Senegalese dental specialist Mamadoi Ndiaye, dentist Frederic Senghor, Vermont Air National Guard flight surgeon Maj. Thomas Sterling, and Army Reserve Master Sgt. Jacqueline Fortin, a dental specialist from the 332nd Medical Brigade in Nashville, Tenn., gather necessary tools prior to a tooth extraction during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-1 at La Sante des Armees Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 12, 2017. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, Army Africa, the Army Reserve 332nd Medical Brigade in Nashville, Tenn., and the Vermont Air National
Senegalese dental specialist Mamadoi Ndiaye, dentist Frederic Senghor, Vermont Air National Guard flight surgeon Maj. Thomas Sterling, and Army Reserve Master Sgt. Jacqueline Fortin, a dental specialist from the 332nd Medical Brigade in Nashville, Tenn., gather necessary tools prior to a tooth extraction during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-1 at La Sante des Armees Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 12, 2017. MEDRETE is a combined effort between the Senegalese government, Army Africa, the Army Reserve 332nd Medical Brigade in Nashville, Tenn., and the Vermont Air National Guard. AFRICOM’s MEDRETEs hosted by United States Army-Africa pair small teams of military medical professionals from the with participating African partner nations to train alongside and share best practices in trauma and surgical medicine. personnel; benefit by providing medical care in a forward and austere environment; African partners develop closer relations ships with medical personnel, and local populations receive additional medical care. ( Army Africa photo by Maj. Simon Flake)
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