Pfc. Allison Alcantara, a dental specialist with the Maine National Guard Medical Detachment utilizes a compass during a land navigation course at the Bog Brook Training Site in Gilead, August 11-17, 2017. The Medical Detachment conducted day and night land navigation in addition to a field training exercise lane at the training site in an effort to prepare Soldiers for the expert field medic badge test, a four-day event that any enlisted Army combat medic or Army medical officer can attend. It tests Soldier's proficiency on basic Soldier skills like reacting to contact, radio communication an


Pfc. Allison Alcantara, a dental specialist with the Maine National Guard Medical Detachment utilizes a compass during a land navigation course at the Bog Brook Training Site in Gilead, August 11-17, 2017. The Medical Detachment conducted day and night land navigation in addition to a field training exercise lane at the training site in an effort to prepare Soldiers for the expert field medic badge test, a four-day event that any enlisted Army combat medic or Army medical officer can attend. It tests Soldier's proficiency on basic Soldier skills like reacting to contact, radio communication and clearing a landing zone, as well as medic specific tasks such as extricating a casualty from a vehicle, assessing a casualty on the battlefield and loading the casualty into a tactical vehicle for evacuation.


Size: 6000px × 4000px
Photo credit: © AB Forces News Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: