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FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION
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FIELD HYGIENE AND SANITATION
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What is military sanitation?
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includs practice of both environmental sanitation and person hygiene, within the frame work of Army life.
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What publication would you check to define field hygiene requirements?
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FM 21-10, Field Hygiene and Sanitation.
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What is the best protection against disease or biological warfare?
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Immunization and personal hygiene.
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What are the five communicable diseases grouped by the Army?
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Respiratory, Intestinal, Insect borne, Venereal and Miscellaneous.
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Proper foot care is essential to the foot soldier. What care should be taked to keep them clean and dry?
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Wash feet daily, change socks as often as possible, and also use foot powder.
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Name one of the five diseases carried by the mosquito?
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Malaris, Dengue, Yellow fever Encephalitis, Filariasis.
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What is one of the three diseases carried by the fly?
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Typhoid, Cholera, Dysentery.
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Where should you locate a latrine in relation to a messhall?
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At least 100 meters downhill or downstream.
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What is palatable whater?
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Water which is pleasing to the taste, but which may be unsafe.
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How many cans of water are required for washing mess kits in the field?
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Three, one of hot, soapy water and two for rinsing.
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Name two methods for human waste disposal?
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Straddle trench, Urine soak pit.
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What are the measurements of a straddle trench?
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1 foot wide, 4 feet long, 2-1/2 feet deep.
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What are the five F's in field sanitation?
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Flies, fingers, feces, food and fluids.
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What is a communicable disease?
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A disease which can be transmitted from person to person, animal to person, and insect to person.
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