MAJ Eric Fallon
Field preventive medicine units play a vital role in the prevention of Disease and Non-Battle Injury (DNBI) for soldiers deployed forward. Understanding the makeup, training and mission of these units is vital to ensuring that the Hearing conservation program is represented in the field environment. Currently, although it is part of field units stated mission, very little emphasis is placed on the identification of noise hazards and the steps to promote hearing conservation to deployed soldiers. The role of field preventive medicine units and the preventive medicine technician, their hearing conservation mission, and the necessary training to ensure mission success will be discussed.