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An Afghan man with a wounded hand waits for medicine

An Afghan man with a wounded hand waits for medicine

An Afghan man with a wounded hand waits for medicine to kick in while lying in the aid station at Forward Operating Base Bostick in eastern Afghanistan Feb. 2. Soldiers assigned to 102nd Forward Surgical Team a... More

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Sylvia Esthay, treats a fellow Sailor for a simulated partial amputation during a medical mass casualties drill held in the hangar bay aboard the USN Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier, USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN 72). The LINCOLN is conducting a six-month Western Pacific Deployment in the Pacific Ocean

US Navy (USN) Hospital Corpsman Second Class (HM2) Sylvia Esthay, trea...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: MEDICAL TRAINING Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN James R. Evans, Usn Release Status: Released ... More

Marines insert an intravenous fluid set-up into each

Marines insert an intravenous fluid set-up into each

Marines insert an intravenous fluid set-up into each other during a Combat Lifesavers Class as part of Lioness training at Camp Ripper, Al Asad, Iraq, on Feb. 28. Regimental Combat Team 5 is deployed with Multi... More

Expeditionary Medical Facility – Kuwait staff members

Expeditionary Medical Facility – Kuwait staff members

Expeditionary Medical Facility – Kuwait staff members evaluate a burn victim during a mass casualty exercise at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Mar. 21.

Jaffar Abit Razsaq, a medic with 2nd Battalion, 5th

Jaffar Abit Razsaq, a medic with 2nd Battalion, 5th

Jaffar Abit Razsaq, a medic with 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd Region Iraqi Army, teaches a combat first-aid course to his fellow soldiers at Border Fort 9, located on the Syrian Border in the Anbar Province,... More

Iraqi soldiers of 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Division

Iraqi soldiers of 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Division

Iraqi soldiers of 4th Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Division Iraqi army relocate a simulated casualty to a safe zone during medical training on Camp Diwaniyah, Iraq, Dec. 20. The soldiers train on several differe... More

Spc. Daniel Stahl, 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade’s

Spc. Daniel Stahl, 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade’s

Spc. Daniel Stahl, 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade’s 2nd-151st Infantry Battalion, applies bandages to a simulated severed limb on a mannequin as a part of Combat Medic sustainment course at the Medical ... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Buckley, the

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Buckley, the

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Sean Buckley, the NATO Training Mission Afghanistan biomedical engineering mentor, and two of the three-person Afghan team he mentors stand in the biomedical engineering shop a... More

As part of a multi-national training exercise, U.S.

As part of a multi-national training exercise, U.S.

As part of a multi-national training exercise, U.S. Navy Corpsmen of the reserve and medics of partner nations gave classes regarding field-expedient methods to save lives using common items and trash found on ... More

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps,

Soldiers of the 5th Kandak, 1st Brigade, 215th Corps, partnered with the Embedded Partnering Team, Combat Logistics Battalion 5, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward), form up to head to a training exercise aboa... More

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marvin Floer, a hospital

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marvin Floer, a hospital

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Marvin Floer, a hospital corpsman with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, walks around the classroom with an assembled intravenous fluid bag to show to the students during... More

1st MLG marines train for upcoming deployment

1st MLG marines train for upcoming deployment

Medical personnel with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, gatherered from all over the world, to prepare for an upcoming deployment during a three-day field exercise, here, Oct. 7. Some of the p... More

Seaman Apprentice Anthony Malone, a hospital corpsman

Seaman Apprentice Anthony Malone, a hospital corpsman

Seaman Apprentice Anthony Malone, a hospital corpsman with 2nd Platoon, K Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/8, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, teaches combat life saving skills on the flight deck of USS Ponce i... More

Sergeant Anthony Tripp, a military policeman with Military

Sergeant Anthony Tripp, a military policeman with Military

Sergeant Anthony Tripp, a military policeman with Military Police Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires an M4 service rifle during a night live-fire event aboard USS P... More

