US Navy 070905-N-0989H-003 Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Givens and Master-at-Arms 1st Class Hector Cardona train Dominican Republic soldiers on applying a tourniquet

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Sept. 5, 2007) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Charles Givens, Task Group 40.9 independent duty corpsman, and Master-at-Arms 1st Class Hector Cardona, Task Group 40.9 translator, train Dominican Republic soldiers on applying a tourniquet. Combat Medical Lifesavers training
is part of Global Fleet Station’s (GFS) pilot deployment to the Caribbean Basin and Central America. The deployment includes a broad range of theater security cooperation activities with regional maritime services. It is designed to validate the GFS concept for the Navy, and supports U.S. Southern Command by enhancing cooperative partnerships with regional maritime services, and by improving the operational readiness of participating nations’ military forces. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class David Hoffman (RELEASED)