U.S. and Ghana Partner for Medical Exercise during African Lion 23 [Image 13 of 14]

ACCRA, GHANA

06.06.2023

Photo by Master Sgt. Dave Thompson 

U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa

U.S. Army Majors Terrence Lewis (2nd from right), OBGYN and Dellene Webb (2nd from left), critical care nurse, both assigned to Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, pose for a photo after their promotion to lieutenant colonel. The ceremony was presided by U.S. Army Col. Roxanne Wallace (center), orthopedic surgeon, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with Ghana Armed Force Brig. Gen. Dr. Prosper Ayibor (right) and Col. R.S. Alando (left) "pinning" the new lieutenant colonels. The promotion ceremony occurred during MEDREX Ghana 2023 held at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, 5-23 June, 2023.

Wallace, Webb and Lewis are members of a team of 20 U.S. Army and Air Force medical personnel from U.S. Army Medical Command and the North Dakota Army and Air National Guard. They are partnering with medical professionals of the Ghana Armed Force to provide treatment to military and civilian patients in the community.

MEDREX Ghana 2023 is part of of Exercise African Lion 23, U.S. Africa Command's largest annual combined, joint exercise taking place in Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia from May 13 to June 18, 2023. Approximately 8,000 personnel from 18 nations are participating in African Lion 23.

MEDREX is a medical training exercise, planned and executed by the United States Army Southern European Task Force, Africa, that allow military health specialists from the U.S. Army and their African Partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between medical professionals. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Dave Thompson)

• Date Taken: 06.06.2023
• Date Posted: 06.15.2023 23:25
• Photo ID: 7864632
• VIRIN: 060623-A-JV645-0011
• Resolution: 1920x1280
• Size: 1.17 MB
• Location: ACCRA, GH