1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:13,430 My mission is to teach soldiers and 3 00:00:13,439 --> 00:00:16,889 sailors medical zoology . As part of 4 00:00:16,899 --> 00:00:20,639 their initial training um 5 00:00:20,649 --> 00:00:23,139 in the preventive medicine program here 6 00:00:23,149 --> 00:00:25,479 at the medical education and training 7 00:00:25,489 --> 00:00:26,219 campus , 8 00:00:34,830 --> 00:00:36,639 the students are familiarizing 9 00:00:36,650 --> 00:00:40,580 themselves with arthropods of military 10 00:00:40,590 --> 00:00:44,430 importance such as ticks , mites , 11 00:00:44,439 --> 00:00:48,060 mosquitoes , ants , bed bugs 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:52,500 and cockroaches . It 13 00:00:52,509 --> 00:00:54,580 is important to be able to identify 14 00:00:54,590 --> 00:00:58,310 animals that pose a medical threat to 15 00:00:58,400 --> 00:01:01,919 military civilians in depends on 16 00:01:01,930 --> 00:01:03,779 installations and in deployed 17 00:01:03,790 --> 00:01:07,580 environments . Once you know what risk 18 00:01:07,589 --> 00:01:09,811 the medical threat poses , then you can 19 00:01:09,811 --> 00:01:13,459 effectively manage that risk uh 20 00:01:13,470 --> 00:01:16,680 with various control and 21 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,669 protective measures . So this is a mite 22 00:01:20,839 --> 00:01:23,061 and well , we're looking from the venal 23 00:01:23,061 --> 00:01:25,228 side . But if we were looking from the 24 00:01:25,228 --> 00:01:27,450 dorsal side , we'd still be able to see 25 00:01:27,450 --> 00:01:29,728 its mouth parts are visible from above . 26 00:01:29,728 --> 00:01:31,672 The preventive medicine mission is 27 00:01:31,672 --> 00:01:33,617 important because we can serve the 28 00:01:33,617 --> 00:01:35,728 fighting strength of our war fighters 29 00:01:35,728 --> 00:01:37,839 by reducing the occurrence of disease 30 00:01:37,839 --> 00:01:39,370 and non battle injuries .