FM 4-25.12 UNIT FIELD SANITATION TEAM

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The purpose of this field manual (FM) is to provide doctrine and training procedures for unit field sanitation teams (FST). In addition, a training program in the application of personal protective measures (PPM) is included for personnel appointed as members of the FST for each company, troop, or battery. This publication contains a proposed 20-hour master training schedule which may be adjusted as necessary; a text that may serve as reference material for the FST instructor; and supporting illustrations for the instructors assigned the training task. This publication provides guidance to the commanders, unit leaders, and soldiers for implementing unit field sanitation and preventive medicine (PVNTMED) measures in the field. This publication is written to further aid the commander and his unit leaders in the continuing effort of reducing the disease and nonbattle injury (DNBI) rates during deployments.

Introduction Military PVNTMED is: The identification of the medical threat, assessing the risk of the medical threat in terms of operation requirements, medical surveillance, and the providing of recommendations for the mitigation of adverse health effects. This can include the anticipation, prediction, identification, prevention, and control of communicable diseases including vector-, food-, and waterborne diseases toxic industrial chemicals as well as low level chemical warfare agents. The US Army has gone to great lengths to eliminate medical threats in order to reduce the debilitating illnesses and injuries that has, over the course of American history, caused more casualties than actual battlefield injuries within US Armed Forces. In some cases, debilitating illnesses and injuries have destroyed the fighting effectiveness of many Army units deployed in global environments. The DNBI rates have gradually been lowered since the Civil War. However, it is only through rigid PVNTMED discipline from the highest command headquarters of a deploying force down to the small unit commander. The units and the soldiers within those units are all responsible for seeing that the tenets of PVNTMED are followed (see FM 4-02.17). When a problem exists beyond unit capabilities, the brigade or division PVNTMED section or corps PVNTMED detachments should be called upon to assist in countering the threat.

PAGES: 238

PUBLICATION DATE: JANUARY, 2002

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