OVERVIEW

 Mental Attitude
 Physical Efficiency and Resistance

to Decease
 Body Care Under Varied Climatic

Conditions
 BODY CLEANLINESS
Mental Attitude
“How can I help my team
accomplish its mission.”
 Fear is a basic human emotion.
 Avoid letting your imagination run
wild.
 Worry undermines the body, dulls the
mind and slows down thinking and
learning.
 You may be required in any part of the
world and in all types of terrain.
Physical Efficiency and
Resistance to Decease
 An athlete knows from experience that he must
keep his body in good shape.
 Your body process are sluggish and your
reactions slower when your are tired.
 When you have the opportunity to rest, make
yourself as comfortable as possible.
 Maintain peak efficiency by preserving good-
eating habits.
 Body Care Under Varied
Climatic Conditions
Trench foot and Immersion Foot.
a. Cold or wet weather, improper
care of your feet may result in a
condition known as trench foot.
When condition is mild the feet are
pale and look shriveled; later they
lose all feeling.
b. To guard trench foot and immersion
foot, follow the simple rules listed below
 Exercise your feet
 Keep your feet as clean as possible

 Keep your feet as dry as possible

 Put on clean, dry socks as often as

possible
 Do not wear tight boots or tight

socks.
 Remove your boots and massage

your feet
c. It is especially important to exercise
the feet to maintain circulation. When
standing in mud for long periods, wiggle
your toes inside your boots, rise on your
toes and bend and twist your ankles.
d. Do not allow circulation by putting on
extra socks by wearing tight boots. If
your boots feel tight, loosen the laces.
Wear loose clothing around the knees
and calves of your legs.
e. You cannot always keep your feet dry,
but you can usually improve conditions. If
it is necessary to stand for a long time in a
muddy foxhole, dig an extra deep sump
hole at one side of your foxhole to help
drain off water.
f. When you come to a heated shelter
after a long period of standing in the cold
or wet, keep your feet away from the
source of heat until the circulation starts
coming back.
FROSTBITE
a. Frostbite or local freezing can be
avoided by wearing warm and loose
clothing; keeping dry; exercising your
feet, legs arms and hand; and by
massaging feet, ears, and face. Proper
footgear and mittens are especially
important.
 b. If part of your body gets
frostbitten, it becomes grayish or white
and loses feeling.
c. To thaw a frostbitten part, put
next to a warm part of someone else’s
body.
 d. If the pain becomes too severe
while a part is thawing, slow the
thawing by exposing the part of the
cool air.
e. Do not rub or bend a frostbitten part of
the body. Do not rub it with snow or ice.
Do not dip into warm water or bring close
to fire.
 HEAT CRAMPS
Heat cramps occur when you
have been sweating a great
deal and have not taken extra
amount of salt.
 HEAT EXHAUSTION
Excessive loss water and salt
cause heat exhaustion from
the body. This condition
results from heavy sweating.
 HEATSTROKE
Very high body temperature and
unconsciousness characterize
heatstroke, a very serious
condition with a high death rate.
 BODY CLEANLINESS
1. You can keep well only by observing the
basic rules of personal hygiene.
2. If possible bathe your entire body at least
once a week with a soap and water.
3. If no bathing facilities are available, dry
and wipe your body with a towel, or with
your used underwear, when you change.
4. Under clothing absorbs perspiration and oil
from the body and soon loses its insulating
qualities and needs to be changed.
5. Care of the feet is important to every
soldier. Start your day with a clean pair of
socks.