(l-r) U.S. Army Lt. Col. Jasmine Dede, mission commander, 18th Medical Command, U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu Ann Marie Yastishock, and Dr. Kone Sobe, director of medical services, Port Moresby General Hospital, discusses intensive care unit operations in Port Moresby General Hospital with U.S. Army Capt. Robert Turlip, critical care nurse, and Sgt. Corbin Blake, licensed practical nurse, both with the U.S. Army's 135th Forward Resuscitative and Surgical Detachment, 65th Medical Brigade, during Trauma Rotation-Papua New Guinea at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, April 11, 2024. The rotation to Papua New Guinea is one of the numerous global health engagements the 18th Medical Command facilitates in support of U.S. Army Pacific’s overarching medical security cooperation strategy throughout the Indo-Pacific. 18th MEDCOM sets the Joint theater for medical operations while increasing its strategic posture by synchronizing and coordinating health service support and medical logistics across its more than 4,000 square mile area of responsibility.
| Date Taken: | 04.11.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 04.12.2024 03:20 |
| Photo ID: | 8335969 |
| VIRIN: | 240411-A-xh946-8060 |
| Resolution: | 7361x4141 |
| Size: | 18.92 MB |
| Location: | PORT MORESBY, PG |
| Hometown: | CAMP HUMPHREYS, KR |
| Hometown: | PORT MORESBY, PG |
| Hometown: | FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, US |
| Hometown: | FORT SHAFTER, HAWAII, US |
| Hometown: | MIAMI, FLORIDA, US |
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US Army surgical detachment works alongside PNG doctors, patients
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