U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) David Tarantino, course director, Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine, briefs on Understanding of the strategic, operational, and civil-military considerations during a three-day Global Health Engagement (GHE) and Medical Stability Operations (MSO) course held in Stuttgart, Germany. April 27-29, 2015. More than 40 medical experts from U.S. Africa Command, its subordinate commands and the United States attended the course held in Stuttgart, Germany, to build an awareness of the complex set of variables that shape the development of Department of Defense Global Health Engagement (GHE) and Medical Stability Operations (MSO). and to also help medical practitioners here gain an understanding of the key principles to plan and conduct a GHE/MSO activity. The course was hosted by the AFRICOM command surgeon's office. (AFRICOM photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A. Owolabi)
Command Surgeon's team hosts course on Global Health Engagement and Medical Stability Operations
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More than 40 medical experts from U.S. Africa Command, its subordinate commands and the United States attended a three-day course held in Stuttgart, Germany, to build an awareness of the complex set of variables that shape the development of Department of Defense Global Health Engagement (GHE) and Medical Stability Operations (MSO).
Personnel from Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa joined with Chebelley Village residents to battle it out on the soccer field at Chebelley, Djibouti, April 29, 2015.
A student listens to U.S. Army Capt. Ervin Arrendondo during an English class at the Diplomatic Institute April 29, 2015 in Djibouti. Arrendondo is the Civil Affairs Team lead who facilitates getting volunteers to the class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Maria Bowman/released)
A Chebelley Village soccer player readies a kick as a defender for the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa team rushes him during the Chebelley Village Game Night soccer match at Chebelley Village, Djibouti, April 29, 2015. The U.S. Army’s 404th Civil Affairs Battalion hosts the monthly soccer match to build and grow the relationship between Chebelley Village and camp. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Maysonet)
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks with, from left, U.S. Marine Maj. Anthony Rayome, the Navy programs officer for the Kenya/U.S. Liaison Office, U.S. Navy Cdr. Dan Kimberly, naval attaché, U.S. Air Force Col. Rusty Armstrong, air attaché, and U.S. Army Col. John Roddy, the senior defense official and defense attaché to Kenya May 3, 2015 in Nairobi. Kerry met with Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta, senior Kenyan security officials and the U.S. country team to Kenya as part of a multicountry trip.
Dr. Christopher M’Kandawire provides training on resilience during a Southern African Development Community Spiritual and Moral Services Work Group meeting in Livingstone, Zambia April 22, 2015. Chaplains share common interests in addressing issues of resiliency and the care of service members in their respective defense forces. (Photo by Zambia Defence Force Public Affairs Office)
The Southern African Development Community Spiritual and Moral Services Work Group met in Zambia from 21-24 April 2015. Participants pose for a photo in Livingstone, Zambia April 22, 2015. Over 25 military chaplains from seven different nations attended the conference to discuss resiliency and its impact on military personnel. (Photo by Zambia Defence Force Public Affairs Office)
Participants stand during an opening ceremony while the Zambia National Anthem is played in Livingstone, Zambia April 22, 2015. Pictured from right to left is Lt. Gen. Nathan Mulenga, commandant of the Zambia National Service; Brig. Gen. M.A. Jamangile, chaplain general for the South African National Defence Force; U.S. Navy Capt. Stephen P. Pike, command chaplain for U.S. Africa Command; U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Alejandro González, religious support senior enlisted leader at U.S. Africa Command. (Photo by Zambia Defence Force Public Affairs Office)
Cadets pose for a photo during the 14th Law of Armed Conflict Competition for Military Academies at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in San Remo, Italy. (Photo courtesy International Institute of Humanitarian Law)
Six cadets from the Nigeria Defense Academy competed in the 14th Law of Armed Conflict Competition for Military Academies at the International Institute of Humanitarian Law in March.
Chadian Army Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian, the director of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction, performs a hemiarthroplasty procedure on a patient with a fractured hip April 22. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)
U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Joe Hollingsworth, an emergency physician with the 4005th U.S. Army Hospital, Army Reserve Medical Command, conducts a surgical consultation with a patient April 22 at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction (Military Teaching Hospital) in N’Djamena, Chad. The patient suffered a fractured femur six months ago and it has gone untreated since. Hollingsworth advised that traction to realign the bone would be necessary before surgery could be performed. U.S. and Chadian medical teams are working together as part of a joint exercise called Medical Readiness Training Exercise 15-3 and known as MEDRETE 15-3. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)
Brig. Gen. Peter Corey, the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, walks through the patients’ ward at the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction in N’Djamena, Chad, April 23. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)
Brig. Gen. Peter Corey (left), the deputy commanding general of U.S. Army Africa, takes a tour of the Hospital Militaire D’Instruction with Chadian Army Brig. Gen. Djetodjide Tetimian (right), the commander of the facility, April 23, 2015. While at HMI, Corey visited the labs, patient wards, and operating rooms. He also observed a surgery and checked in with the U.S. Army Soldiers participating in Medical Readiness and Training Exercise 15-3. The Soldiers have been in Chad for nearly two weeks working alongside Chadian hospital staff conducting consultations with patients, performing and assisting in surgeries, and assessing and treating trauma patients. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Andrea Merritt)
The medical readiness and training exercise is an opportunity for U.S. and Chadian medical providers to hone skills, strengthen partnerships and help those in need.
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Maj. Gen. Worthe Holt, special advisor to the commander, U.S. Africa Command, delivers opening remarks during the first African Partner Outbreak Response Alliance meeting in Accra, Ghana, April 20, 2015. Military and civilian doctors and medical practitioners from 12 African nations attended the three-day meeting. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Tech. Sgt. Olufemi A Owolabi)