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190613-F-UN009-1021

U.S. Air Force Capt. Rebecca Lauters, general medicine doctor assigned to 96th Medical Group at Eglin Air Force Base, teaches Guyanese medical personnel how to administer a shot at the Linden Mackenzie Hospital during New Horizons exercise 2019 in Linden, Guyana, June 13, 2019. The New Horizons exercise 2019 provides U.S. military members an opportunity to train for an overseas deployment and the logistical requirements it entails. The exercise promotes bilateral cooperation by providing opportunities for U.S. and partner nation military engineers, medical personnel and support staff to work and train side by side. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Melissa Legowski, nurse practitioner from the 99th Medical Group at Nellis Air Force Base, briefs Guyanese nurses during a lecture at the Linden Mackenzie Hospital during New Horizons exercise 2019 in Linden, Guyana, June 13, 2019. The New Horizons exercise 2019 provides U.S. military members an opportunity to train for an overseas deployment and the logistical requirements it entails. The exercise promotes bilateral cooperation by providing opportunities for U.S. and partner nation military engineers, medical personnel and support staff to work and train side by side. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Derek Seifert)
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AFRICOM's partnership endures during COVID-19

Soldiers from Uganda People’s Defence Force work to set up the frame of a field hospital at the Uganda Rapid Deployment Capabilities Center in Jinja, Uganda, May 13, 2019, as a part of vendor training under the African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership program. (Photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Grady Jones)
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Maroon Surge

Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, 86th Logistics Squadron, and Croatian Armed Forces members set up Expeditionary Medical Support System tents for an en-route patient staging system during Exercise Maroon Surge on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 4, 2018. The shelters benefit from an innovative system of deployment and can be built in less than five minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel Leighty)
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U.S. Service members train Rwanda Defense Force Members to use High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center

The Defense Institute of Medical Operations partnered with the Rwandan Defense Force last month for to complete phase three of a project to create Rwanda's first High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center, located at the Rwandan Military Hospital. The medical simulation center will help equip military personnel with necessary skills to save the lives of peacekeepers injured while on U.N. missions, and will also serve as a tool to strengthen the general health system in the Rwanda. Over three weeks, the DIMO team certified 28 RDF personnel in International Trauma Life Support, and conducted “train the trainer” courses, so that six RDF personnel are now qualified as potential instructors. Subsequent training will include in-hospital care, and hopefully achieving status as an ITLS training center, allowing the RDF to fully train and certify others to use their newly acquired capability and capacity.
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U.S. Service members train Rwanda Defense Force Members to use High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center

The Defense Institute of Medical Operations partnered with the Rwandan Defense Force last month for to complete phase three of a project to create Rwanda's first High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center, located at the Rwandan Military Hospital. The medical simulation center will help equip military personnel with necessary skills to save the lives of peacekeepers injured while on U.N. missions, and will also serve as a tool to strengthen the general health system in the Rwanda. Over three weeks, the DIMO team certified 28 RDF personnel in International Trauma Life Support, and conducted “train the trainer” courses, so that six RDF personnel are now qualified as potential instructors. Subsequent training will include in-hospital care, and hopefully achieving status as an ITLS training center, allowing the RDF to fully train and certify others to use their newly acquired capability and capacity.
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U.S. Service members train Rwanda Defense Force Members to use High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center

The Defense Institute of Medical Operations partnered with the Rwandan Defense Force last month for to complete phase three of a project to create Rwanda's first High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center, located at the Rwandan Military Hospital. The medical simulation center will help equip military personnel with necessary skills to save the lives of peacekeepers injured while on U.N. missions, and will also serve as a tool to strengthen the general health system in the Rwanda. Over three weeks, the DIMO team certified 28 RDF personnel in International Trauma Life Support, and conducted “train the trainer” courses, so that six RDF personnel are now qualified as potential instructors. Subsequent training will include in-hospital care, and hopefully achieving status as an ITLS training center, allowing the RDF to fully train and certify others to use their newly acquired capability and capacity.
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U.S. Service members train Rwanda Defense Force Members to use High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center

