This issue of the AMEDD Journal focuses on the multifaceted research and support activities of the Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine (USACHPPM). The journal contains the following articles: Perspective, an overview of the issue's articles, by BG Daniel F. Perugini; From the Commander, U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine, by BG William T. Bester; Readiness through Health -- USACHPPM History 1942-2003; Health Information Operations: ...