1. GAT 2.0 and ArmyFit™ for Families a/o 14 July 2014

2. Global Assessment Tool (GAT 2.0)
For the most accurate results the first time around, be sure to have the following handy: Height and weight; Blood pressure; Cholesterol; waist circumference
Following completion of the GAT 2.0., you’ll be entered
into the ArmyFit™ online platform. Create your
profile page to get started
• Share as much or as little about yourself as you want
by selecting privacy settings
• Automatically receive recommendations based on
your GAT 2.0 score and RealAge® results
• Follow recommended experts and organizations and
learn more about the areas in your life that could
benefit from their expertise
• Compete in self-improvement challenges as individuals
or as teams
− Share your improvements with your friends
− Earn badges with improvement
• Join online health and fitness communities that have a wide range of resources from both the Army
and civilian world
Why am I taking this?
By taking the GAT 2.0 you learn your level of physical and mental fitness. You receive a personal assessment in each of the five dimensions of strength (emotional, social, spiritual, family, and physical). You will also get your RealAge®, which, based on your survey answers, tells you your biological age compared to your calendar age. You also see how you are doing with regards to the three elements of the Performance Triad – Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition. Over time, after receiving training and engaging with the wide range of tools and resources available within ArmyFit™, you are able to re-take the GAT 2.0 and track your improvement.
Are my answers REALLY confidential?
Yes, we guarantee it! The feedback from the GAT 2.0 is for YOUR self-awareness, which is why we want you to answer the questions honestly. The protections in place ensure that no one, to include your peers, friends, or family members can access this information.
How can I get access?
There is a version of the GAT 2.0 for Family members available to Army spouses registered in DEERS. You can access the GAT 2.0 from any computer with an Internet connection at the following site:
There are two login options:
Common Access Card (CAC)
Self-register with a Username and Password (this option relies on authentication with DEERS)
Do I need any additional information?
Yes. We’ve added some new questions to give you more detail on your overall health and fitness. You may want to prepare the following information:
Height and weight
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Classification

3. What is it?
The Global Assessment Tool, or GAT 2.0, is a confidential, self-assessment tool through which you are able to confidentially assess your physical and psychological health based the five dimensions of strength: Social, Emotional, Spiritual, Family, and Physical
Upon completion of the GAT 2.0, you will see how resilient you are in the five dimensions of strength, as well as your RealAge® and feedback on the three elements of the Performance Triad – Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition
RealAge® is a metric that looks at your responses to the GAT 2.0 and tells you your biological age compared to your calendar age
Performance Triad looks at the three main areas that affect mental and physical performance: Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition
The Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) program represents the Army’s investment in the readiness of the force and the quality of life of our Soldiers, their Families and Army Civilians. The program is designed to increase your physical and psychological health and resilience, while enhancing performance, both in combat and in life.
The intent of CSF2 is to ensure all members of the Total Army are best prepared to deal with the rigors of the Army profession. CSF2 empowers members of the Total Army to maximize their potential and face challenges that arise while deployed or at home.
A key element of the program is the Global Assessment Tool, or GAT 2.0.
Why am I taking this?
By taking the GAT 2.0 you learn your level of physical and mental fitness. You receive a personal assessment in each of the five dimensions of strength (emotional, social, spiritual, family, and physical). You will also get your RealAge®, which, based on your survey answers, tells you your biological age compared to your calendar age. You also see how you are doing with regards to the three elements of the Performance Triad – Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition. Over time, after receiving training and engaging with the wide range of tools and resources available within ArmyFit™, you are able to re-take the GAT 2.0 and track your improvement.
Are my answers REALLY confidential?
Yes, we guarantee it! The feedback from the GAT 2.0 is for YOUR self-awareness, which is why we want you to answer the questions honestly. The protections in place ensure that no one, to include your peers, friends, or family members can access this information.
How can I get access?
There is a version of the GAT 2.0 for Family members available to Army spouses registered in DEERS. You can access the GAT 2.0 from any computer with an Internet connection at the following site:
There are two login options:
Common Access Card (CAC)
Self-register with a Username and Password (this option relies on authentication with DEERS)
Do I need any additional information?
Yes. We’ve added some new questions to give you more detail on your overall health and fitness. You may want to prepare the following information:
Height and weight
Blood pressure
Cholesterol
Classification

