The Department of Defense’s (DOD) policy for assessing the individual medical readiness of a servicemember to deploy establishes six elements to review, most of which are gender-neutral. Four of the six elements–immunization status, medical readiness laboratory tests, individual medical equipment, and dental readiness–apply equally to female and male servicemembers. The remaining elements of individual medical readiness–deployment-limiting conditions and periodic health assessments–include aspects that are specific to female servicemembers. For example, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps have policies that define pregnancy as a deployment-limiting condition.