Pvt. Joseph Cofta, a medic with Company C, 1st Battalion,

Pvt. Joseph Cofta, a medic with Company C, 1st Battalion,

Pvt. Joseph Cofta, a medic with Company C, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, stands in front of his company guidon while in the field on Fort Hood, Texas, Oct. ... More

A laptop is used to control a training mannequin's

A laptop is used to control a training mannequin's

A laptop is used to control a training mannequin's vital signs during a mock code blue drill at the pain management clinic at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Mannequins offer health care providers the opportuni... More

Sgt. Francisco Solis, shows an Iraqi soldier how to

Sgt. Francisco Solis, shows an Iraqi soldier how to

Sgt. Francisco Solis, shows an Iraqi soldier how to insert an IV during a combat lifesaver class. Solis is a medical health specialist from the 64th BSB, 3rd AAB, 4th Inf. Div., and native of El Paso, Texas. (P... More

Iraqi soldiers assigned to the 7th Iraqi Army Division

Iraqi soldiers assigned to the 7th Iraqi Army Division

Iraqi soldiers assigned to the 7th Iraqi Army Division march to training sights at Camp Al Asad, Iraq, Jan. 3. The 7th IAD conducted soldier familiarization training with the assistance of U.S. Soldiers assigne... More

Sgt. Giovanna Voorhees (left), an orderly room

Sgt. Giovanna Voorhees (left), an orderly room

Sgt. Giovanna Voorhees (left), an orderly room non-commissioned officer with Operations Company, Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 25th Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a San Diego ... More

Ensign Darren Moore inserts a catheter into the vein

Ensign Darren Moore inserts a catheter into the vein

Ensign Darren Moore inserts a catheter into the vein of Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry Roshell during combat lifesaver training at Camp Mitchell. Moore and Roshell are both assigned to Naval Mobile Construction ... More

U.S. Army Reserve soldiers of the 7236th Medical Support

U.S. Army Reserve soldiers of the 7236th Medical Support

U.S. Army Reserve soldiers of the 7236th Medical Support Unit of Fort Bragg, N.C., train alongside Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 104th Aviation Regiment, from the West Virginia Army National Guard, and the Ca... More

Pfc. Jesse Gould, right, a medic with 6th Squadron,

Pfc. Jesse Gould, right, a medic with 6th Squadron,

Pfc. Jesse Gould, right, a medic with 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division-Center and a Carrolton, Ga., native, draws blood from a fel... More

Salvadoran soldiers from the 5th Infantry Brigade practice

Salvadoran soldiers from the 5th Infantry Brigade practice

Salvadoran soldiers from the 5th Infantry Brigade practice tying makeshift tourniquets during a combat first aid class given by the 996th Area Support Medical Company. Soldiers of the 996th are supporting Guard... More

Afghan Commandos from 2nd Commando Kandak, mentored

Afghan Commandos from 2nd Commando Kandak, mentored

Afghan Commandos from 2nd Commando Kandak, mentored by U.S. Special Forces from Special Operations Task Force- East, conduct combat related medical training in preparation for future combat operations, Gardez d... More

An Afghan National Army soldier, who suffered a dislocated

An Afghan National Army soldier, who suffered a dislocated

An Afghan National Army soldier, who suffered a dislocated shoulder after an improvised explosive device detonated, receives treatment from another ANA soldier while being supervised by U.S. Army Pvt. Matthew W... More

Moroccan Navy Lt. Amine Khalik (left), a member of

Moroccan Navy Lt. Amine Khalik (left), a member of

Moroccan Navy Lt. Amine Khalik (left), a member of the Moroccan special forces and Maj. Said Afkir (right), Moroccan special forces team leader practice using a tunicate during exercise Phoenix Express 2011, Ma... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Lacroix, attached to 421st

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Lacroix, attached to 421st

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. John Lacroix, attached to 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, shares professional knowledge with Cameroonian students on how to perform a rapid trauma assessment as part of a Tactical ... More

Tech. Sgt. Tesha Bailey, a financial management specialist

Tech. Sgt. Tesha Bailey, a financial management specialist

Tech. Sgt. Tesha Bailey, a financial management specialist assigned to the Air Force Financial Management Detachment from Ohio and stationed at COS Marez inserts a nasopharyngeal airway into a medical "manikin."

