As part of protocol, service members physical and mental health of service members were assessed before and after deployments. Data are available for pre-deployment assessments, post-deployment assessments, and post-deployment re-assessments. The assessments include the following self-reported information categories: deployment dangers, medical symptoms, hazardous exposures, suicide risk assessment, depression risk assessment, PTSD risk assessment, risk of violence, smoking history, alcohol risk assessment.

For each dataset, a Data Dictionary that describes the data is publicly available. In order to obtain the actual data in SAS or CSV format, you must begin a new MACS project. Data will be delivered once the project is approved and data transfer agreements are completed. A justification must be provided in the IRB Proposal for each data category as grouped in the data dictionary, showing how it supports the aims of the request.

Datasets and Data Dictionaries

Data-Collection Forms

The following forms were used to collect data that is now available in the datasets listed above. They are provided in PDF format.