Bosetti Timothy, Bridges Davin
Department of Environmental Sciences, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine - Europe.
US Army Med Dep J. 2009 Apr-Jun:31-3.
Basic field sanitation and hygiene is a lost art in today's modern Army. Today, more than ever, there is a need for the unit field sanitation team (FST) to serve as advisors to unit commanders in the area of basic field sanitation and hygiene. Soldiers should know how to construct field latrines, construct waste disposal devices, conduct pest management and control activities, disinfect field water supplies, and practice personal hygiene under field conditions. The current unit FST concept is centered on company-sized formations operating in open terrain. This concept does not support current operations, transformed formations, rapidly changing doctrine, and the expeditionary nature of the Army. This article does not present a new concept, but rather a new look at an existing concept and practice based upon the lessons-learned and after-action reports from the Global War on Terrorism to support the Army in transformation during an era of persistent conflict.
在当今现代化军队中，基本的战地卫生与卫生学已成为一门失传的技艺。如今，比以往任何时候都更需要部队战地卫生小组（FST）在基本战地卫生与卫生学领域担任部队指挥官的顾问。士兵们应该知道如何建造战地厕所、构建废物处理装置、开展虫害管理与控制活动、对战地供水进行消毒，以及在战地条件下保持个人卫生。当前的部队战地卫生小组概念以在开阔地形中行动的连级部队为核心。这一概念无法适应当前行动、转型后的部队、迅速变化的条令以及陆军的远征性质。本文并非提出一个新概念，而是基于从反恐全球战争中吸取的经验教训和行动后报告，对现有概念与实践进行新的审视，以在持续冲突的时代支持陆军转型。
