Duplications in Navy Recruit Medical Screening Should Be Eliminated

Highlights

A review was undertaken of the military recruit medical screening and processing system from two perspectives, the physical examinations given to recruits at the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Stations (AFEES) and the medical procedures performed when recruits report to their basic training centers.

Recommendations

Recommendations for Executive Action

Agency Affected	Recommendation	Status
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery	The Surgeon General, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Department of the Navy should discontinue the duplicative portions of the medical screening process at the San Diego recruit depot.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery	The Surgeon General, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Department of the Navy should officially recognize the AFEES' physical examinations as the only ones needed for entry into Naval service, including entry into special programs.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery	The Surgeon General, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Department of the Navy should coordinate with Military Enlistment Processing Command officials to determine procedural modifications, if any, necessary to satisfy the Navy's requirements for special program physical examinations so they could be conducted at AFEES. If it is determined that the AFEES can perform the examination procedures necessary to satisfy the Navy's special program requirements, special program examinations now performed at the training centers should be discontinued.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery	The Surgeon General Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, of the Department of the Navy should use the AFEES audiograms as reference audiograms for Naval recruits to the maximum extent practicable and cancel the Navy's plans to perform reference audiograms at recruit training centers as well as the ongoing program at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes.	Closed Please call 202/512-6100 for additional information.

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