The Leader's Corner
Provides Unit Commander's and Senior NCO's the information that can assist them in determining, and reassigning soldiers to the WTU.
As a commander, how do I get a Soldier assigned to a WTU?
Soldiers, either in-patient or out-patient, are assigned to a WTU at any time, providing they are eligible. Commanders should base the decision to assign a Soldier to a WTU on input from the treating provider and the Soldier’s desire to remain in his/her parent unit.
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If a Soldier meets the eligibility requirements, the Soldier’s
commander will:
(A) Refer Soldier to the Triad of Leadership for evaluation.
(B) Assemble a packet using the checklist listed in Annex B.
2) Commander’s Performance and Functional Statement.
The healthcare provider will complete the Screening Matrix with input from healthcare team to include Behavioral Health staff.
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Soldier’s Profile (DA Form 3349).
(C) Ensure that the PULHES in MEDPROS reflects the Soldiers current physical profile.
(D) Forward the packet to the WTU Triad of Leadership for consideration.
The completed forms will be reviewed and
signed by the unit commander and included in the packet.
Who is eligible for assignment to a WTU?
1. Soldier has a temporary profile, or is anticipated to receive a profile, for more than 6 months with duty limitations that preclude the soldier from training for or contributing to unit mission accomplishment. Medical non-availability is not an automatic entrance into the WTU.
2. The acuity of the wound, illness, or injury requires clinical case management in order to ensure appropriate, timely, and effective utilization and access to healthcare services to support healing and rehabilitation. The Triad of Leadership will review all Soldiers who meet eligibility criteria and will determine disposition as follows:
(A) Soldiers with complex medical conditions that require extensive case management qualify for assignment or attachment to the WTU
(B) Soldiers with medical conditions that do not require case management should remain in their units and utilize standard healthcare system and access to care standards.
Who is not eligible for assignment to a WTU?
Under usual circumstances, the personnel in paragraphs a thru g below are not eligible for attachment / assignment to the WTU. Military Treatment Facility Commanders may make exceptions for valid clinical reasons after consultation with the Soldier’s treating provider and unit commander.
- Military personnel who are under investigation, courts-martial charges or sentence, non-judicial punishment, or administrative separation proceedings except delineated in AR 635-40. Such personnel will not be reassigned from a local unit without concurrence of the WTU commander.
- Soldiers with normal, uncomplicated pregnancy
- Soldiers whose permanent profiles require an MMRB. If the MMRB refers the Soldier to the MEB, the Soldier would then be eligible for the WTU.
- A mobilized Soldier whose condition existed prior to mobilization, was not aggravated by the current mobilization, and was discovered prior to Day 25 of the current mobilization. When identified, such Soldiers are immediately released from Active Duty (REFRAD) and sent back to their parent RC in accordance with current PPG.
- Soldiers who are in Initial Entry Training, Advanced Individual Training, or One Station Unit Training.
- Soldiers in TDRL status who are anticipated to stay at the Military Treatment Facility for less than 30 days.
- General officers will not be relieved from duty assignment and assigned to a WTU without approval of the Army G-1.
References:
Warrior Transition Unit Consolidated Guidance (Administrative)
Army in Europe Warrior Transition Unit SOP
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