From engineering, Brazil and the Marines to an operating room in Chad: The journey of 3 U.S. Army Reserve medical Soldiers
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Charles Foley, a general surgeon (66J), assigned to 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment, U.S. Army Reserve, maintains hemostasis with the help of a Chadian Armed Forces [Forces Armées Tchadiennes] medical professional while performing a ventral hernia repair surgery during the Medical Readiness Exercise in N’Djamena, Chad, June 12, 2024. MEDREX is a medical readiness exercise program, planned and executed by U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), that allow military health professionals from the U.S. and their African partners to exchange medical practices, procedures and techniques that build and strengthen treatment capabilities, resulting in lasting relationships between the partners. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Hopper)