The United States military’s humanitarian and evacuation response at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) for Operation Allies Refuge, along with the tragic events of Aug. 26, remain etched in our minds.
With the withdrawal from Afghanistan actively ongoing, a dynamic situation existed at HKIA, which required an adaptable and ready medical force.
A contingent of joint and multi-national medical providers, with a mixture of more than a dozen 936th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD) Soldiers and Norwegian medical forces; later augmented with U.S. and Coalition Armed Forces Medical Services, moved to action. These providers, operating out of a role 2 Enhanced (R2E) Medical Treatment Facility (MTF), continually...
Maj. Gen. Joseph Marsiglia, Commanding General of the 3rd Medical Command Deployment Support, encouraging service members to reach out for help. If you or a loved one is struggling emotionally or thinking of suicide.
A Non-commissioned officer gives directions from the tower for the rifle zering range. Soldiers of the 3D Medical Command (Deployment Support) gathered at the pistol and rifle ranges at Fort Eisenhower, Georgia, the weekend of 11 to 14 April for their annual weapons qualification. The Soldiers, Non-commissioned officers, and officers of the 3D MCDS confirmed their skills in close-quarter pistol firing and then zeroing their rifles and firing on a pop-up target qualification range. Weapons qualification is an annual requirement that demonstrates every Soldier’s ability to engage safely and accurately with their Army-issued weapon in preparation for their potential deployment to combat areas worldwide.
The U.S. Army Reserve Medical Response to COVID-19 will be one of many topics discussed during AUSA's annual meeting – virtual edition – Oct. 13-16 as part of the Warriors Corner exhibition.
“One of the nurses as we came in said, ‘It feels like Christmas,'” said Maj. Erin Velazquez, commander of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 332-1, as she fought to hold back tears during an interview with NJTV News. “It hits your...