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Army Lt. Col. Katherine Hetz (right), general surgeon, with Charlie Company, Brooke Army Medical Center, and a Ghanaian Army nurse, assess a patient during a surgical procedure at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, June 14, 2022 as part of a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX). Hetz is part of a 19-person medical team from the Army and Air Force working alongside Ghanaian medical professionals during MEDREX Ghana 22, from June 6-23, as part of African Lion 22. The teams work together treating patients from local communities in a variety of medical specialties, inclu
Army Lt. Col. Katherine Hetz (right), general surgeon, with Charlie Company, Brooke Army Medical Center, and a Ghanaian Army nurse, assess a patient during a surgical procedure at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, June 14, 2022 as part of a Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX). Hetz is part of a 19-person medical team from the Army and Air Force working alongside Ghanaian medical professionals during MEDREX Ghana 22, from June 6-23, as part of African Lion 22. The teams work together treating patients from local communities in a variety of medical specialties, including orthopedics, general surgery and emergency room care. MEDREX allow military personnel from the United States and their African partners to exchange best medical practices, procedures, and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between medical professionals. African Lion 22 is Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal to strengthen interoperability among participants and set the theater for strategic access.
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