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Appendix 1, (Physical Requirements and Recommended Tests) to ANNEX BB (Medical Clearance) TO OPERATION ORDER 2013-11

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APPENDIX 2 (MEDICAL CLEARANCE) TO ANNEX E (PROTECTION) TO OPLAN 2019-11 (USACE RESPONSE TO ALL HAZARDS EVENTS)

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Physical Participation Category Deployment Military (DM) Physical Participation* - Member is in excellent health, excellent physical fitness, and excellent psychological resiliency. They may participate in arduous physical activity where EMS/medical care is significantly delayed for 120-minutes or longer without restrictions. Examples include immediate deployments overseas or in the U.S. directly following a disaster, such as an earthquake for up to 30 days. Deployment Military duty is exclusively conducted outdoors in remote parts of the United States or Overseas in a disaster site, urban search and rescue mission, and physically extreme training scenarios that includes multiple hours of cardiovascular physical fitness. It often involves strenuous activities such as fast-paced walking, bending, lifting up to 50 lbs., crawling, climbing or hiking over rough and uneven terrain for day long periods in weather extremes such as cold, heat, and heat and humidity. Electricity will likely be extremely limited. Housing may be limited to sleeping in buildings of opportunity. Behavioral, emotional health, resilience and attention to detail is critical due to the high physical demands.

Deployment (D) Duty* - Member is in relatively good health and good physical fitness. They may participate in remote field duty assignments where EMS/medical care is delayed for 90-minutes. Examples include deployments overseas or in the U.S., a day or more after a disaster, such as an earthquake or hurricane response for up to 30 days at a time performing field activities overseas like quality assurance. Deployment duty is exclusively conducted outdoors in remote parts of the United States or Overseas in a disaster site, and physically demanding scenarios that includes up to an hour of cardiovascular physical fitness. It often involves strenuous activities such as fast-paced walking, bending, lifting up to 40 lbs., crawling, climbing or hiking over rough and uneven terrain for day long periods in weather extremes such as cold, heat, and heat and humidity. Housing may be limited to sleeping in buildings of opportunity. Electricity may be extremely limited. Behavioral, emotional health, resilience and attention to detail is critical due to the high physical demands.

Deployment Field Continental U.S. (DFC) Duty* - Member is in relatively good health and good physical fitness. They may participate in remote field duty assignments where EMS/medical care is delayed for 60-minutes. Examples include deployments in the U.S., a day or more after a disaster, such as an earthquake or hurricane response for up to 30 days at a time performing field activities like quality assurance. Deployment duty is exclusively conducted outdoors in remote parts of the United States or Overseas in a disaster site, and physically demanding scenarios that includes up to an hour of cardiovascular physical fitness. It often involves strenuous activities such as fast-paced walking, bending, lifting up to 30 lbs., crawling, climbing or hiking over rough and uneven terrain for day long periods in weather extremes such as cold, heat, and heat and humidity. Housing may be limited to sleeping in buildings of opportunity. Electricity may be extremely limited. Behavioral, emotional health, resilience and attention to detail is critical due to the high physical demands.

Deployment Office (DO) Duty - Outside the Continental U.S.* - Member is in fair health and/or fair physical fitness. They may participate in office style duty assignments where EMS/medical care is within 60-minutes. Member is able to climb several flights of stairs, able to drive a vehicle, and able to walk on uneven terrain. Examples include deployments overseas or in the U.S., a day or more after a disaster, such as an earthquake or hurricane response for up to 30 days at a time in a overseas emergency operations center. Deployment duty is principally conducted indoors in remote parts of the United States or Overseas in a disaster site, and may involve some physically demanding scenarios that includes up to 10 minutes of cardiovascular physical fitness, such as carrying a case of bottled water. It may involves strenuous activities such as paced walking, bending, lifting water which weighs up to 30 lbs., hiking over rough and uneven terrain for a 20 minute period to/from a hotel and the office location in weather extremes such as cold, heat, and heat and humidity. Electricity may be intermittent. Housing may be limited to sleeping in buildings of opportunity. Behavioral, emotional health, resilience and attention to detail is critical due to the high physical demands.

Deployment Office Continental U.S. (DOC) Duty * - Member is in relatively fair health and/or relatively fair physical fitness. They may participate in office style duty assignments where EMS/medical care is within 20-minutes. Member is able to climb one flight of stairs, able to drive a vehicle, and able to walk on generally even terrain. Examples include deployments in the U.S., a day or more after a disaster, such as an earthquake, tornado, or hurricane response for up to 30 days at a time inside an emergency operations center. Deployment duty is principally conducted indoors in remote parts of the United States in a disaster site, and may involve some physically demanding scenarios that includes up to 5 minutes of cardiovascular physical fitness, such as carrying a half-case of bottled water. It may involves strenuous activities such as paced walking, bending, lifting water which weighs up to 15 lbs., hiking over rough and uneven terrain for a 20 minute period to/from a hotel and the office location in weather extremes such as cold, heat, and heat and humidity. Electricity may be intermittent. Housing may be limited to sleeping in buildings of opportunity, but generally will be in hotel style settings. Behavioral, emotional health, resilience and attention to detail is important due to the high physical demands.

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