Behavioral Health Surveillance for Gender Integration in the Army, 2016
Abstract
This assessment summarizes: (1) BH diagnoses and attrition among trainees from all components in Initial Entry-Training (IET), including both officer trainees in the Basic Officer Leader Course [BOLC] and enlisted trainees in One-Station Unit Training [OSUT]), for newly opened areas of concentration (AOC) and military occupational specialties (MOS), respectively. (2) BH diagnosis rates among women and men in the Regular Army (both officers and enlisted Soldiers) with those AOCs/MOSs. Few trainees received BH diagnoses during training, suggesting that this is not a major factor in attrition from training. Only 25 out of 2,435 officer trainees received BH diagnoses during Armor, Engineering, and Infantry BOLC in2016; all but 4 graduated. There were no significant differences between women and men in the proportion of trainees with BH diagnoses. There was not a pattern of BH diagnosis by component. Only 164 of 8,918 enlisted trainees received BH diagnoses during Combat Engineering (12B), Field Artillery(13B/D/F/M/P/R/T), and Ordnance (91A/M/P) OSUT in 2016. Most who did, failed to graduate, and nearly all were discharged.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2017
- Accession Number
- AD1217066
Entities
Organizations
- United States Army Public Health Command