Other tasks within the capabilities of the team and as directed by the unit
commander.
INDIVIDUAL
UNIT
AREA
PROTECTION
PROTECTION
PROTECTION
(Individual soldier)
(Field sanitation teams)
(Preventive medicine)
Materiel
Materiel
Materiel
Repellents.
2-gallon sprayer.
Aerial spraying equipment.
-- DEET.
Power sprayers.
-- Permethrin.
ULV machines.
Bed nets.
Head nets.
Protective clothing.
"New material"
Aerosol bombs.
Space spray.
Rotary dusters.
Insect powder.
All insecticides.
All rodenticides.
Malaria suppressives.
Fly swatters.
All material issued for
individual and unit
protection.
Table 6-1. Arthropod control capabilities.
b. Equipment. The field sanitation team has a limited amount of equipment and
materials with which to accomplish its Pest management mission. An item of particular
importance is the 2-gallon sprayer. The sprayer is used for spraying:
Residual insecticides around buildings.
Latrine.
Garbage pits.
Depressions in which water may collect.
Other insect breeding areas.
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