Pentagon to roll out new test to assess troops’ cognitive performance
BLUF – The Pentagon is replacing the long-used Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics (ANAM) with a next-generation cognitive monitoring system designed to provide more sensitive, enterprise-wide assessment of service members’ brain health, enabling earlier detection of cognitive changes, improved traumatic brain injury evaluation, and more actionable information for commanders and clinicians. The phased rollout will initially prioritize deployed and deploying personnel before expanding across the force, and for Navy Medicine it represents a significant modernization of cognitive monitoring that could improve concussion management, longitudinal brain health surveillance, and clinical decision-making while supporting readiness for distributed and high-risk operations.