It is the responsibility of each member of the Army to comply with the the Army Individual Readiness Notice (AIRN).
The components of AIRN and the standards required are summarised as follows:
Individual Availability
An inherent requirement of Army service is that all personnel are able to contribute fully to the timely delivery of military capability. As a consequence, full-time (FT) members of the Army are to affirm that their personal circumstances, such as parenting requirements, spouse employment or legal barriers, will not prevent them from making themselves available for individual deployment on operations at short notice.
Part-time (PT) members of the Army are to affirm that their personal circumstances will not prevent them making themselves available for individual deployment on operations within 28 days of call-out. Call-out is important because of the legal protections it invokes. This component is to be reported by exception with the onus being on the individual to advise their chain of command when their personal circumstances render them unable to comply with this requirement.
Employment Proficiency
Personnel in the Trained Force are to be proficient in their rank and employment category in order to contribute to military capability. All personnel will be deemed proficient, after completing their initial Corps or trade specific training, as previously described. Where administrative action has been initiated for poor job performance, the member is categorised as ‘Not Ready'.
Medical Fitness
To be able to be deployed on operations, personnel are required to be medically fit. Personnel are to be medically assessed and are required to meet the Medical Employment Classification for deployment in their trade or employment category.
This component is to be completed at least once every 12 months in the month in which the individual was born.
Dental Fitness
To be able to be deployed on operations, personnel are required to be dentally fit. For Full Time members this is to be assessed annually in the month in which the individual was born.
Part Time members are to be assessed at least once every five years.
Physical Fitness
To be able to be deployed on operations, Army personnel are to be physically conditioned to undertake their general military duties and special occupational functions in order to operate effectively and efficiently in the arduous physical and mental conditions across the spectrum of conflict.
Army personnel are to remain physically fit and pass a Basic Fitness Assessment at least once every six months.
Within Personnel Management Key Solution (PMKeyS), this component will automatically lapse and revert to ‘Not Ready' six months after the last recorded assessment date.
Individual Weapon Proficiency. While it is acknowledged that some units require their personnel to operate different individual weapons, those personnel are to be capable of deploying on operations as individuals without those specialist individual weapons. The F88 AUSTEYR is the basic individual weapon for Army personnel.
Therefore, all Army personnel must maintain competence and confidence in the use of the F88 AUSTEYR and are to be assessed as competent and safe at least once every six months.
The only exception to this requirement is Chaplains.
Within PMKeyS this component will automatically lapse, and revert to ‘Not Ready' six months after the last recorded assessment date.