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PHOTO GALLERY: U.S. Army Reserve part of mass casualty training at African Lion 2025

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Category: 3rd Medical Command (Deployment Support), Medical

Global Medic tests new field hospital structure
August 30, 2021 — The first Global Medic exercise since conversion of the combat support hospital to a field hospital was conducted here the first three weeks of August 2021... MORE

Enabling the effects - MRTC Soldiers support Global Medic at Fort McCoy
August 23, 2021 — Providing timely life-saving measures can make all the difference in a real-life conflict, and the training to do so effectively takes a lot of help from behind the scenes. The effects and enablers (E&E) team from the U.S. Army Reserve’s Medical Readiness and Training Command (MRTC) is one of the prime motivators of what makes exercise Global Medic great... MORE

Soldiers make field hospitals possible
August 19, 2021 — This CSTX rotation prepares Soldiers for future combat operations, expecting Soldiers to become more self-sufficient... MORE

Modern technology aids medics in preparing for real-world scenarios
August 18, 2021 — “Help! Help us!” Medics in the field hospital run outside to respond to the Soldier holding her military working dog who fall out of the Humvee. The canine is bleeding out from a missing limb while the handler screams for someone to save her companion's life. The injured canine is placed on a litter and brought inside the field hospital with the handler following close behind... MORE

Spc. Sarah Cloutier describes her Initial IRT Experience
August 9, 2021 — We often read about the high-level and strategic benefits to readiness Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) provide from Army leaders. The story below, from Spc. Sarah Cloutier, describes the experience of a Soldier six-months out of Advanced Individual Training (AIT). Here is Spc. Cloutier’s experience, in her words... MORE

The ability to engage with the community has been phenomenal. Several of us are fresh out of AIT and this is our first military mission; helping real people with real needs. It makes you feel like you deserve the status of soldier/airman/seaman.

Lion Cub Benefits from Army Reserve Veterinarian
August 2, 2021 — How many zoo veterinarians are in the Army Reserve? No, this isn’t the start of a joke. There happens to be one in Kuwait, Capt. Christine Bui, 64A, Field Services Veterinarian, deployed with the 993th Medical Detachment (Veterinary Services) (MDVS) Bui has a unique background in zoo/exotic medicine. Prior to deciding to become a veterinarian, Bui was a zoo keeper at the Sacramento Zoo, in California. “All of my veterinary experience prior to and after completing vet school was treating and caring for a traditional zoo collection. Although I am not formally considered a board certified specialist, since I have not completed a residency, it's the specialty of veterinary medicine I'm truly passionate about and love; it makes me happy,” said Bui. As a civilian exotics veterinarian, you never know when duty will call, even in Kuwait. Bui has been working with the Kuwait Ministry of Defense to assist in equine cases and developed a relationship with the Kuwait Zoo to offer similar consultations. The Kuwait Zoo invited Bui to assess the newly acquired male lion cub, named Tammar. ... MORE

Nothing brings a smile to your face like snuggling with a lion cub. “I have a unique background in that I specialize in zoo/exotic medicine. Prior to deciding to become a veterinarian, I was a zoo keeper. All of my veterinary experience prior to and after completing veterinary school was treating and caring for a traditional zoo collection,” said Capt. Christine Bui, a Veterinarian with the Army Reserve.

Innovative Readiness Training provides Army Reserve Medical Command Soldiers unique training opportunity
July 30, 2021 — Spc. Kaley Schulten and Sgt. Amanda Chadwick, both Army Reserve dental assistants, were excited when they learned their unit was selected to provide real world medical services at the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana as part of the Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program... MORE

Wisconsin Army reserve unit aids vaccination efforts overseas
July 21, 2021 — In April, Military Treatment Facilities across the Department of Defense ramped up efforts to quickly inoculate as many eligible beneficiaries as possible who desired the COVID-19 vaccination. Overseas, the challenges of a contrasting health care system and limited resources drove Americans to MTFs, challenging the facilities to juggle everyday operations with the need for vaccinations... MORE

MRTC Soldier receives Order of Military Medical Merit award
June 25, 2021 — Lt. Col. Aaron Gopp, a member of the Army Reserve Medical Command's 7305th Medical Training Support Battalion, 2nd Medical Training Brigade, Medical Readiness Training Command, received the prestigious Order of Military Medical Merit in a ceremony held at Tusi Army Heliport, Fort Hunter Liggett, California, on June 16th... MORE

Medical Readiness and Training Command analyst team delivers more than just quality data
June 22, 2021 — Lessons learned on the battlefield offer first line and senior leaders the information necessary to develop and adjust tactics, techniques and procedures to assure combat ready units and medical personnel are prepared to support the total force on the battlefields of today and tomorrow. The Army Reserve’s Medical Readiness Training Command plays an important role in collecting that data. The command executes joint force capstone medical sustainment exercises know as Global Medic, offering medical units from across the services and globe, a simulated combat deployment... MORE

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