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    Currahee tests ANA’s medical mettle

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    Military personnel are carrying a person on a stretcher toward a blue helicopter on a tarmac or landing pad in an arid, mountainous environment. The scene appears to be a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) operation, with multiple uniformed individuals transporting a casualty to the waiting aircraft. A crew member stands near the helicopter's side door, apparently guiding the loading process.

    PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN

    04.05.2011

    Photo by Spc. Luther Boothe Jr. 

    Combined Joint Task Force 101

    Afghan National Army medics with 5th Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 203rd Corps, prepare to load a simulated casualty on a helicopter during a combat medical competition held by U.S. Army Task Force Currahee soldiers from 801st Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division April 5 at Forward Operating Base Thunder in Paktiya province, Afghanistan. The three-day competition covered weapons, communications, medical evacuation, trauma lanes, a road march and loading casualties on a helicopter.

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    Date Taken: 04.05.2011
    Date Posted: 04.07.2011 15:00
    Photo ID: 387241
    VIRIN: 110405-A-2092B-013
    Resolution: 2784x1848
    Size: 324.04 KB
    Location: PAKTIKA PROVINCE, AF

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