Photo By Sgt. Jennifer Osborn | U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Anne Geddes, a family nurse practitioner with the 5010th U.S....... read more read more
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Soldiers from the 5010th U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Gordon, Georgia, provide real-world medical support for more than 750 Army Reserve Soldiers at the Big Logistics-Over-The-Shore, West exercise from July 25 to Aug. 7, 2015. Big Logistics-Over-The-Shore, West unites nearly 30 Army Reserve units from all over the country to practice seaport and harbor logistics operations at Alameda Point, Military Ocean Terminal Concord and Camp Parks, California.
“Our job is to provide real world care for the Soldiers who are here,” said Maj. Anne Geddes, a family nurse practitioner with the 5010th USAH.
Ten Army Reserve Soldiers, including a family nurse practitioner, a registered nurse, and medics offer 24-hour medical support and first aid for Soldiers at Alameda Point. Medical services are on the Navy’s Tactical-Auxiliary Crane Ship SS Gem State from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and there is a medic table staffed after hours at the USS Hornet Museum.
“I do as much teaching as I can anytime I see a Soldier about basic stuff you can do to stay healthy,” said Geddes. “I do that in my real job, and of course I do that with the Soldiers, too.”
In the civilian world, Geddes works as a family nurse practitioner at Edgefield County Hospital in South Carolina and runs two rural health clinics. Geddes is passionate about health maintenance, and she actively participates in and advocates for the physical training program.
“There’s a lot of interplay between the two,” said Geddes. “The army skills have certainly supplemented what I do in the real world.”
Geddes took the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives training as part of the Homeland Defense team and now provides that training for the hospital she works for in the civilian world.
| Date Taken: | 08.02.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 08.04.2015 15:12 |
| Story ID: | 172134 |
| Location: | ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, US |
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