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KHOWST PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Task Force 4-25 medical personnel held a health fair to answer questions and educate soldiers on various health issues while living in a deployed environment here at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan.
The health fair was led by the junior enlisted soldiers to promote the various areas of health awareness, such as learning to recognize the signs and symptoms of a mild traumatic brain injury and the proper handling of food while deployed.
“We’re out here as preventive medicine to show what’s in your air and your water,” said U.S. Army Sgt. Benny Porter, a preventive medicine specialist with the 155th Medical Detachment, hailing from Ward, R.I.
The health fair included a variety of games, such as a handgrip strength test designed to measure the muscular strength of the hand and forearm. Soldiers also participated in timed brain test games, such as puzzles and mazes to understand what the affects of a mild traumatic brain injury would have on a soldier’s cognitive ability.
“There’s multi-facets to the brain that can be affected during a concussion and we’re just giving out a lot of education and doing some fun things too,” said U.S. Army Capt. Jamie Bell, OIC for the Concussion Care Center, 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), hailing from Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. “A big part of our mission is education and awareness to soldiers, so they know [the] signs and symptoms that can happen after a concussion because it’s important for proper recovery afterwards.”
Soldiers who visited the health fair walked away with more confidence and a better understanding of their deployed environment.
U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Broussard, a paratrooper with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, hailing from Sacramento, Calif., said the health fair gives paratroopers a better understanding of health care.
“Health care is good because it’ll help soldiers be aware and it’s a good tool for them to use to prevent them from messing around with any of the animals and insects out here,” Broussard said. “It’s good
| Date Taken: | 05.04.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.08.2012 00:11 |
| Story ID: | 88064 |
| Location: | FORWARD OPERATING BASE SALERNO, AF |
| Hometown: | FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI, US |
| Hometown: | NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT, US |
| Hometown: | SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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