Tired of having smelly battle buddies? Please take this Soldier hygiene survey to help the Army create better products!

2014-12-01T21:01:31-05:00

My team at the Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Center is working on antibacterial and antifungal products for future Warfighter use and we need your input!
Please take a few minutes to read about our study in the article below and then complete this survey (link provided), Service members from all branches are encouraged to participate.

https://surveys2.natick.army.mil/Surveys/antimic.nsf (CAC-enabled survey)

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Natick asks Soldiers about hygiene issues

In its effort to combat body odor and skin irritation affecting Soldiers in the field, the Army has developed antimicrobial treatments for such items as T-shirts, socks and sleeping bag liners, but little is known about the extent of such personal hygiene issues or their effects on warfighters.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 12 at 2015 10:47 AM

2015-06-12T10:47:54-04:00

What resulted from this survey? Has there been any progress in development? Are there stats from those who completed the survery?

Response by SSG Thomas Brousseau made Jun 12 at 2015 11:10 AM

2015-06-12T11:10:34-04:00

I really appreciate the fact that R&D is working on this. My only recommendation is that the final product is durable and has long lasting quality. While deployed to OIF (1) in 2003 there was no electricity for up to 7 months. This ment that there was no running water. Alot of Soldiers endured up to seven months without access to a shower. That is why I would recommend that the properties of the final product are robust enough to sustain effective qualities for an extended period of time.