Army, Navy public health officials collect weapon system-related health hazard data in support of blast overpressure exposure assessment
The FY18 National Defense Authorization Act, Section 734, and Line of Inquiry 3 (Exposure Environment) Joint Service Member Occupational Health Assessment Team joined soldiers with Bravo Battery, assigned to 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colorado, during Operation Steel Eagle in March 2022 to collect health hazard exposure data associated with firing the M777 Howitzer. The JSOHA Team, which consists of scientists and engineers from the Army Public Health Center and the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center will assess the blast overpressure, impulse noise, and chemical substances exposure data over the next 60 days, and provide a formal JSOHA Report containing mitigation recommendations to the Bravo Battery commander.