4. Why should I take the GAT 2.0?
Families are the strength of our Soldiers
Knowing how fit and resilient you are, and where you can improve enables you to be strong for those you love most
GAT 2.0 is now a truly holistic assessment tool
A variety of questions tell you how resilient you are in the five areas of strength: social, emotional, spiritual, family and physical. For example:
Are you eating right?
Are you socially connected?
Are you sleeping well?
Do you need to be more optimistic?
GAT 2.0 is for you, and you alone
GAT 2.0 is all about truly knowing yourself – knowing your strengths and areas to improve
It is completely confidential!
Resilience improves overall health and well-being, and supports you and your family through the challenges that come with Army life
Families are the strength of our Soldiers. And that means being emotionally and psychologically strong. Taking the GAT 2.0 tells you how resilient you are and where you can improve so that you can be strong for those you love most
Increased resilience means lowered stress and anxiety
The results of the GAT 2.0 give you tailored feedback on how you can become more resilient
This is the same tool your Soldier uses to assess levels of resilience, with questions tailored to the unique nature of being an Army Spouse.
The GAT 2.0 is now a truly holistic assessment tool
The GAT 2.0 now includes questions about your physical fitness, as well as Sleep, Activity and Nutrition, providing you with a truly holistic assessment tool and results in all areas of fitness – social, emotional, spiritual, family and physical
For the most accurate results the first time around, be sure to have the following handy: Height and weight; Blood pressure; Cholesterol; waist circumference
Completing this one survey will give you a wide range of results, from your emotional, social, spiritual, family and physical scores, to your RealAge® and where you stand with the Performance Triad
To access the GAT 2.0 visit CSF2’s new online platform ArmyFit™. ArmyFit™ houses not only the GAT 2.0, but a wealth of up-to-date health and fitness information, and well as tailored resources just for you
The GAT 2.0 is for you, and you alone
The GAT 2.0 is all about truly knowing yourself – knowing your strengths and areas to improve
Your responses to questions and the results you receive are completely confidential
To get the most out of follow-on resources and information, completing the GAT 2.0 completely and accurately ensures the recommended resources are a fit for you

5. What will I be asked?
The version of the GAT 2.0 for Family members is comprehensive so that, at the end, you receive results that span across all five dimensions of strength
Sample questions include:
We’ve added some new questions to give you more detail on your overall health and fitness. You may want to prepare the following information:
Height and weight
Blood pressure
Cholesterol

6. Classification

7. What is it?
ArmyFit™ is CSF2’s online assessment and self-development platform for Soldiers, Family members and Army Civilians.
Self-development resources are tailored to you based on your GAT 2.0 results
Follow recommended experts and organizations and learn more about the areas in your life that could benefit from their expertise
Compete in self-improvement challenges
Share your improvements with your friends
Earn badges with improvement
Join online health and fitness communities that have a wide range of resources from both the Army and civilian world
Take advantage of the new Financial Assessment Tool to see how financially resilient you are and how you can improve
Access Comprehensive Resilience/Performance Modules (CRMs) – short web-based, interactive videos that focus on a wide range of resilience and performance skills
Topics range from “Building Your Teen’s Resilience” to “Effective Communication,” “High Performance Nutrition,” and “Goal Setting”
ArmyFit™ is CSF2’s online social media environment for Soldiers, Family members and Army Civilians. After completion of the GAT 2.0, users will be placed into the ArmyFit™ platform and are provided with specific videos, information and people/organizations to follow based on their GAT 2.0 scores.
ArmyFit™ is available to Soldiers, Family members and Army Civilians. Within ArmyFit™, users can communicate with peers, as well as health and performance experts, and can also compete as individuals or as teams, share their improvements with their friends, and receive awards based on their improvement. ArmyFit™ also houses CSF2’s Comprehensive Resilience/Performance Modules, which are interactive videos designed to strengthen an individual’s personal growth and overall resilience.
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8. Army spouses are strong. ArmyFit™ makes them stronger.
How Do I Join?
Join by following the steps below:
Visit
Click the “ArmyFit Login” option
If you have taken the GAT before, you may use the same username and password
If you have not taken the GAT before, you can sign up for an account using the link on the page (you must be registered in DEERS in order to sign up)
Once logged in, you can take advantage of all the assessment and self-development resources within ArmyFit™!
Due to the AKO migration, as of 30 Jun 14, family members will no longer be able to login with their AKO username/password. To access ArmyFit, please select the "ArmyFit Login" option and create a username/password. Service members and DA Civilians are still able to use their AKO username/password at this time.
Army spouses are strong. ArmyFit™ makes them stronger.
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9. Start taking charge of your overall health and wellbeing today!
What’s Next?
Start taking charge of your overall health and wellbeing today!
Act on the recommendations based on your GAT 2.0 results
Auto-subscribe to updates and new content relevant to you
Receive messages with tips and reminders on how to stay on track with your goals
Periodically retake the GAT 2.0 to see your improvements over time

