Lethality

 "The H2F system is the Army’s primary investment in Soldier readiness and lethality, with the goals of optimal physical and non-physical performance, reducing injury rates, improving rehabilitation after injury, and increasing overall readiness of the total Army."

" The H2F system is a performance-based approach to optimizing Soldier readiness and lethality.  "

 "The goal of the Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) System is to build physical lethality and mental toughness to win quickly and return home healthy."

"The Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) System is the organizational structure required to implement H2F doctrine across the Army to optimize Soldier lethality."

"It provides the most comprehensive pathway to optimize lethality and ensure overmatch in multi-domain operations."

"Soldier lethality is sustained by the deployed H2F performance team."

"If the overarching goal of H2F is Soldier readiness, then the overarching physical training goal is movement lethality—the ability to physically engage with and destroy the enemy. Movement lethality is the ability to apply and sustain the right amount of strength, endurance, and speed to meet the demands of training and combat physical tasks."

"Movement lethality has to be taught and learned with meticulous attention to the precise replication of the movements required in occupational tasks and combat."

"The goal is to improve each Soldier’s physical lethality and mental toughness through the linking of physical readiness, nutritional readiness, mental readiness, spiritual readiness, and sleep readiness."

"Combat places a premium on the Soldier’s strength, endurance, and lethality."

"The H2F System is designed to progress a Soldier through regular and progressive training that builds movement lethality and mental toughness."

"Attention is important in both garrison and operational settings. It requires deliberate, daily practice for mastery. Practice can take many forms ranging from personal reflection in quiet moments to following directions precisely during physical training. Personal reflection allows Soldiers to understand why or how they react to certain triggers or feelings and to craft a response that allows improved performance. Spending several minutes each day reflecting on triggers, beliefs, and reactions can improve the ability to sort through sensory input. For example, if Sergeant James knows he fires his weapon more accurately when in a relaxed mental state, he can take actions to prepare his mind prior to firing. With practice, SGT James’ awareness and ability to relax his mind becomes a reflexive skill that transfers into operational settings, improving lethality."

"Properly planned sleep management strategies facilitate alertness and performance in any operational scenario. They can make the difference between mission success and failure during continuous operations when the stakes are high and opportunities for sleep are restricted. The ultimate goal of these strategies is to maximize unit readiness and lethality." 

"1-78. Effective close combat relies on lethality informed by a high degree of situational understanding across multiple domains. The capacity for physical destruction is the foundation of all other military capabilities, and it is a building block of military operations. Army formations are organized, equipped, and trained to employ lethal capabilities in a wide range of conditions. The demonstrable lethality of Army forces provides the credibility essential to deterring adversaries and assuring allies and partners."

"1-79. An inherently complementary relationship exists between using lethal force and applying military capabilities for nonlethal purposes. In wartime, each situation requires a different mix of violence and restraint. Lethal and nonlethal effects used together complement each other and create multiple dilemmas for opponents. During operations short of armed conflict, the inherent lethality of Army forces enables them to perform other tasks effectively with minimal adversary interference."