WEBVTT 00:01.840 --> 00:02.840 mhm . 00:15.840 --> 00:18.240 Being able to do separation . Health 00:18.240 --> 00:20.340 physicals is a win for the National 00:20.340 --> 00:23.490 Guard because we are able to ensure 00:23.500 --> 00:25.556 that the readiness of our Airmen and 00:25.556 --> 00:27.778 soldiers are first and foremost and and 00:27.778 --> 00:29.833 we can ensure that these assessments 00:29.833 --> 00:32.000 are being done and that we can capture 00:32.000 --> 00:34.222 any deficiencies that we might have and 00:34.222 --> 00:36.222 deal with them up front . This is a 00:36.222 --> 00:38.389 policy that we've been working on with 00:38.389 --> 00:40.556 osD health affairs since last summer . 00:40.556 --> 00:42.444 It was a letter signed by General 00:42.444 --> 00:44.389 Hokanson requesting us to have the 00:44.389 --> 00:46.444 ability To conduct separation health 00:46.444 --> 00:49.110 assessments . And so we have 90 days 00:49.110 --> 00:51.420 post when you're coming off of orders 00:51.420 --> 00:53.531 to be able to get this accomplished . 00:53.531 --> 00:55.753 What we're gonna do is you're gonna sit 00:55.753 --> 00:57.920 down with a provider . You're going to 00:57.920 --> 01:00.031 fill out a questionnaire that ask you 01:00.031 --> 01:01.809 questions about your health and 01:01.809 --> 01:04.031 depending on how you respond to it will 01:04.031 --> 01:06.198 direct the way the provider would deem 01:06.198 --> 01:08.364 the best way to do a separation health 01:08.364 --> 01:10.531 physical on you . And what I would say 01:10.531 --> 01:12.698 two soldiers and airmen is if there is 01:12.698 --> 01:14.753 a medical challenge going on in your 01:14.753 --> 01:16.920 life , it's very important that you do 01:16.920 --> 01:18.976 this so that we can document it , we 01:18.976 --> 01:21.142 can look into it and we can explore it 01:21.142 --> 01:23.253 and hopefully try to resolve it . You 01:23.253 --> 01:23.210 know , it's just normal day to day . 01:23.210 --> 01:25.377 Things can happen in a person's life . 01:25.377 --> 01:27.321 This is a way for us to be able to 01:27.321 --> 01:29.543 document it and for it to live in their 01:29.543 --> 01:31.599 medical records . It's also a way to 01:31.599 --> 01:33.766 justify and signify that the part time 01:33.766 --> 01:35.821 force , the reserve component in our 01:35.821 --> 01:37.821 case the National Guard , have been 01:37.821 --> 01:39.821 doing a heavy lift for our nation . 01:39.821 --> 01:42.260 What it's all about is people and the 01:42.260 --> 01:44.482 readiness of our forces . And if we can 01:44.482 --> 01:46.649 do it locally , we can take care of it 01:46.649 --> 01:48.816 locally and we can return an airman or 01:48.816 --> 01:50.927 soldier back to a duty status if they 01:50.927 --> 01:52.927 have some sort of medical condition 01:52.927 --> 01:55.149 that would prevent them otherwise . And 01:55.149 --> 01:57.260 so I'm very hopeful that this will be 01:57.260 --> 01:59.093 the beginning of of other policy 01:59.093 --> 02:00.982 changes for us for from a medical 02:00.982 --> 02:03.093 readiness perspective in the National 02:03.093 --> 02:04.360 Guard .