Participants of Pacific Partnership 2011 conduct a

Participants of Pacific Partnership 2011 conduct a

Participants of Pacific Partnership 2011 conduct a Subject Matter Expert Exchange on the subject of neonatal resuscitation with nurses and health care providers at the Pohnpei State Department of Health Service... More

Sgt. Jason Coppin, left, a truck commander with Distribution

Sgt. Jason Coppin, left, a truck commander with Distribution

Sgt. Jason Coppin, left, a truck commander with Distribution Platoon, Company E, 1st Battalion, 63rd Armor Regiment, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division–Center and a Top... More

SAMMC trauma chief cites sweeping changes in critical care

SAMMC trauma chief cites sweeping changes in critical care

Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jeremy Cannon checks on a critically injured patient at the San Antonio Military Medical Center intensive care unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Dr. Cannon, chief of trauma and acute care ... More

Marines and sailors with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Marines and sailors with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group

Marines and sailors with the 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), Embedded Partnering Team used smoke and training grenades to simulate an improvised explosive device blast Sept. 10, 2011, aboard Camp Shorabak... More

Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 5th Commando

Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 5th Commando

Commandos with the Afghan National Army's 5th Commando Kandak prepare to move a litter to an extraction point during medical training Camp Jordania, Balkh province, Sept. 27. With the support of Task Force-1 Pa... More

Afghan National Army Sgt. Zahir Atifi, 52nd Medical

Afghan National Army Sgt. Zahir Atifi, 52nd Medical

Afghan National Army Sgt. Zahir Atifi, 52nd Medical Company, teaches his soldiers how to stop the bleeding of a casualty Oct. 25.

Coalition special operations forces soldiers explore

Coalition special operations forces soldiers explore

Coalition special operations forces soldiers explore the delivery room of the Unkhai Basic Health Clinic, Sayed Abad district, Nov. 5. The soldiers visited the clinic to check on the level of training and educa... More

Emergency technician trainees Hospital Corpsmen 3rd

Emergency technician trainees Hospital Corpsmen 3rd

Emergency technician trainees Hospital Corpsmen 3rd Class Corey Bynum and Stacey Zimmerman load Hospitalman Briar Smith into an ambulance during a field training exercise at Guantanamo Bay. The trainees are hal... More

Brianna Sackreiter was the first ECMO patient treated

Brianna Sackreiter was the first ECMO patient treated

Brianna Sackreiter was the first ECMO patient treated at San Antonio Military Medical Center, Feb. 11. ECMO is a life-saving device that mimics the natural function of the heart and lungs, allowing an infant or... More

Members of the California National Guard Counterdrug

Members of the California National Guard Counterdrug

Members of the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force conduct a tactical medical training seminar for law enforcement officers in support of the California Border Alliance Group, Feb. 21-23, 2012. (U.... More

Staff Sgt. Teresa Greening, an instructor at the Medical

Staff Sgt. Teresa Greening, an instructor at the Medical

Staff Sgt. Teresa Greening, an instructor at the Medical Simulation Training Center on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., prepares to conduct a needle chest decompression, while Sgt. Joshua Long applies a tourniq... More

Spc. Eric Wise, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief assigned

Spc. Eric Wise, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief assigned

Spc. Eric Wise, a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief assigned to B Company, 209th Aviation Support Battalion, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, checks his medical bag and refills it with missing items during a Combat Life... More

Kandahar Air Wing pilot Ismaeel, Afghan air force,

Kandahar Air Wing pilot Ismaeel, Afghan air force,

Kandahar Air Wing pilot Ismaeel, Afghan air force, prepares to conduct a hearing test during a training session with Afghan National Army and 25th Combat Aviation Brigade medical personnel on Kandahar Airfield,... More

Sgt. Jason Ferrell (left), a medic assigned to the

Sgt. Jason Ferrell (left), a medic assigned to the

Sgt. Jason Ferrell (left), a medic assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, demonstrates on Master Sgt. Howard Liles (right), also assigned to Ha... More