10. So, what are you waiting for?
Get started today:

11. BACK-UP

12. How we got to where we are today
More than 3.4M GAT assessments have been completed since 2009
Aggregated data preserves individual confidentiality
To date, the GAT has been taken mostly by Soldiers
However, there is a separate GAT for Family with questions tailored to the unique nature of being an Army Spouse.
GAT 1.0 measured the emotional, social, spiritual, and family dimensions
GAT 2.0 (March 2014) added the physical dimension including the 3 components of the Performance Triad (Sleep, Activity, and Nutrition)
Questions are all based on extensive research in the areas of health, resilience, and performance
ArmyFit (launched with GAT 2.0) provides self-development resources and tools
GAT is only age-appropriate for adults. There are discussions about developing a GAT for teens.
The Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness (CSF2) program represents the Army’s investment in the readiness of the force and the quality of life of our Soldiers, their Families and Army Civilians. The program is designed to increase your physical and psychological health and resilience, while enhancing performance, both in combat and in life.
The intent of CSF2 is to ensure all members of the Total Army are best prepared to deal with the rigors of the Army profession. CSF2 empowers members of the Total Army to maximize their potential and face challenges that arise while deployed or at home.
A key element of the program is the Global Assessment Tool, or GAT 2.0.

13. History of the GAT Optimism Work engagement Individual strengths
Life Orientation Scale
Scheier, Carver, & Bridges (1994)
Work as a Calling Scale
Wrzesniewski et al. (1997)
Peterson, Park, & Seligman (2005)
Brief Strengths Inventory
Peterson & Seligman (2004)
Optimism
Work engagement
Individual strengths
+/- Coping strategies
Spirituality (not religiosity)
Strength of familial relationships
How well the Army supports families
Family support for serving in Army
Trust in unit, leadership, peers
+/- Affectivity (emotions)
Strength of friendships
Catastrophic thinking
Depression
Coping Strategy Scales
Carver, Scheier, & Weutraub (1989)
Peterson & Park (In Press)
Brief Multidimensional
Measure of Spirituality
Fetzer Institute (1999)
Original Items
Peterson & Park (In Press)
Military Family Fitness Scale
Directorate of Basic Combat Training
Experimentation & Analysis Element
Ft. Jackson, SC
Military Family Fitness Scale
Directorate of Basic Combat Training
Experimentation & Analysis Element
Ft. Jackson, SC
Organizational Trust Scales
Mayer, Davis, & Schoorman (1995)
Mayer & Davis (1999)
Sweeney, Thompson, & Blanton (2009)
The original Global Assessment Tool asked questions in four of the five dimensions of strength: social, emotional, spiritual and family, and is based off scientifically-validated measures as show in this slide
PANAS
Watson, Clark, & Tellegen (1989)
UCLA Loneliness Scale + Original Items
Russell, Peplau, & Furguson (1978)
Russell, Peplau, & Cutrona (1980)
Peterson & Park (In Press)
Pessimistic-Optimistic
Explanatory Style
Peterson et al (2001)
Patient Health Questionnaire - 9
Kroenke, Spitzer & Williams (2001)

14. What’s new to GAT 2.0? Subscale Sources Nutrition
2005 Department of Defense (DoD) Survey of Health Related Behaviors (SHRB) Among Active Duty Military Personnel
Tyson Grier 4th Infantry Division 4th Brigade Physical Training and Injury Pre-Deployment Survey (Dec 2011)
Various articles from the scientific literature
Original questions from CHAMP
Activity / Physical Conditioning
Army Public Health Command (APHC)
DoD / VA Pain Supplemental Questions
Lifestyle Behaviors - Sleep
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) / National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
Pittsburgh Insomnia Rating Scale (PIRS-2)
Article from the scientific literature
Lifestyle Behaviors - Alcohol
The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test - Consumption (AUDIT-C)
Lifestyle Behaviors - Tobacco
Risk Factors
GAT 2.0 added questions in the physical dimension, questions about lifestyle and risk-taking behaviors, as well as questions related to the Performance Triad of Sleep, Activity and Nutrition.