DigiMindReady: Enhancing Military Readiness Through Edge AI-Driven Wellness, Education, and Digital Discipline...

Area of Science:

• Military Health
• Digital Wellness
• Edge AI

Background:

• Military personnel require sustained cognitive performance and emotional regulation under operational stress.
• Existing mobile health (mHealth) solutions lack personalization, privacy, and offline capabilities for defense settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• Introduce DigiMindReady, a privacy-first, offline mHealth architecture for mission-aligned readiness.
• Support military personnel's cognitive and emotional well-being in disconnected environments.

Main Methods:

• Developed a modular architecture with AI-assisted wellness coaching using a local large language model.
• Implemented subsystems for human performance advocacy, education, screen time tracking, and digital rewards.
• Ensured on-device personalization without cloud dependency for enhanced resilience.

Main Results:

• Prototype testing confirmed adaptive, context-relevant wellness outputs.
• Internal validation demonstrated technical feasibility and architectural robustness on low-resource devices.
• iOS prototype readiness for broader deployment, with cross-platform adaptability.

Conclusions:

• DigiMindReady provides a scalable, secure foundation for digital resilience in military contexts.
• The edge AI-driven architecture reframes digital wellness as mission-aligned readiness.
• Future integrations with wearables and sensors are facilitated by its adaptable, offline capabilities.