Army Reserve Maj. Michael Shotwell, a general surgeon, assigned to 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support in Forest Park, Ga., and Chadian Col. Bakhit Saleh Harane, a surgeon, perform a patella repair surgery during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-3 at the Military Teaching Hospital in N'Djamena, Chad, May 8. The mutually beneficial exercise offers opportunities for the partnered militaries to share best practices and improve medical treatment processes.

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