Which action is a pre-deployment PMT responsibility?

• A. Develop deployment schedules
• B. Coordinate with host nation on visas
• C. Provide preventive medicine briefs on expected health risks in the AO
• D. Manage medical supply inventory

Answer: (C)

Providing preventive medicine briefs on expected health risks in the area of operation is a pre-deployment PMT responsibility because the preventive medicine team prepares the force by translating health risk data into actionable guidance. These briefs equip troops with information on vaccines, prophylaxis, disease threats, safe food and water practices, heat or cold injury prevention, and other environment- and disease-related precautions, so they can maintain readiness and reduce health risks abroad. The other tasks align more with general deployment logistics or administrative duties: creating deployment schedules is personnel and operations planning, coordinating host nation visas is diplomatic/administrative work, and managing medical supply inventory is a logistics function.