Staff Sgt. Myra Estes, a dental hygienist of the Maine Army National Guard Medical Detachment mentors Pfc. Allison Alcantara, a dental specialist with the detachment 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: | 3676428 |
VIRIN: | 170814-A-TY703-041 |
Resolution: | 4873x3249 |
Size: | 1.87 MB |
Location: | GILEAD, MAINE, US |
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