Medical training at Multinational Base Tarin Kot: Members

Medical training at Multinational Base Tarin Kot: Members

Medical training at Multinational Base Tarin Kot: Members of the Afghan National Army’s 4th Kandak, 205th Corp Medical Company, gathered at Multinational Base Tarin Kot this week, to learn how to train their ow... More

Members of the Aeromedevac Squadron, 146th Airlift

Members of the Aeromedevac Squadron, 146th Airlift

Members of the Aeromedevac Squadron, 146th Airlift Wing, Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Ca. participate in Vigilant Guard, a mass casualty patient movement exercise comprised of the Oregon National... More

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jose Vargas demonstrates

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jose Vargas demonstrates

Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Jose Vargas demonstrates first aid for a sucking chest wound to Congolese service members during a medical training event aboard High-Speed Vessel Swift (HSV 2). Swift is visiting se... More

Col. Sandra Alvey ,from the 196th Medical Support Unit,

Col. Sandra Alvey ,from the 196th Medical Support Unit,

Col. Sandra Alvey ,from the 196th Medical Support Unit, presents a medical staff member with a "Thank You" gift after visiting Dom Zdravlja Hospital where she spoke with staff members and learned more about the... More

U.S. Army soldiers from the 196th Medical Support Unit,

U.S. Army soldiers from the 196th Medical Support Unit,

U.S. Army soldiers from the 196th Medical Support Unit, along with soldiers from Bosnia and Herzegovina, annotate their observances and speak with staff members while visiting Dom Zdravlja Hospital in Capljina,... More

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Maj. Kelly Nebel, from the 196th Medical Support Unit, speaks with a staff member and an interpreter from the Bosnia and Herzegovina Army while visiting Dom Zdravlja Hospital in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovia,... More

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Sgt. Nathalia Karrer, a U.S. Army soldier from the 196th Medical Support Unit, takes notes while visiting Dom Zdravlja Hospital and speaking with staff members in Capljina, Bosnia and Herzegovina on May 29, 201... More

Lance Cpl. Yanfang Yu (left), checks the tag on a blouse

Lance Cpl. Yanfang Yu (left), checks the tag on a blouse

Lance Cpl. Yanfang Yu (left), checks the tag on a blouse to demonstrate as you would on the remains as Lance Cpl. Michael Downs (right) assists, both are from the United States Marine Corps Detachment Personnel... More

On June 1, 2012 Cpl. Joshua Waiterson, United States

On June 1, 2012 Cpl. Joshua Waiterson, United States

On June 1, 2012 Cpl. Joshua Waiterson, United States Marine Corps Detachment Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company conducts a class on inventorying and documenting a service member's remains to members of ... More

On June 4, 2012, Tech. Sgt. William Cross applies makeup

On June 4, 2012, Tech. Sgt. William Cross applies makeup

On June 4, 2012, Tech. Sgt. William Cross applies makeup to resemble an injury for role playing during Shared Resilience 2012, which is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. ... More

On June 5, 2012, spectators watch as Bosnia and Herzegovina

On June 5, 2012, spectators watch as Bosnia and Herzegovina

On June 5, 2012, spectators watch as Bosnia and Herzegovina military personnel, as well as first responder firefighters, and medical personnel react to simulated wildfires and explosion during Shared Resilience... More

On June 5, 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina military

On June 5, 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina military

On June 5, 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina military firefighters react to a simulated wildfire during Shared Resilience 2012, which is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The ... More

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

On June 5, 2012, Bosnia and Herzegovina first responders secure an area to evacuate a casualty after a simulated explosion. The simulated explosion was part of Shared Resilience 2012, which is an annual U.S. Jo... More

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

Shared Resilience 12, US Air Force Photo

On June 5, 2012, Col. Robert Marks explains the benefits of conducting multinational training like Shared Resilience 2012 to the local media. Shared Resilience 12 is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsor... More

