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A field shower is the washing of one's body with water performed by military personnel in the field. It can be done in lieu of normal showers when personnel are outfield, or when they have been exposed to hazardous chemicals and need to quickly decontaminate themselves.
In the United States Army, the responsibility for deploying field showers lies with the quartermasters.[1] The field shower is also found in the U.S. Army's overseas deployments; for example, a field shower fed by two 2000-litre water bivets was set up in Ramadi, Iraq by the members of the 89th Regimental Chemical Shop.[2]
References
- ^ "Supplying the force.(quartermasters)", Soldiers Magazine, 6 January 2005. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
- ^ Ramadiyah / Ar Ramadi. GlobalSecurity. Retrieved on 2006-07-07.
External links
- "Chemical and Biological Decontamination in the Field After Hurricane Katrina", The ASA Newsletter, 28 October 2005. Retrieved on 2006-07-07. —discusses the use of field showers in cleaning troops involved with the Hurricane Katrina rescue effort
- FM 42-424 Chptr 3 FP Module. Headquarters, Department of the United States Army (6 August 1999). Retrieved on 2006-07-07.—describes the setup of the field shower module within the quartermaster's Force Provider module
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