HIV/AIDS in the Military

Abstract

Chapters 31 and 33 of Title 10, U.S. Code, provide broad authority to the Department of Defense (DOD) to establish certain accession and retention standards for servicemembers. These standards set minimum thresholds in areas such as educational aptitude, physical fitness, and medical fitness that must be met for an individual to enter military service. DOD policies establish the medical fitness standards required to enter, or be retained, in the Armed Forces. In certain instances, applicants or current servicemembers may develop, present with, or have a history of a medical condition or physical defect that would be disqualifying for entry into or continued military service. There are approximately 434 disqualifying medical conditions, including a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. While DOD policy prohibits the accession of any applicant who tests positive for HIV, current servicemembers who become infected may continue to serve.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 2019
Accession Number
AD1169642

Entities

People

  • Bryce H. Mendez

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air National Guard
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Hiv Infections
  • House Of Representatives
  • Infection
  • Medical Examination
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • National Guard
  • Physical Fitness
  • Reserve Officer Training Corps
  • United States Government
  • Viruses
  • Wound Infections

Readers

  • Defense Financial Management and Audit.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Naval Personnel Management