Combat Lifesaver Training for Warrior Exercise 91-12-01

Combat Lifesaver Training for Warrior Exercise 91-12-01

Army 1st Lt. Teresa Detert, 452 CSH Bravo Company, Milwaukee, Wis., applies makeup to 1st Lt. Christopher Galloway, 801st CSH, Ft Seridan, Ill., making him a gruesome sight in preparation for Combat Lifesaver... More

Staff Sgt. Derrick Hensley, a medic with Task Force

Staff Sgt. Derrick Hensley, a medic with Task Force

Staff Sgt. Derrick Hensley, a medic with Task Force Ready, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, applies a chest seal to Spc. Melvin Boyce, a simulated casualty with a sucking chest wound, during a mass-casualty traini... More

Spouse caregivers: Adapting to a new role

Spouse caregivers: Adapting to a new role

Genette Burgess (center) spends time with her husband Dan and children 9-year-old Kaylee and 10-year-old Gracie at the Warrior and Family Support Center. The family often goes to the WFSC to relax between Dan’s... More

SAMMC’s Nuclear Medicine Clinic receives ‘seal of approval’

SAMMC’s Nuclear Medicine Clinic receives ‘seal of approval’

Lt. Col. Anthony Terreri, San Antonio Military Medical Center radiologist, and Patrick O’Brien, nuclear medicine services supervisor, examine images on the computer screen from the gamma camera in the Nuclear M... More

Army Medical Department Center and School Command Sgt.

Army Medical Department Center and School Command Sgt.

Army Medical Department Center and School Command Sgt. Maj. James Diggs (left) and Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe, AMEDDC&S commanding general, affix the Army Superior Unit Award to the AMEDDC&S colors during the celeb... More

AMEDDC&S civilian recognized for saving 502nd ABW vice commander

AMEDDC&S civilian recognized for saving 502nd ABW vice commander

Col. Robert Bridgford (left), vice-commander, 502nd Air Base Wing and his wife, Shirley (right), thank Jean Sabido during the AMEDDC&S 237th Birthday celebration in Blesse Auditorium, July 27, in appreciation f... More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Lavor, foreground, a student

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Lavor, foreground, a student

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Lavor, foreground, a student with the Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute Role 3 Kandahar Course, reports his platoon during morning muster at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton... More

AMEDDC&S safety office wins MEDCOM Exceptional Organization Safety Award

AMEDDC&S safety office wins MEDCOM Exceptional Organization Safety Awa...

Members of the Army Medical Department Center and School safety team gather for a group photo at Maj. Gen. Spurgeon Neel Plaza. The AMEDDC&S safety team won the Army Medical Command Exceptional Organization Saf... More

Three “patients” are secured in their litters inside

Three “patients” are secured in their litters inside

Three “patients” are secured in their litters inside a C-130 Hercules, Aug. 15, as part of patient loading procedures training on Pope Army Airfield, Aug. 14. From Aug. 14-15, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airb... More

The first class of 12 graduating nursing residence

The first class of 12 graduating nursing residence

The first class of 12 graduating nursing residence participate in a graduation ceremony, Aug. 20, at San Antonio Military Medical Center.

A child sits in the front passenger seat of a military

A child sits in the front passenger seat of a military

A child sits in the front passenger seat of a military Humvee to get a soldier’s view from the inside of the vehicle during a demonstration by Paratroopers at KinderCare day care center in Fayetteville, N.C., S... More

Just pinned Navy chiefs are “piped aboard” after receiving

Just pinned Navy chiefs are “piped aboard” after receiving

Just pinned Navy chiefs are “piped aboard” after receiving their anchors during the chief petty officer pinning ceremony at the Fort Sam Houston Theatre, Sept. 14. The new chiefs walk across a red carpet, while... More

Medics from the Malaysian Armed Forces demonstrate

Medics from the Malaysian Armed Forces demonstrate

Medics from the Malaysian Armed Forces demonstrate how to properly splint a broken arm with Spc. Jonathan Schurz, a healthcare specialist with the 1984th U.S. Army Hospital, Headquarters and Headquarters Detach... More

