Inventory of Efforts and Evaluation (IE and E) Maximizing Human Potential Line of Effort 1: Optimize Health and Enhance Human Performance

The Army Futures Command (AFC) Maximizing Human Potential (MHP) sprint team has been tasked with understanding the human-level demands of the FOE 2035, documenting the human performance requirements of the operational force; identifying critical areas for research; development, test and evaluation (RDT and E); and supporting the modernization of how the Army acquires, develops, and manages its personnel. The MHP operational approach defines three lines of effort (LOE): LOE 1: Optimizing Health and Human Performance; LOE 2: Optimizing Human-System Performance; and, LOE 3: Optimizing Talent Management. The U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (MRDC) has been designated as the lead for LOE 1. As acting LOE1 lead organization, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (USARIEM, MRDC subordinate lab), with support from other MRDC subordinate labs and AFC subordinate S and T organizations (including Combat Capability Development Command or DEVCOM and relevant Program Executive Offices, Cross Functional Teams and Capability Development Integration Directorates), is working to synchronize efforts in support of the MHP mission. LOE1 has developed key milestones that include the execution of a series of activities in support of Senior Leader engagements and decision points with MHP efforts. This includes a See Ourselves exercise to review and document S and T efforts across the AFC S and T portfolio that impact LOE1, to include activities that target near- (up to 2028), mid- (2028-2035) and far-term (2030 ) transitions, to identify gaps and opportunities for future S and T efforts, and to increase situational awareness between Army organizations in order to better synchronize as we move forward to address the necessary S and T to optimize health and enhance human performance in the FOE 2035+. This interim report describes the process developed and followed, as well as initial results of LOE1 efforts pertaining to this See Ourselves exercise.