Department of Preventive Health Services

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Department of Preventive
Health Services
Medical Zoology Branch
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Medical Zoology Branch

• Mission
• To provide training on all aspects of arthropod,
  vertebrate and plant pest management including
  the prevention of vector-borne disease which
  threaten U.S. military forces world-wide. Army
  center for DOD Pest Management Certificiation and
  Recertification training.

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Medical Zoology Branch

• Organization

Chief, MZB
Inst. Designer
NCOIC
Instructor
Instructor
Contr.
Contr.
Entomologist
Entomologist
Agronomist
Engine Mechanic
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Medical Zoology Branch

• Courses
• 6H-F12/322-F12, Department of Defense Pest
  Management Certification Course
• 3 weeks x 4 12 weeks
• Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, DOD
  Civilians, and NAF personnel
• 6H-F13/322-F13, Department of Defense Pest
  Management Re-certification Course
• 1 week x 5 5 weeks
• Active Duty, Reserve, National Guard, DOD
  Civilians, and NAF Personnel

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Medical Zoology Branch

• Courses
• DoD Pest Management Quality Assurance Evaluator
  (PMQAE) Course
• 3.5 days x 2 7 days
• DOD Installation Pest Control Managers and QA
  Evaluators on orders
• Mobile Pest Management Training Courses
• CONUSFort Hood, Fort Lewis, Hunter Army Airfield
• OCONUSGermany, Kuwait, Korea, Japan

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Medical Zoology Branch

• Classes Taught in Operational Leadership
  Courses
• 68S Preventive Medicine Specialist
• 5 weeks x 7 35 weeks
• Principles of Military Preventive Medicine, 15
  weeks
• Preventive Medicine Program Management, 2 weeks
• AMEDD Officer Basic, 3 week Ento Track x 4 12
  weeks
• AMEDD Officer Advanced Course, 2 days
• Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Course, 4 days
• Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers Course, 6
  days
• Veterinary Officer Basic Course, 4 days
• AMEDD BN/BDE Pre-Command Course

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Medical Zoology Branch

• DOD PEST MGT CERTIFICATION
• 275 68S Soldiers in residence courses
• 95 RC Soldiers on site just prior to deployment
• DOD PEST MGT RECERTIFICATION
• In residence courses 155 Soldiers
• Off site (in support of deployed war fighters)
  120 Soldiers
• FT. HOOD (Jan 06) 13 students
• Ft. Lewis (Jul 06) 19 students
• Ft. Stewart (Sep 06) 26 students
• Germany (Feb May 06) 32 students
• Kuwait (Aug 06) 17 students
• Korea (Dec 06) 63 students

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Ongoing Projects

• Developed a training curriculum for Integrated
  Pest Management Coordinators, i.e. DoD PMQAE/IPMC
  Course
• Forwarded a proposal to TRADOC to fund an
  Equipment Hands-On phase of the DL DoD Pest
  Management Recertification Course
• Forwarded a proposal to TRADOC to fund the
  development of a new DL DoD PMQAE/IPMC Course
• Editing and improving Correspondence Course
• Updating lesson plans (LPs) and incorporating
  field lesson learned into LPs