Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 6490.02E
February 8, 2012
Incorporating Change 1, Effective October 3, 2013
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SUBJECT: Comprehensive Health Surveillance
References: See Enclosure 1
1. PURPOSE. This Directive:
a. Reissues DoD Directive (DoDD) 6490.02E (Reference (a)) and incorporates and cancels
Deputy Secretary of Defense Memorandum (Reference (b)).
b. Establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for routine, comprehensive health
surveillance of all DoD personnel throughout their military service or DoD civilian employment.
c. Establishes the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center (AFHSC) as the single source
for DoD-level health surveillance information.
d. Designates the Secretary of the Army as the DoD Executive Agent (EA) for the AFHSC
in accordance with DoDD 5101.1 (Reference (c)).
2. APPLICABILITY. This Directive applies to:
a. OSD, the Military Departments, the Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(CJCS) and the Joint Staff, the Combatant Commands, the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of Defense, the Defense Agencies, the DoD Field Activities, and all other
organizational entities within the DoD (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “DoD
Components”).
b. The DoD Civilian Expeditionary Workforce (CEW) consistent with DoDD 1404.10
(Reference (d)).
3. DEFINITIONS. See Glossary.