Sgt. 1st Class Delroy Barnett (center), representing

Sgt. 1st Class Delroy Barnett (center), representing

Sgt. 1st Class Delroy Barnett (center), representing the 32nd Medical Brigade at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, reports intelligence after assembling a manpack radio during the 2012 Advanced Individua... More

San Antonio Military Health System celebrates first year

San Antonio Military Health System celebrates first year

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn and Army Maj. Gen. Ted Wong speak during the San Antonio Medical Health System one year anniversary celebration at the San Antonio Military Medical Center, Fort Sam Houst... More

AMEDD Medal of Honor Walk pays tribute to legacy of Army medics

AMEDD Medal of Honor Walk pays tribute to legacy of Army medics

(From left) Al Dominguez, AMEDD Museum technician; Lt. Gen. Patricia Horoho, Army Surgeon General and commanding general of the U.S. Army Medical Command; Louis Rocco, widow of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Wa... More

First Lt. Matthew Work, a team leader with Company

First Lt. Matthew Work, a team leader with Company

First Lt. Matthew Work, a team leader with Company A, 519th Military Intelligence Battalion, 525th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, participates in a physical fitness test, the first event of the two-day 525th... More

Spc. Elliot Cervera, a 25-year-old forward observer

Spc. Elliot Cervera, a 25-year-old forward observer

Spc. Elliot Cervera, a 25-year-old forward observer from Bridgeport, Conn., and in 1st Squadron, 33rd Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division applies gauze and tape over a wound on a ... More

U.S Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Samosorn instructs

U.S Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Samosorn instructs

U.S Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Samosorn instructs soldiers how to properly insert a nasopharyngeal airway in Forward Operating Base Shank, Oct. 15, 2012, in Logar province, Afghanistan. Samosorn is assigned to... More

Air Force Major Thuy Tran, opthamologist with the 142nd

Air Force Major Thuy Tran, opthamologist with the 142nd

Air Force Major Thuy Tran, opthamologist with the 142nd Fighter Wing, screens a patient during a route exam at the Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., Nov. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. J... More

Afghan security guards practice litter procedures during

Afghan security guards practice litter procedures during

Afghan security guards practice litter procedures during a medical training scenario at Forward Operating Base Lightning in Paktya province, Afghanistan, Feb. 19, 2013. The training, provided by coalition force... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cole Weih assigned to Headquarters

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cole Weih assigned to Headquarters

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Cole Weih assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conducts a class for Afghan National A... More

An Afghan National Army soldier assigned to the 2nd

An Afghan National Army soldier assigned to the 2nd

An Afghan National Army soldier assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 201st Corps teaches fellow combat medics how to apply a tourniquet to an upper extremity during ANA medical training at Forward Operating Base Joyce,... More

An Afghan National Army commando with the 6th Special

An Afghan National Army commando with the 6th Special

An Afghan National Army commando with the 6th Special Operations Kandak, simulates a patient during medical training in Kabul district, Kabul province, Afghanistan, March 18, 2013. Commandos at every level rece... More

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Adams, a medic with the Headquarters

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Adams, a medic with the Headquarters

U.S. Army Spc. Joshua Adams, a medic with the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 555th Engineer Brigade, picks up medical supplies during a company mass casualty training exercise at Bagram Airfield in Parw... More

A coalition force member clears a room during a tactical

A coalition force member clears a room during a tactical

A coalition force member clears a room during a tactical training exercise in Kabul province, March 27, 2013. The training is necessary to stay proficient in proper room-clearing procedures while deployed to A... More

Medical training - Defense imagery management operations center

Medical training - Defense imagery management operations center

Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Sheena Sinigayan conducts medical training during a general quarters drill aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently pierside at Naval Air Statio... More

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 38th Sustainment Brigade

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 38th Sustainment Brigade

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 38th Sustainment Brigade demonstrate litter team movement during combat lifesaver re-certification, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 18, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William E. Hen... More

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip Guidone, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip Guidone, an infantryman with

