Deployed Warfighter Protection Program (DWFP) Information
DWFP News & Links
- @USDA_ARS is working w/ @DeptofDefense 2 protect U.S. troops from harmful insects. Video Link
- NAMRU-3 Collaborates to control cutaneous leishmaniasis in Morocco, NMR&D News, IV(2), Feb 2012
- Insecticide treated camouflage screening reduces sand fly numbers in Leishmania-endemic regions in Kenya
- New Protection Against Six-Legged Threats, PEO Solder Live
- DoD seeks uniform bug protections, NavyTimes
- Navy Medicine representatives attend dedication of new pathogen research facility at Gainesville
- ARS Study Provides a Better Understanding of How Mosquitoes Find a Host
- US wages war on bugs afflicting troops abroad , by Janet McConnaughey
- The Deployed Warfighter Protection Research Program: Finding New Methods to Vanquish Old Foes
- Bugs Be Gone, A computer "brain" finds long-lasting repellents, Science News
- ARS Partners with Defense Department to Protect Troops from Insect Vectors
- USDA - DoD Research Initiative to Protect U.S. Military - Press Release from USDA
DWFP Labs & Research Units
- National Program for Veterinary, Medical and Urban Entomology (NP#104-ARS-USDA)
- Beltsville, Maryland: Invasive Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Laboratory (IIBBL-PSI-BARC-ARS-USDA)
- College Station, Texas: Area-Wide Pest Management Research Unit (APMRU-SPARC-SPA-ARS-USDA)
- Gainesville, Florida: Mosquito and Fly Reseach Unit, Center for Medical Agricultural and Veterinary Entomology (MFRU-CMAVE-SAA-ARS-USDA)
- Kerrville, Texas: Livestock Insect Research Laboratory (KBLIRL-SPA-ARS-USDA)
- Laramie, Wyoming: Arthropod-Borne Animal Diseases Research Laboratory (ABADRL-NPA-ARS-USDA)
- Oxford, Mississippi: Natural Products Research Laboratory (NPURU-NCNPR-MSA-ARS-USDA)
- Stoneville, Mississippi: Biological Control of Pests Research Unit (BCPRU-JWDSRC-MSA-ARS-USDA)