text: PART TWO
  Force Health Protection
  The mission sets of the Army Medicine (which historically had been shown under the
  combat service support battlefield operating system) are under two warfighting
  functions- the protection and sustainment warfighting functions. This change more
  closely aligned the Army Medicine mission sets with the overall warfighting functions
  of the Army. The FHP mission is discussed in Part Two of this publication, while the
  HSS mission is discussed in Part Three. Although Parts Two and Three discuss the
  mission sets as separate entities, the medical personnel and staffs that plan,
  coordinate, and synchronize these operations are responsible for the execution of both
  mission sets. These interrelated and interdependent medical functions are complex
  in nature and require medical command and control for synchronization and
  integration. This ensures the interrelationships and interoperability of all medical
  assets and optimizes the effective functioning of the entire AHS system.
  Force Health Protection is a continuous process that begins with the Soldier’s entry
  into the military and is continuous throughout the Soldier’s military career. Force
  health protection includes establishing and sustaining a healthy and fit force, health
  promotion and nutrition programs, the identification of the health threat in all settings
  (in both deployed and garrison settings), the development and implementation of
  personnel protective measures to reduce exposure to health hazards and mitigating
  the adverse effects of the impact of health threats to military personnel.
  Force health protection are measures that promote, improve, or conserve the behavioral and
  physical well-being of Soldiers comprised of preventive and treatment aspects of medical functions
  that include: combat and operational stress control, dental services, veterinary services,
  operational public health, and laboratory services. Enabling a healthy and fit force, prevent injury
  and illness, and protect the force from health hazards. Although nutrition plays a significant role in
  maintaining a healthy and fit force, nutrition is discussed as an integral part of the hospitalization
  function under the HSS mission.
  Chapter 5
  Operational Public Health
  Public Health is the science and practice of promoting, protecting, improving, and,
  when necessary, restoring the health of individuals, specified groups, or the entire
  population. As applied in the operational setting it is the preservation, maintenance,
  and restoration of health in Army populations through the anticipation, prediction,
  identification, surveillance, evaluation, prevention, and control of DNBI. (AR 40-5)
  Public Health encompasses a wide range of capabilities, organizations, and
  professional disciplines operating in a systematic manner to effectively execute the 10