SEPT 1999. Memo from the Assistant Secretary of Defense implementing the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act. Defines the roles each of the services has including: Creating a research center at the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, Converting a clinical center at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and Continuing medical surveillance through the Defense Medical Surveillance System.

Policy for Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples 

6 OCT 1998. (Updated by policy contained in the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Memorandum "Updated Policy for Pre- and Post-Deployment Health Assessments and Blood Samples", 25 Oct 2001.)