Air National Guard Maj. Anthony Donaldson, a surgeon from the Vermont Air National Guard in Burlington, Vermont, and Senegalese gynecologist Mansour Niang, conduct a laparoscopic salpingectomy to remove an obstructed fallopian tube during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-1 at La Sante des Armees Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 13, 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
Air National Guard Maj. Anthony Donaldson, a surgeon from the Vermont Air National Guard in Burlington, Vermont, and Senegalese gynecologist Mansour Niang, conduct a laparoscopic salpingectomy to remove an obstructed fallopian tube during Medical Readiness Training Exercise 17-1 at La Sante des Armees Hospital in Dakar, Senegal, Jan. 13, 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.
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