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MEDICAL THREAT ASSESSMENT
■ NCMI SIPR/NIPR website – find country/area of operations
É Host country (ISB/FSB) and https://www.pixtoday.net
É Target country
■ Determine known health threats & risks
É Diseases/illnesses
É Environmental threats (plants, animals, climate, terrain)
■ Current unit SRP status
■ Preventive medicine guidelines (what is required before, during, and after)
■ Enemy weapons, munitions, and tactics, to include CBRN?
■ How ready is the unit if it encounters diseases/illnesses?
■ What preparation is needed by the unit?
■ Do Rangers need special preventive medicine items issued?

Higher Headquarters Orders and Guidelines
Higher Headquarters Medical Guidelines and Requirements. The operational headquarters will often publish specific
guidelines regarding casualty evacuation and hospitalization as well as preventive medicine requirements in its operations
orders (OPORDs). The planner must determine if unit members will have to take medications before, during, and after the
mission to prevent illnesses such as malaria. A key question asked is, “Does the unit need to change normal procedures
to meet higher headquarters mission guidelines or requirements?”
HIGHER MEDICAL GUIDELINES & REQUIREMENTS
■ Chemoprophylaxis
É Antimalarial drugs
É Other preventive measures
É COVID entry requirements
■ Special SRP requirements
■ WHO Traveler Advisory
■ USSOCOM/USASOC/theater guidelines
■ ■ Regiment/battalion guidelines
SECTION 7 Requests for Information (RFI). Medical planners will be familiar with the processes for requesting updates to dated
Do we need to change anything in the way we normally do business?

information about disease or environmental threats. Sources for such periodic reports and publications may lie within the
chain of command, or may be external, such as international health organizations. Maps, imagery, and information on
medical facilities in the staging or target areas will also be needed for planning.
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION (RFI)
■ Request updates to NCMI information
■ Maps/imagery
■ Host nation (ISB) medical capabilities
É Hospitals/medical facilities
É Nationwide medical training/competency
■ Any information not covered in NCMI online resources or higher guidelines
■ Submit through medical, intelligence (S2), and/or operations (S3) channels
■ Ask for more information for what you need to know

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