PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-619
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 619
JUNE 2004
D
eployed far from home? Spending weeks or months in the field? Stationed far
from the PX or local stores? Times like these you could use a well-stocked care pack-
age from home, filled with personal items that make life a bit more tolerable.
Well, now you can get care packages courtesy of the Army. They’re called health
and comfort packs (HCPs). HCPs provide forward area troops with everyday neces-
sities for good hygiene and comfortable living. About the only thing these packs
don’t
contain is food.
Before you order any HCPs, you need to
know the ground rules about how they’re
issued:
•
The Army (G-4) will issue HCPs to your
unit free of charge only when your unit
deploys for more than 15 days to a place
where there’s no support for personal items.
•
The Army expects your unit to supply its
own personal items to cover the first 15 to
30 days of deployment.
•
Unit commanders may purchase HCPs
from their own unit funds at the time that
they determine the need.
.
Type I HCP,
NSN 8970-01-368-9154, contains items used by both men and
women. You get 10 plastic drawstring bags, each packed with a 30-day supply of
necessities for an individual soldier.
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Type III HCP,
NSN 8970-01-487-
7488, contains washcloth-sized personal
hygiene body wipes. You get 44 packets
with 8 body wipes in each packet. This
HCP is intended to supply 10 soldiers.
All HCPs have a shelf life of two
years at 50-72°F.
Health and Comfort Packs…
Toothbrush
Tube of
toothpaste
Dental floss
10 disposable
shaving razors
Shaving lotion
Bar soap
Foot powder
Tissues
Bottle of shampoo
Deodorant stick
Petroleum jelly
Self-sealing
plastic bag
Personal hygiene
body wipes
Laundry detergent
Sewing kit
Mirror
Shoe brush
Band aids
Hand and body
lotion
Sunscreen lotion
Boot laces
Petroleum jelly
Shaving powder
Here’s
what you
get in each
bag…
Type II HCP,
8970-01-368-9155, is for women only and includes articles for fem-
inine hygiene. It’ll supply 10 women for 30 days. Here’s what you get:
Item
Disposable plastic bags, 3 x 7
Plastic bags, 10-15 gallon
Ponytail holders
Hair brush
Combs
Bobby pins
Personal hygiene body wipes
Qty
150
10
10
1
2
50
10
Item
Sanitary napkins, regular
Sanitary napkins, super
Tampons, regular
Tampons, super
Panty shields
Moist towelettes
Self sealing plastic bags, 1 gallon
Quantity
48
72
60
84
250
20 packs of 20
20
The Type I
HCP also
includes
supplemental
items
intended to
be shared
among 10
soldiers…
There are
three
types
of health
and comfort
packs available…
you
really
need to consider
a health and
comfort pack,
jack.
A Bit of Home
619. 54-55 (C)
4/29/04
5:35 PM
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