U.S. Army Pvt. Philip Guidone, an infantryman with the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), applies a tourniquet to the leg of a simulated casu... More

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques

Coalition forces practice room clearing techniques during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 22, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current whi... More

Coalition force member fills out a casualty card during

Coalition force member fills out a casualty card during

Coalition force member fills out a casualty card during a medical first responder training exercise in Kabul province, April 23, 2013. The training is required to keep vital first responder skills current while... More

A coalition force member reads off the manifest before

A coalition force member reads off the manifest before

A coalition force member reads off the manifest before a field training exercise in Kabul province, April 28, 2013. The training is essential for troops to remain tactically proficient while deployed in Afghani... More

Hospital Corpsman 3rd class Briana Bartholomew, assigned

Hospital Corpsman 3rd class Briana Bartholomew, assigned

Hospital Corpsman 3rd class Briana Bartholomew, assigned to the Air Combat Element of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU), conducts CPR during medical training aboard the amphibious assault ship USS B... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica Hornes, right, demonstrates

U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica Hornes, right, demonstrates

U.S. Army Sgt. Jessica Hornes, right, demonstrates how to insert a nasopharyngeal airway tube into a mannequin during medical training with members of the Afghan National Army at Forward Operating Base Shank in... More

Afghan National Army soldier Amrullah, noncommissioned

Afghan National Army soldier Amrullah, noncommissioned

Afghan National Army soldier Amrullah, noncommissioned officer with the 203rd Corps, takes a written examination on the last day of a Senior Medical Leader course on Forward Operating Base Thunder, Paktiya prov... More

U.S. Army Sgt. David Williams, medic with the 801st

U.S. Army Sgt. David Williams, medic with the 801st

U.S. Army Sgt. David Williams, medic with the 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) wraps a field dressing around his leg during a first aid class on Fo... More

An Afghan National Army infantry officer with the 203rd

An Afghan National Army infantry officer with the 203rd

An Afghan National Army infantry officer with the 203rd Corps asks questions during a first aid class on Forward Operating Base Thunder, Paktiya province, Afghanistan, Dec. 2, 2013. The class is intended to ref... More

Sixteen members of the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital

Sixteen members of the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital

Sixteen members of the Kandahar Regional Military Hospital attend mechanical ventilation introductory training Jan. 19, 2014, Kandahar, Afghanistan. The class was held by members of the Kandahar Airfield Role 3... More

Coalition force members assemble around an MH-47 Chinook

Coalition force members assemble around an MH-47 Chinook

Coalition force members assemble around an MH-47 Chinook helicopter and prepare for a training exercise on Kandahar Air Field, in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, Jan. 22, 2014. Force members were instructed on ... More

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF

Master Sgt. Agustin Cruz (left), Intelligence and JTF Sapper PSD NCOIC, places a tourniquet on Sgt. 1st Class Jeremiah Galyon, JTF Sapper Future Plans NCO, during a medical training refresher course at New Kabu... More

– Staff Sgt. Alexander Blake, a flight medic with 1st

– Staff Sgt. Alexander Blake, a flight medic with 1st

– Staff Sgt. Alexander Blake, a flight medic with 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, and a native of Stafford, Va., teaches Bulgarian army medical specialists how the U.S. Arm... More

Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2014

Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield 2014

U.S. Navy firefighters with the Region Mid-Atlantic Fire and Rescue assist in a simulated casualty during a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device response exercise as part of Solid Curtain-Citadel Shield (S... More

Instructor Mike Roth prepares medical equipment for

Instructor Mike Roth prepares medical equipment for

Instructor Mike Roth prepares medical equipment for use in the Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) course March 4, 2014, in building 1079 of the Regional Training Site-Medical (RTS-Med) complex at Fort McCoy, ... More

Soldiers with Headquarters and Operations Company,

Soldiers with Headquarters and Operations Company,

Soldiers with Headquarters and Operations Company, 741st Military Intelligence Battalion, 704th MI Brigade, complete a ruckmarch prior to conducting first aid training at Fort Meade, Md., March 13.

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