Human Performance Optimization: A Framework for the Military Health System.

The Department of Defense (DoD) is increasingly dependent on highly technological weapon systems, but the human is still at the heart of our war-fighting efforts. In order to maintain an effective fighting force, we must optimize and sustain human performance, which is defined as the successful completion of a specified task within an available performance capacity that meets or exceeds the mission demands. When health and performance are optimized and sustained, the costs of warfighter care and disability compensation are reduced and the quality of life is enhanced.