Maintaining Individual Medical Readiness has gotten easier

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  • By Tech. Sgt. Chad Thompson
  • 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs
OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  All military members are required to remain current on all components of Medical Readiness each year to ensure they are ready to deploy.

It's important for all service members assigned to Osan to maintain a high level of readiness so that the base can meet the wing commander's priorities.

The Air Force Medical Service has developed a website that can be accessed by medical professionals, unit leaders, and individual Airmen. It can be viewed 24 hours a day and will give allow active duty members to track their Individual Medical Readiness, or IMR status.

IMR includes: PHAs, Immunizations, Dental Exams, Laboratory tests, and medical equipment such as Gas Mask Inserts.

"The site simply gives dates and is color coded to tell the person if they are current (green), due (yellow) or overdue (red) along with information on how they can complete any requirement they are currently due for," said Tech. Sgt. William Johnston, 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron.

He said there are several different methods that the staff uses to get this type of information out to individuals and they are in the process of trying to get Osan's medical readiness rate as high as possible.

"With all the different methods we have, we are also trying to get people into the routine of checking on their status at least monthly," Johnston said. "It's the individual's responsibility to remain current on all aspects of IMR."

In addition, commanders, unit deployment managers and unit health managers can access this site to follow unit level IMR status, create unit reports and obtain information on their personnel.

To access myIMR and view your individual information, follow these steps:
-- Log onto the Air Force Portal.
-- Under "Featured Links," select "Fitness & Health."
-- Then select "Medical Readiness - Deployment Health."
-- Next, the screen will display the ASIMS Web DoD Notice and Consent page. Read and click "ok."
-- The top box is for the individual member: "My Individual Medical Readiness Status"

For those Osan members who require it, the Post Deployment Health Re-Assessment (DD Form 2900) can also be accessed through this site.

For more information call Force Health Management at 784-2515.