title: Public health operations in the JSOTF-P.
abstract: Medical personnel have a proven operational and strategic role as part of Counterinsurgency (COIN) and Foreign Internal Defense (FID) operations. In addition to the traditional employment of medical assets in Medical Civic Action Programs, commanders can utilize their medical resources in a teaching and educational capacity to effectively target an entire village (men, women, and children), with minimal logistical support. In the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, Environmental Science Engineer Officers and veterinarians added additional capabilities and facilitated educational programs that stimulate the coordination of local, military, and government resources to improve public health infrastructure and make a sustainable, lasting impact.
authors: Dennis
authors: D
authors: Rufolo
authors: Cyndie
authors: C
authors: Facciolla
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008887:Military Medicine; D008889:Military Personnel; D010679:Philippines; D011634:Public Health; D014730:Veterinary Medicine