text: Introduction
  EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
  The equipment and facilities element in the H2F System refers to the world-class, standardized training
  equipment and facilities organic to the unit. The facility, known as the Soldier Performance Readiness Center
  (SPRC), houses the unit’s H2F personnel in a space open all day on a schedule that accommodates the unit’s
  physical and nonphysical training, readiness education, and performance coaching. The SPRC keeps Soldiers
  focused and motivated to build their personal readiness in a setting in which they can safely progress
  alongside all members of their unit—including new Soldiers and those who are pregnant, deconditioned, ill,
  or injured. The SPRC provides a supportive individually-focused environment where comprehensive,
  integrated, and immersive physical and nonphysical programming is delivered. In locations in which a unit
  has not contracted or adopted a SPRC, leaders will adapt existing facilities and other programming modalities
  to meet the intent of the command.
  LEADER EDUCATION
  The fifth H2F element, leader education, describes H2F education that Soldiers receive across their career.
  Soldiers and their leaders must understand the foundations, standards, and rationale for the H2F System and
  requisite resources. Leaders must understand their roles as trainers, resource providers, role models, and
  coaches. These roles depend on their grade and assignment. Their professional military education must
  contain more than a casual understanding of this doctrine. Leaders must fully understand all H2F topics to
  include the physiological and psychological foundations of the H2F programs in their units. Command teams
  and their Soldiers must know and understand the tasks, conditions, and standards described in this doctrine
  and how to develop and execute periodized programs on the training field and in the SPRC. Leader
  education—delivered through professional military education (known as PME), cadre and pre-command
  courses—self-development settings, and civilian education programs will be contextualized for rank and
  mission.
  PART TWO: DESIGN
  Part Two explains the scientific basis of Soldier performance and how the H2F training program is designed.
  Soldier physiology, periodization, and program design approaches describe the “why” of H2F—the basic
  science and rationale behind the program. This foundational information helps leaders understand how to
  build health and fitness programs for individual Soldiers and collective unit readiness and deployability.
  PART THREE: BUILD
  The Army builds Soldier H2F performance in two phases using the programs described in this doctrine:
  initial phase and sustaining phase. Both phases prepare Soldiers for a lifetime of optimized health and fitness.
  As a Soldier’s understanding of his or her potential matures, the H2F System will consistently build the most
  effective training to leverage his or her best performance.
  INITIAL PHASE
  The initial phase lasts from accession to FUA and builds foundational and fundamental skills. Most of these
  skills will be acquired in the time between recruiting station and the completion of initial military training
  (IMT). Recruiters administer the OPAT to certify that a recruit is ready for the rigors of training. Physical
  and nonphysical training prior to IMT is conducted by the individual recruit in the Future Soldier Program
  (FSP), guided by information in this doctrine. OPAT competencies are progressed and further validated
  during IMT with HPDT assessments and the ACFT. Training in IMT is conducted mostly in collective
  settings with relatively limited access to individualized H2F programming when compared to sustaining
  phase training.
  SUSTAINING PHASE
  Sustaining phase prepares Soldiers for mastery of the physical and nonphysical attributes of their
  occupational tasks, duty positions, and combat. Individualized programming is the norm in the sustaining
  phase. Each brigade is the center of gravity for the H2F System. For Reserve and National Guard Soldiers,