What is the Army's approach to health and hygiene in the field?

• A. Rely on luck for health.
• B. Ignore personal cleanliness.
• C. Maintain field hygiene and sanitation to prevent illness and maintain readiness.
• D. Strictly avoid water.

Answer: (C)

In the field, keeping soldiers healthy depends on proactive hygiene and sanitation. The Army focuses on maintaining field hygiene and sanitation to prevent illness and maintain readiness, which means ensuring clean drinking water, safe food handling, proper waste disposal, clean latrines, personal cleanliness, and good overall sanitary practices. This approach prevents disease transmission, reduces medical evacuations, and keeps units capable of performing their missions. Choosing luck or neglecting cleanliness would lead to higher illness rates and degraded performance, while avoiding water would cause dehydration and heat-related problems. So the emphasis is on practical, ongoing sanitation measures that protect health and keep the unit mission-ready.