1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,160 More than 70 warrior medics at the 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,216 Picatinny Arsenal , New Jersey based 3 00:00:04,216 --> 00:00:06,710 7245th Medical Support Unit , and 4 00:00:06,710 --> 00:00:09,800 7358th Veterinary Detachment , as well 5 00:00:09,800 --> 00:00:12,819 as the Newark , Delaware base 72 21st 6 00:00:12,819 --> 00:00:15,060 MSU and the Louisville , Kentuckyba 7 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:18,479 7356 VD took part in innovative 8 00:00:18,479 --> 00:00:20,201 readiness training in Mobile , 9 00:00:20,201 --> 00:00:22,257 Washington , or MOA Choctaw Wellness 10 00:00:22,257 --> 00:00:24,257 Real World Medical Mission in Mount 11 00:00:24,257 --> 00:00:26,423 Vernon , Alabama from June 1st through 12 00:00:26,423 --> 00:00:28,719 June 15th . Lieutenant Colonel Vivian 13 00:00:28,719 --> 00:00:30,996 Annan , the IR . Mission officer in 14 00:00:30,996 --> 00:00:32,885 charge said the soldiers provided 15 00:00:32,885 --> 00:00:34,774 medical , dental autoometry , and 16 00:00:34,774 --> 00:00:36,885 veterinary services to the population 17 00:00:36,885 --> 00:00:39,107 of the Moa Choctaw Indian Reservation . 18 00:00:39,107 --> 00:00:41,329 The purpose of the mission is really to 19 00:00:41,329 --> 00:00:43,585 provide medical , dental , veterinary , 20 00:00:43,875 --> 00:00:46,145 and optometry care to an underserved 21 00:00:46,145 --> 00:00:48,276 community in this area , and the end 22 00:00:48,276 --> 00:00:50,506 state really is to leave something back 23 00:00:50,756 --> 00:00:53,076 for the community . Annan said the 24 00:00:53,076 --> 00:00:55,355 mission is a joint interagency effort 25 00:00:55,355 --> 00:00:57,188 between the Army Reserve Medical 26 00:00:57,188 --> 00:00:59,244 Command , Delta Regional Authority , 27 00:00:59,244 --> 00:01:01,299 and the MOA . Indian reservation and 28 00:01:01,299 --> 00:01:03,522 said the operation is compartmentalized 29 00:01:03,522 --> 00:01:05,592 into specialized teams . The medical 30 00:01:05,592 --> 00:01:07,872 unit basically takes care of blood 31 00:01:07,872 --> 00:01:09,539 pressure monitoring , glucose 32 00:01:09,539 --> 00:01:11,594 monitoring , medication management , 33 00:01:11,594 --> 00:01:13,816 and preventive health care . So what we 34 00:01:13,816 --> 00:01:15,761 do is a lot of education , um , in 35 00:01:15,761 --> 00:01:17,428 terms of getting mammograms , 36 00:01:17,428 --> 00:01:19,592 colonoscopies , prostate exams , Pap 37 00:01:19,592 --> 00:01:22,071 smears , and then the veterinary , 38 00:01:22,211 --> 00:01:24,378 they're doing a lot of wellness checks 39 00:01:24,378 --> 00:01:26,378 for the animals in the area they're 40 00:01:26,378 --> 00:01:28,071 doing space neuters and also 41 00:01:28,071 --> 00:01:31,500 vaccinations . Sergeant Aaron Kuyun , a 42 00:01:31,500 --> 00:01:33,667 patient administration specialist with 43 00:01:33,667 --> 00:01:36,180 the 7245th MSU , said the IRT provided 44 00:01:36,180 --> 00:01:38,250 soldiers with new career enriching 45 00:01:38,250 --> 00:01:40,306 experiences . One of the neat things 46 00:01:40,306 --> 00:01:42,417 here is number one , interacting with 47 00:01:42,417 --> 00:01:44,250 folks from other units and other 48 00:01:44,250 --> 00:01:46,417 disciplines that we may or may not get 49 00:01:46,417 --> 00:01:48,639 to normally interact with , and I think 50 00:01:48,639 --> 00:01:50,583 another cool thing is a lot of our 51 00:01:50,583 --> 00:01:52,639 soldiers have been able to do things 52 00:01:52,639 --> 00:01:52,419 even on a little bit outside their . 53 00:01:52,637 --> 00:01:54,804 West all sorts of things that we don't 54 00:01:54,804 --> 00:01:56,748 even normally do in our normal pad 55 00:01:56,748 --> 00:01:58,915 world , but because we're here and all 56 00:01:58,915 --> 00:02:00,970 working together , we're able to get 57 00:02:00,970 --> 00:02:03,193 that experience . Captain Jose Medina , 58 00:02:03,193 --> 00:02:03,116 a family medicine physician with the C 59 00:02:03,116 --> 00:02:06,247 2 21st MSU , said he and other soldiers 60 00:02:06,247 --> 00:02:08,247 are grateful for the opportunity to 61 00:02:08,247 --> 00:02:10,247 serve the underserved community . I 62 00:02:10,247 --> 00:02:12,414 think everybody is really enjoying the 63 00:02:12,414 --> 00:02:14,414 opportunity to serve in uniform and 64 00:02:14,414 --> 00:02:16,636 practice their craft that they . In the 65 00:02:16,636 --> 00:02:18,747 civilian world in this setting to sit 66 00:02:18,747 --> 00:02:20,580 down and have conversations with 67 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:22,525 members of the reservation and the 68 00:02:22,525 --> 00:02:22,354 surrounding communities trying to play 69 00:02:22,354 --> 00:02:24,687 a small part in connecting them to care , 70 00:02:24,687 --> 00:02:26,910 connecting them to resources , learning 71 00:02:26,910 --> 00:02:29,187 what's available out in this community , 72 00:02:29,187 --> 00:02:28,794 figuring out what the needs of our 73 00:02:28,794 --> 00:02:31,016 patients are and kind of connecting the 74 00:02:31,016 --> 00:02:32,850 two , I think that that's been a 75 00:02:32,850 --> 00:02:34,961 worthwhile experience not just for me 76 00:02:34,961 --> 00:02:37,127 but for everyone here . Staff Sergeant 77 00:02:37,127 --> 00:02:39,294 Jeffrey Reed , a dental assistant with 78 00:02:39,294 --> 00:02:41,405 the 7 220 . MSU said all the soldiers 79 00:02:41,405 --> 00:02:43,238 were happy to be there to make a 80 00:02:43,238 --> 00:02:45,238 difference . Something that I would 81 00:02:45,238 --> 00:02:47,405 like to say to the people here is that 82 00:02:47,405 --> 00:02:49,405 we're happy to be here serving your 83 00:02:49,405 --> 00:02:49,041 community . We're happy to provide a 84 00:02:49,041 --> 00:02:51,580 helping hand and our medical expertise 85 00:02:51,580 --> 00:02:53,580 and knowledge to help the wonderful 86 00:02:53,580 --> 00:02:55,691 people of this area . It's a blessing 87 00:02:55,691 --> 00:02:57,969 that we can do this for the folks here . 88 00:02:57,969 --> 00:02:57,921 Reporting for the Army Reserve , 89 00:02:58,001 --> 00:02:59,834 Sergeant First Class Christopher 90 00:02:59,834 --> 00:03:01,511 Hernandez , Mount Vernon , Alabama .