U.S. Army Africa kicks off first MEDRETE for 2017: American, Senegalese medical professionals treat patients, hone skills [Image 17 of 29]

DAKAR, SENEGAL

01.12.2017

Photo by Maj. Simon Flake 

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 332nd Medical Brigade out of Nashville, Tenn., the Vermont Air National Guard in Winooski, Vermont and Senegalese prosthesis technicians take a photograph with their patients following an informal prosthesis orientation 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, U.S. Army Africa, the U.S. 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 U.S. with participating African partner nations to train alongside and share best practices in trauma and surgical medicine. U.S. 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. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Maj. Simon Flake)

• Date Taken: 01.12.2017
• Date Posted: 01.19.2017 09:54
• Photo ID: 3106790
• VIRIN: 170112-A-QS992-046
• Resolution: 2696x1976
• Size: 557.47 KB
• Location: DAKAR, SN