U.S., Senegal medical professionals work together in the Emergency Room during MEDREX [Image 5 of 12]

THIES, SENEGAL

02.27.2023

Photo by Cpl. Alisha Grezlik 

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Heather Miner-Goetz, an emergency room nurse practitioner with the Vermont National Air Guard, and Spc. Robert Popeleski, medic, Vermont National Guard, works with a Senegalese medical professional to bandage the arm of a patient, during a medical readiness exercise in Senegal. Miner-Goetz and Popeleski are part of a 40-person U.S. medical team working with Senegalese hospital professionals at the Thies Regional Hospital and two smaller hospitals in and around Thies, Senegal over the two-week MEDREX Senegal 2023 exercise, 20 Feb. to 2 March 2023.

MEDREX is a program designed and overseen by the U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) that allows medical personnel from the U.S. military and partner nations to exchange medical procedures and strengthen treatment capabilities. The exercise exposes participants to unique medical delivery methods, and ultimately improves their capacity to assess and deliver medical care. MEDREX Senegal 2023 is organized and executed by the Vermont National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) and administered by the National Guard Bureau. The Vermont National Guard and Senegal have been partnered through SPP since 2008. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Alisha Grezlik)

• Date Taken: 02.27.2023
• Date Posted: 03.01.2023 13:07
• Photo ID: 7654865
• VIRIN: 230227-A-UI440-105
• Resolution: 6668x4420
• Size: 3.03 MB
• Location: THIES, SN
• Hometown: BURLINGTON, VERMONT, US