- Reference
Physical profiles, PULHES, and DA Form 3349
How to read a profile, what the six factors and the numerical grades mean, the difference between temporary and permanent, and what a permanent profile does to testing.
- AR 40-501Publication
Standards of Medical Fitness
AR 40-501 sets the medical fitness standards for accession, retention, and separation, and it is the basis for physical profiles. Leaders use it to understand what a profile means and what it does not. Medical providers own the determinations; leaders own the accommodation and the training plan.
- Reference
Alternate aerobic events and testing with a profile
What the alternate aerobic events replace, why a GO is worth only 60 points, and how a profiled Soldier's record test is scored.
- Reference
Medical readiness classification and MEDPROS
The four medical readiness classes, the elements of individual medical readiness that drive them, and what a leader can actually fix.