WEBVTT 00:00.088 --> 00:02.252 (clanging and chatter) 00:02.290 --> 00:04.130 - [Vince] Both Napoleon and Frederick the Great 00:04.130 --> 00:05.180 have been credited for saying 00:05.180 --> 00:07.550 that an army marches on its stomach. 00:07.550 --> 00:09.400 The saying relates an army's ability 00:09.400 --> 00:12.123 to continue to operate if it is properly fed. 00:12.460 --> 00:14.160 Major Kristen Keller of the Iowa 00:14.160 --> 00:16.083 International Guard concurs. 00:16.290 --> 00:18.070 As a public health officer she explains 00:18.070 --> 00:20.299 that while having enough food to eat is important, 00:20.299 --> 00:22.432 the ability to keep the food in your stomach 00:22.432 --> 00:24.660 is equally as important. 00:24.660 --> 00:26.320 - Disease non-metal injuries is what 00:26.320 --> 00:28.480 takes out forces more than any other thing, 00:28.480 --> 00:30.278 any other attacks. 00:30.278 --> 00:31.920 - [Vince] Keller and a group of doctors 00:31.920 --> 00:33.700 and medical technicians from the Des Moines 00:33.700 --> 00:35.658 and Sioux City Iowa International Guard 00:35.658 --> 00:38.500 are taking part in a two-week multi-national 00:38.500 --> 00:41.123 exercise this week in the nation of Kosovo. 00:41.437 --> 00:45.080 The annual civic exercise is part of the U.S. military 00:45.080 --> 00:47.320 partner program where Iowa has been paired 00:47.320 --> 00:49.423 with Kosovo since 2011. 00:49.547 --> 00:52.100 The exercise has representatives with the U.S., 00:52.100 --> 00:54.680 Kosovo security force along with six other nations 00:54.680 --> 00:56.585 come together to exercise a response 00:56.585 --> 00:58.703 to a catastrophic event. 00:58.831 --> 01:01.550 While keeping troops in the field from getting sick 01:01.550 --> 01:03.720 is wrought with its own complications, 01:03.720 --> 01:05.268 Keller says it's a bit more complicated 01:05.268 --> 01:07.773 when setting up a field hospital. 01:07.790 --> 01:09.290 - There are a lot of different considerations 01:09.290 --> 01:10.600 especially when you're out in the field 01:10.600 --> 01:12.883 and you're not in a medical hospital. 01:13.120 --> 01:15.310 - [Vince] In addition to looking after hospital conditions, 01:15.310 --> 01:18.370 Keller is also charged with ensuring field conditions, 01:18.370 --> 01:20.611 even in a training environment, are addressed. 01:20.611 --> 01:23.240 She says it's that ounce of prevention 01:23.240 --> 01:24.890 that can keep soldiers in the field 01:24.890 --> 01:27.030 from needing the pound of cure. 01:27.030 --> 01:30.193 - We don't want the latrines right next to the restaurant 01:30.193 --> 01:33.270 or right next to our living area 01:33.270 --> 01:36.370 because there can be pretty significant rain fall 01:36.370 --> 01:39.100 and we just need to be cognizant about where we're at 01:39.100 --> 01:41.083 with elevation and location. 01:41.260 --> 01:42.680 - [Vince] The bottom line according to Keller 01:42.680 --> 01:44.522 is that prior planning combined with education 01:44.522 --> 01:47.263 and execution of good field sanitation 01:47.263 --> 01:49.642 can make all the difference in an army's ability 01:49.642 --> 01:51.483 to continue to operate. 01:51.530 --> 01:54.210 - That's why it's so important that we come 01:54.210 --> 01:55.878 and that we try to make sure that everyone 01:55.878 --> 01:59.913 is as healthy as they can be within our means. 02:00.000 --> 02:01.500 - [Vince] In Pristina, Kosovo, 02:01.560 --> 02:03.523 I'm Master Sergeant Vince DeGrode.