The Defense Institute of Medical Operations partnered with the Rwandan Defense Force last month for to complete phase three of a project to create Rwanda's first High Fidelity Medical Modeling and Simulation Center, located at the Rwandan Military Hospital. The medical simulation center will help equip military personnel with necessary skills to save the lives of peacekeepers injured while on U.N. missions, and will also serve as a tool to strengthen the general health system in the Rwanda. Over three weeks, the DIMO team certified 28 RDF personnel in International Trauma Life Support, and conducted “train the trainer” courses, so that six RDF personnel are now qualified as potential instructors. Subsequent training will include in-hospital care, and hopefully achieving status as an ITLS training center, allowing the RDF to fully train and certify others to use their newly acquired capability and capacity.
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International Health Specialist Lt Col Kimberly Polston

U.S. Air Force Maj. Kimberly Polston, a flight nurse with the United States Air Forces in Europe Surgeon Generals Office, signals a medical team to start an evacuation during an training at Southern Accord 2015 in Lusaka, Zambia. The annual exercise provides U.S. military, United Nations allies and Zambian Defense Forces an opportunity to work and train together as a joint, combined peacekeeping allied force. (U.S. Army Africa photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Kimball)
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Col Antonio Delgado at training for Mexican Navy Medical Residents

Col Antonio Delgado (pictured center), current Interim Director of AFMS International Health Specialist program, at an intubation station at CASEVAC training for Mexican Navy Medical Residents in Mexico City, Mexico. July 2016.
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Col Chambers speaking with Global Health Engagement Summit attendees

Col Alan Chambers (pictured center), former Director of AFMS International Health Specialist program, at an Acupuncture Exchange between the Department of Defense (DoD) and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), Chinese military, at the Uniformed Services University (USU). On his left is Maj Andre Mach, IHS liaison, and on his right, a Senior Chinese Army official. (Bethesda, MD, December 2015.) Partnership exchanges like these are at the core of IHS program activities, sharing different approaches to medical practices and building relationships.
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18th Medical Group public health technician

Staff Sgt. Yesenia Benjamin, an 18th Medical Group public health technician, teaches a Sri Lankan child how to properly wash her hands during Pacific Angel 16-3 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16, 2016. Now entering its ninth year, Operation Pacific Angel ensures that the region’s militaries are prepared to work together to address humanitarian crises. Since 2007, Pacific Angel operations have improved the lives of tens of thousands of people. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brittany A. Chase)
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Lajes Field Airman, fellow travelers stop attack on French train

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, 65th Medical Operations Squadron, reacts to a mock medical emergency situation during a briefing by the 65th Medical Group for Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force vice commander, on Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Guido Melo).
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Lajes Field Airman, fellow travelers stop attack on French train

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, 65th Medical Operations Squadron, reacts to a mock medical emergency situation during a briefing by the 65th Medical Group for Maj. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force vice commander, on Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal, April 17, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Guido Melo).
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Ribbon-cutting ceremony attendees view photos of the construction progress on the walls of new two-classroom schoolhouse at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015, after the ribbon-ceremony finished. The event marked the official opening of the building which was one of the key projects as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise taking place in and around Trujillo, Honduras. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Gabriela Mistral School Principal Abraham Ruiz hands a gift to U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Nathan Rosier, 823rd Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron structural craftsman and Tampa, Fla., native, as a token of his appreciation for the work that he and other members of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise performed in the construction of a new two-classroom schoolhouse during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015. Ruiz gave a gift to every member of the New Horizons team that worked in the construction of the building. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Gabriela Mistral students perform a traditional dance during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015. The ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the opening of the new two-classroom schoolhouse. The schoolhouse was one of the key projects that occurred as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise taking place in and around Trujillo, Honduras. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Col. Rafael Deras, 15th Honduran Army’s Battalion commander speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new two-classroom schoolhouse at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015. The event marked the official opening of the building which was one of the key projects as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise taking place in and around Trujillo, Honduras. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Director Doris Maradiaga, Colón Department of Education district director, speaks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new two-classroom schoolhouse at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015. The event marked the official opening of the building which was one of the key projects as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise taking place in and around Trujillo, Honduras. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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Gabriela Mistral ribbon-cutting ceremony

Gabriela Mistral students perform a modern dance during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Gabriela Mistral school in Ocotes Alto, Honduras, July 28, 2015. The ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the opening of the new two-classroom schoolhouse. The schoolhouse was one of the key projects that occurred as part of the New Horizons Honduras 2015 training exercise taking place in and around Trujillo, Honduras. New Horizons was launched in the 1980s and is an annual joint humanitarian assistance exercise that U.S. Southern Command conducts with a partner nation in Central America, South America or the Caribbean. The exercise improves joint training readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers, medical professionals and support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. David J. Murphy/Released)
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