A member of the US Army 5th Special Forces Medic Unit at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, listens to a local Kazakh girl's irregular heartbeat during Operation BALANCE KAYAK, in Kazakhstan on Sept. 14, 2000. BALANCE KAYAK, which ran from Sept. 12-21, is a medical capabilities exercise for US and Kazakhstan, which provided various facets of medical treatment to 12 villages by screening patients and providing training to increase Kazakhstan's medical capabilities. Services offered were obstetrics and gynecology, orthopedics and general medicine, with a fully equipped mobile pharmacy. All equipment used was provided by the host nation
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Subject Operation/Series: BALANCE KAYAK
Base: Ili Base Camp, Almaty
Country: Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Scene Major Command Shown: US CENTCOM
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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Date
14/09/2000
Location
Campbell Army Airfield (Fort Campbell)
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Source
The U.S. National Archives
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