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The complete A Guide to Female Soldier Readiness, both published in September 2006, is available for download in PDF format: A Guide to Female Soldier Readiness (816 KB)
Female Soldiers are encouraged to include the considerations found in the guide in their planning for field exercises and deployments. The goal is to have positive duty assignments, without the problems that frequently typify field and deployment assignments. Every military leader is a manager of time, resources, and people. Effective military leadership demands the maximum use of each of these elements. The goal of this technical guide is to enable leaders to maximize the potential of the female Soldier. Specific Leader Tips are found throughout the guide to give additional recommendations for leaders. HCPs are frequently requested to give guidance and recommendations related to female Soldier health issues. This technical guide provides references to assist them in this role. (The mention of or reference to documents, products or websites that are from a non-federal entity are intended to assist the reader in obtaining further information about the topics in this guide. These references should not be construed or interpreted in any way to be official U.S. Army endorsement of same.) Also check out these HOOAH 4 HEALTH pages: Women's Health Issues and Prevention
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Female Soldiers encounter unique health care situations and considerations. The responsibility for female readiness ultimately falls to the female Soldiers themselves. However, this technical guide and the resources referenced within provide strategies for effectively ensuring female
readiness with the least amount of impact on the day-to-day mission of the unit. The guide addresses areas such as pregnancy profiles, exercise during pregnancy, field needs of female Soldiers, and preventive health measures for the barracks environment. The target audience is female Soldiers, leaders of female Soldiers, and health care providers (HCPs) of female Soldiers.