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AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Warrant Officer Career College Warrant Officer Candidate School T104 Holistic Health and Fitness 4-23 USAWOCC UNCLASSIFIE 1...

AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Warrant Officer Career College Warrant Officer Candidate School T104 Holistic Health and Fitness 4-23 USAWOCC UNCLASSIFIE 1 January 2022  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Administrative Data Safety Requirements: None Risk Assessment Level: Low Environmental Considerations: None Evaluation: By separate examination USAWOCC 2 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE TLO? Action: Identify the Benefits of Holistic Fitness. Conditions: In an academic and/or field environment, given PowerPoint presentation, student handout, lecture, discussion and demonstration. Standards: Identify the Benefits of Holistic Fitness, achieving 70% or better on a Blackboard administered examination within 50 minutes. USAWOCC 3 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE What is H2F? Army’s doctrine for the readiness training of Soldiers Is the foundation of unit readiness Comprised of five domains Goal is to build physical lethality and mental toughness to win quickly and return home healthy FM 7-22 USAWOCC 4 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Physical Readiness Physical readiness is a critical component of Soldier readiness, unit Physical readiness is: readiness, and Army readiness. the ability to meet the physical demands of any duty or combat position move lethally on the battlefield and accomplish the mission and continue to fight, win, and come home healthy FM 7-22 Ch 7 USAWOCC 5 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Physical Readiness Principles Precision - Precise movement depends on having the structural capabilities, proper flexibility, tolerance of extra weight, body composition, and the connection of the brain to muscles—motor patterns—that allow Soldiers to learn the standard and perceive the difference between correct and incorrect techniques. Progression - the proper dose of frequency, intensity, duration, and type of exercise required to overload the body without causing overtraining, plateauing, or reversal of fitness. The goal is to develop physical capacity to support the mastery of occupational and combat-specific tasks. Integration - tasks and drills Soldiers perform that enable them to fight and win. Warrior tasks are a collection of individual USAWOCC skills linked to a Soldier’s ability to shoot, move, 6 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Nutritional Readiness Nutritional Readiness is the ability to recognize, select, and consume the requisite food and drink to meet the physical and nonphysical demands of any duty or combat position, accomplish the mission and come home healthy The goal of nutritional readiness is to promote optimal performance readiness. Too optimize their health and performance, Soldiers need to understand and apply the basics of a healthy eating pattern that includes the following: Variety of Vegetables Varity of Proteins Variety of Fruits Fat Free Three Components Grains Proactive – disease prevention and immune system enhancement Oils Active – event fueling and post event recovery Reactive – interventions to treat an illness, injury or condition FM 7-22 Ch 8 Nutritional readiness is a critical component of holistic health, and contributes greatly to mission success. USAWOCC 7 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Why Nutritional Readiness? With a focus on foundational health through a deliberate everyday diet, Soldiers are better positioned to optimize task-specific performance nutrition through event fueling and post-event recovery, and arduous environment preparedness. The goal of nutritional readiness is to promote optimal performance readiness. For Soldiers to perform optimally throughout their careers in assignments with varying levels of mental and physical difficulty, they must place as much emphasis on nutrition programming to support that performance as they do on physical and mental health. USAWOCC 8 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Mental Readiness Mental Readiness is your ability to think, feel, and act in a manner that optimizes performance in a demanding environment, such as training or deployment environments. Mental readiness includes your ability to put your thoughts, emotions and interpersonal skills together to improve your overall performance. Three interrelated capabilities: Cognitive - the ability to expand and integrate knowledge into decisions with an understanding of how values and beliefs influence a Soldier’s thoughts and ultimately his or her performance. Emotional - influenced by abilities such as arousal control, heart rate control, stress control, performance imagery, motivation, and self-talk. Leaders can train these abilities to optimize normal physiologic and emotional responses. Interpersonal - the ability to facilitate team cohesion and the development and sustainment of healthy, trusting relationships. Interpersonal capability includes effective communication techniques, caring for others, conflict resolution, and team building. FM 7-22 Ch 9 USAWOCC 9 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Why Mental Readiness? Optimal mental readiness is required for optimal team or unit cohesion. Mentally ready Soldiers can leverage protective factors against physical and environmental stressors typically encountered in complex military environments. Mental readiness is necessary to perform various capabilities: Train Soldiers Develop Resilient Soldiers Develop Leaders Understanding the Mission USAWOCC 10 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Why Mental Readiness? Soldiers must possess exceptional mental flexibility and endurance, morals and ethics, self-initiative, and an ability to operate within the commander’s intent. Mental readiness is a foundational consideration in the H2F System. It includes the integration of cognitive, emotional, and interpersonal capabilities. Within the H2F System, teams are staffed and resourced to support leaders and individuals in the training of mental readiness. Leaders should seek their assistance to enable them to focus time and energy on primary functions while mental readiness improvement can be trained by experts in an appropriate, effective, and efficient manner. Soldiers must be capable of overcoming adversaries at a moment’s notice. To do this, Soldiers must be mentally as well as physically ready. USAWOCC 11 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Spiritual Readiness Spiritual readiness is the ability to endure and overcome times of stress, hardship, and tragedy by making meaning of life experiences. Develops the personal qualities a person needs in times of stress, hardship, and tragedy. Spirituality is often described as a sense of connection that gives meaning and purpose to a person’s life. It is unique to each individual. Spiritual readiness development involves improving one’s spiritual posture to sustaining one’s self through all aspects of life. Spiritual readiness is a vital domain in the H2F System, and it directly impacts the resiliency of individuals and organizations. FM 7-22 Ch 10 USAWOCC 12 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Why Spiritual Readiness? Spiritual readiness strengthens as individuals identify their spiritual dimension—their purpose, core values, beliefs, identity, and life vision. Enables Soldiers to build inner strength, make meaning of experiences, behave ethically, persevere through challenges, and be resilient when faced with adversity. Enables collective and individual readiness. USAWOCC 13 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Sleep Readiness Sleep readiness is the ability to recognize and implement the requisite sleep principles and behaviors to support optimal brain function. The goal of sleep readiness ensures that the Soldier’s brain and body have adequately recovered so that he or she can tolerate repeated exposure to physical and mental stress. Three Principles: Duration - The more sleep Soldiers get, the greater their mental acuity, with faster response times, fewer errors, and fewer lapses in attention. Timing - Maintaining a consistent sleep-wake schedule on both duty and non-duty days has the benefit of strengthening and reinforcing the internal wake- and sleep-promoting processes controlled by the brain’s internal clock. Continuity - the extent to which the sleep period is continuous and FM 7-22 Ch 11 uninterrupted. USAWOCC 14 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Why Sleep Readiness? Sleep is the critical requirement for brain health and function. Sleep is necessary to sustain not only alertness, but also higher order cognitive abilities such as judgment, decision making, and situational awareness. FM 7-22 Ch 11 USAWOCC 15 UNCLASSIFIED  AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE Check on Learning What is the goal of the Holistic Health and Fitness System? To build physical lethality and mental toughness to win quickly and return home healthy. What are the five domains of the Holistic Health and Fitness System? Physical Nutritional Mental Spiritual Sleep USAWOCC 16 UNCLASSIFIED AMERICA’S ARMY STRENGTH IN KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS? USAWOCC 17