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.
| Date Taken: | 08.14.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 08.15.2017 14:18 |
| Photo ID: | 3676427 |
| VIRIN: | 170814-A-TY703-958 |
| Resolution: | 6000x4000 |
| Size: | 2.54 MB |
| Location: | GILEAD, MAINE, US |
| Web Views: | 66 |
| Downloads: | 7 |
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