FM 3-34.22 - Army Electronic Publications & Forms - U.S. Army

Other Personnel Services
Sustainment Support for Engineer Operations
8-76. Special teams from higher headquarters sometimes augment the BCT to provide administrative
services (awards, promotions, evaluations, reassignments); military pay support; morale, welfare, and
recreation (MWR) support; and Red Cross coordination.
FIELD SERVICES
8-77. Field services support includes food preparation, water purification, bakery facility operation,
clothing and light textile repair, laundry and shower facility operation, parachute packing, air item
maintenance, rigging supplies and equipment for airdrops, mortuary affairs, and force provider operations.
Usually, laundry, clothing, and light textile repair are not available outside theater staging bases.
Field Feeding
8-78. The FSC and BSTB field-feeding sections and BSB SBCT field-feeding teams, have trailer-mounted
containerized kitchens (CKs) to prepare meals for Soldiers. There is also a food sanitation center to support
field kitchen operations.
Showers
8-79. Small unit showers are authorized according to Common Table of Allowances (CTA) 50-909. One
shower unit consists of one heater, one shelter, and two water bags. Showers may be provided to the BCT
by sustainment brigade units during mission staging operations.
Mortuary Affairs
8-80. The recovery and identification of deceased personnel is the responsibility of each company.
Company 1SGs supervise the preparation of DD Form 565 (Statement of Recognition of Deceased). These
documents accompany the remains during transport to a remains collection point. Usually, remains
collection points are in the vicinity of combat trains, but not near the MTF. Once necessary reports are
complete, the remains are evacuated to the BCT unit remains collection point (usually in the BSA). From
there, remains are evacuated to a mortuary collection point established by the theater support command. If
remains have been contaminated by CBRN agents or toxic industrial materials (TIMs), the BCT S-4 (in
coordination with the BCT CBRN officer) should provide guidance to units before they handle or evacuate
the remains.
Host Nation Support
8-81. HNS is a common method of providing services to deployed U.S. Army forces. This support can
include assistance in almost every aspect required to sustain military operations within a theater. Planners
must consider that HNS meets local standards and not necessarily U.S. standards. HNS can be a significant
resource, provided it is available and the appropriate agreements are in place.
DETAINEES
8-82. Detainee is a term used to refer to any person captured or otherwise detained by an armed force.
More specifically, detainees encompass the broad category of EPWs, other detainees, civilian internees,
and retained persons. All persons captured, detained, or otherwise held in U.S. custody must receive
humane care and treatment (see FM 3-19.40). The unit S-3 leads the staff in planning the retrograde of
detainees. Soldiers who capture EPWs and detain civilians maintain control of them and any captured
documents and materiel until they are turned over to the proper authority. EPWs are evacuated to the
detainee collection point (DCP) as rapidly as possible. The BCT may be required to operate a detention
facility, but this site is more likely to be run by another unit.
11 February 2009 FM 3-34.22 8-17