HAMPTON, Va. (May 1, 2024) – Leaders from the U.S. Army, industry, and academia will travel to Hampton Roads from April 29 to May 1 for the 2024 Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) Symposium. We gathered at the convention center.
More than 1,200 registered participants and 55 vendors in the human performance industry came together to discuss the future of the H2F program, which has revolutionized the way the Army looks at individual Soldier health, fitness, and readiness.
The two-day event will feature presentations from Army leaders, H2F experts from the health and fitness community, industry, and academia, as well as breakout sessions on each H2F readiness area: physical, mental, nutritional, spiritual, and sleep readiness. A session was held.
Symposium keynote speaker Sgt. Maj. Michael Weimer emphasized the importance of leaders modeling H2F principles to help it become ingrained in the Army’s fitness culture.
“This has to be part of the fundamentals of what it means to be a combatant,” Weimer said. This doesn’t mean I didn’t bring in a physical therapist or strength coach. This means, “I have non-commissioned officers around me who support this. They model it and believe in it. So now this is the basic responsibility of the individual soldier.” That’s the goal. That’s where we’re trying to go. ”
Maj. Gen. John Klein, commander of the U.S. Army Initial Military Training Center and the Army’s H2F advocate, provided the brigade with an update on H2F Performance Team deployment and expressed the importance of data management systems.
“Our goal is to have H2F teams in 50 brigades by the end of this year,” Klein said. “One of the big initiatives we are working on as we look to the future is the H2F data management system. He will be working with PEO Soldier on the possible acquisition of the system.
Klein said the data management system will greatly expand access to H2F at community-based sites, including to the Army Reserve and National Guard, which have limited touchpoints and the challenges of distributed forces when deploying H2F. He emphasized that this is the best way to do so.
Maj. Gen. Bob Harter, commander of the U.S. Army Reserve’s 81st Readiness Division, which runs USAR’s H2F pilot program, highlighted some of the early successes he had with his former training training team. . to subordinate troops. They tapped the Army Reserve Medical Command, created a team that included physical therapists, nutritionists, contract strength coaches, and worked with H2F integrators trained at the unit level.
“I thought I understood fitness. We’ve all been training our whole lives,” Harter said. But when I saw it, [H2F Performance] The team was at Fort Jackson, where experts such as physical therapists, nutritionists and strength coaches worked with Soldiers on the ground to see what they could do. For Army Reserve. When they get up to the unit level, you see the difference it makes. ”
The Army Reserve and National Guard plan to begin fielding H2F Performance Teams in fiscal year 2026. Maj. John Raines, commander of the Army National Guard, said it will be a phased approach so the plan can be evaluated and adjusted accordingly.
“When we talk about the human performance team, it’s five people that we’re programmed to bring in, but it’s done in phases. Depending on which state you’re in, we have a five-year rollout plan. I am standing up,” he said. Rains. “You’ll see our Human Performance Team come into being in his 26th year and every year after that.”
In a change from previous H2F symposiums, top H2F programs from across the Army were recognized for their achievements in categories that include interdisciplinary and each of the five areas of H2F.
– Multidisciplinary: 42nd Military Police Brigade, Joint Base Lewis – McChord, Washington
– Physical Domain: 197th Infantry Brigade, Fort Moore, Georgia
– Nutrition Domain: 17th Field Artillery Brigade, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington
– Spiritual Realm: 82nd Airborne Division, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
– Sleep Domain: 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Liberty, North Carolina
– Spiritual Realm: 193rd Infantry Brigade, Fort Jackson, South Carolina
CIMT research physiologist Dr. Andrew Thompson also provided an update on some of the latest statistics comparing H2F resourced units to equivalent non-H2F resourced units. Increased access to care and preventative properties of H2F will reduce musculoskeletal injuries. , a reduced behavioral health profile and fewer undeployable soldiers.
“Units equipped with H2F will help Soldiers return to combat and become deployable faster,” Thompson said. “If you do the math…the Army-wide H2F adds up to an entire division ready to go from red to green every year.”
“In summary, troops with H2F have better injury control and better return to duty,” Thompson said. “Soldiers have fewer behavioral health issues, they shoot better, they move better, they’re healthier, and they’re able to deploy at a faster pace.”
Gen. Deidre Teichen, director of the Defense Health Network for the Brigadier General Capital Region, noted that the H2F team also does this by replacing about a third of its composition each year, making the results even more impressive.
Weimer may have said it best when he explained why H2F is so important to the Army as it prepares for future conflicts.
“We have a tough job in the Army,” Weimer said. “H2F exists to ensure we are ready to do the hard things the country needs and expects of us.”
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