MEDCEUR10 officially ends

Lt. Col. Jeff White, Expeditionary Medical Support commander at MEDCEUR 2010, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, normally assigned to the 48th Medical Group at RAF Lakenheath, England, (left), and Chief of Staff of the Montenegrin armed forces, Col. Zoran Lazarevic, salute one another during an exchange of certificates during the closing ceremony for MEDCEUR 10 at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 20. With MEDCEUR 10 wrapped up, MEDCEUR 2011 is already on the horizons with Macedonia as host nation. For more information go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany M. Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live exercise

United States Air Force Maj. Shawn Nichols (left) and Tech. Sgt. Victor Malone (right), both of the 48th Medical Group at RAF Lakenheath, England, listen for a heartbeat and hold breathing apparatus on an acting victim as Macedonian armed forces Capt. Jasmin Sainoski watches during a medical exercise scenario that is part of MEDCEUR 2010, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro Sept. 16. This exercise, in which approximately 250 servicemembers from ten nations are participating, is designed to increase the forces' capabilities of responding effectively to real world disaster and crisis situations. For more information, go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Tiffany M. Deuel)

Seabees build Montenegrin clinic

Navy Seabees work alongside Montenegrin soldiers to prepare the roof for a new urgent care facility in Kolasin, Montenegro, Sept. 16. The clinic’s construction is being funded by U.S. European Command as part of the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe. For more information, go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman David Dobrydney)

Marines teach MEDCEUR military medics

Gunnery Sgt. Octavius Shivers, the non-commissioned officer in charge of Detachment Personnel Retrieval and Processing, Smyrna, Ga., plays dead during a demonstration as part of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2010 at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro. MEDCUER 10 is an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise meant to improve mass casualty disaster response and increase interoperability between the U.S. and participating nations. For more information, go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

MEDCEUR Marine Personnel Recovery Team

Cpl. Whelma Villaester, a Personnel Retrieval and Processing specialist with Detachment PRP, Smyrna, Ga., works procedures for handling a faux corpse Sept. 15 inside the mock PRP collection point set up during the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro. The exercise challenges approximately 250 military medical personnel from the U.S. and nine central and eastern European nations to respond to a series of simulated disasters by collecting and treating role-player casualties. For more information, go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

MEDCEUR Marine Personnel Recovery Team

Gunnery Sgt. Octavius Shivers, the non-commissioned officer in charge of Detachment Personnel Retrieval and Processing, Smyrna, Ga., takes notes as his Marines examine a faux corpse Sept. 15 inside the mock PRP collection point set up during the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro. The exercise challenges approximately 250 military medical personnel from the U.S. and nine central and eastern European nations to respond to a series of simulated disasters by collecting and treating role-player casualties. For more information, go to www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Jad Sleiman)