The Resilience Round Up Podcast, Episode 38: Fueling for Readiness and Resilience

This episode’s podcast features Tracey Smith, Ph.D., Civilian Deputy for the Military Nutrition Division, who discusses the topic “Fueling for Readiness and Resilience.” She speaks about the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine’s nutritional research on optimizing warfighter health and performance. This research has produced several impactful findings and guidelines for performance and recovery nutrition, fueling in austere environments, healthy eating, physiological resilience, and biomedical performance enhancement. This work is critical for ensuring Soldiers can meet the intense demands of modern military operations. Warfighters face a unique set of physiological and cognitive challenges, and USARIEM’s nutrition research directly addresses how these stressors impact nutritional requirements and operational performance.About the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and ReadinessIn June 2023, the U.S. Army announced the realignment of the Army Resilience Directorate from G-1, personnel readiness, to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff in G-9. This move formalizes a new prevention governance structure, enabling a community approach to prevention that lowers the risk of harmful behaviors.The consolidated directorate was renamed the Directorate of Prevention, Resilience and Readiness (DPRR) on July 1, 2023, and is led by Ms. Dee Geise, former director of SFRD.Connect With Us Through Social MediaWebsite:    https:// www.ArmyResilience.army.milFacebook:   https://www.facebook.com/ArmyResilience/Twitter:    https://twitter.com/ArmyResilienceLinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s-army-resilience-directorate/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/armyresilience/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@armyresilience