These are all just a fraction of what each of the services bring to the fight, and they are all extremely valuable. Army conducts research, education and directly supports contingency environments. The Naval Entomology Center of Excellence provides cutting-edge research on equipment and materiel for the DOD. At the Air Force Research Laboratory, our entomology consult team identifies vectors submitted from bases across the globe and tested for diseases. Air Force, a contingent of reserve entomologists are responsible for the Department of Defense’s aerial application of pesticides. Christina Russo)įoley: Entomologists fill a variety of roles within the services to include research, education, consulting, and contingency operations.
The 910th Air Wing maintains the Department of Defense’s only large area, fixed-wing aerial spray capability to control disease-carrying insects and pest insects. MHS Communications: What are the most important types of work entomologists in the MHS do, whether in the field or a lab? An aerial spray-modified C-130H Hercules aircraft assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, operates over Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, on May 22, 2023. The entomologists’ work ensures readiness of the military force. In an interview for Bug Week 2023, happening June 10-17, Foley described the role of entomologists across the Military Health System as they work to control diseases carried by bugs, or vectors, that can be transmitted to humans. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Elizabeth Foley, an entomologist and bug expert, is chief of the force health branch at the U.S.
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