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, left, Cpt. Michael Droniak, center, and Spc. Malik Simpson, right, all assigned to 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Detachment (FRSD), U.S. Army Reserve, prepare a patient for surgery with the induction of anesthesia at the Garnison Military Hospital during the Medical Readiness Exercise (MEDREX) in N’Djamena, Chad, June 14, 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.