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)

MEDCEUR10 visitors day

Montenegrin armed forces medics carry an acting victim on a stretcher to a medical treatment tent during a medical exercise as part of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 17. Over 100 government ministers, flag officers and other distinguished visitors witnessed this exercise along with four other scenarios in which approximately than 250 servicemembers from ten nations were participating in to receive realistic training to be more prepared for real world 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)

MEDCEUR10 visitors day

United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tonya O'Toole, Staff Sgt. Kamesha Lewis, Staff Sgt. Jacob Good and Staff Sgt. Vince Remo, (left to right), all of the 48th Medical Group at RAF Lakenheath, England, carry an acting victim on a litter during a medical exercise scenario as government ministers, flag officers and other distinguished visitors watch during MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro Sept. 17. 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

(left to right) United States Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jose Libuano, a medical technician from the 48th Aerospace Medical Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, receives guidance from International Expeditionary Education and Training Department USAF School of Aerospace Medicine Chair Col. Nima Reavis from Brooks City-Base, Texas, on the acting victim's situation during a simulated bridge explosion emergency response exercise at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 16. This exercise is a part of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, in which servicemembers from ten nations are participating in order to receive realistic training to be better prepared for real-world 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 Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live Exercise

(left to right) United States Air Force Master Sgt. Angela Morris, first sergeant for the 48th Munitions Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, serves as a medic and helps a victim of a mock bridge explosion as Master Sgt. Sonyia Lilly, family health flight chief of the 48th Medical Operations Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, radios for more medical assistance at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 16. This scenario is a part of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, in which servicemembers from ten nations are participating in order to receive realistic training to be better prepared for real-world 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 Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live exercise

Medical armed forces members from ten nations train together and learn from one another during a mock surgery for a victim of a simulated gas station explosion during MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 15. The exercise is designed to help the servicemembers from all nations to be better prepared for real world situations. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live exercise

(left to right) United States Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Holder, a medical technician from the 48th Medical Group at RAF Lakenheath, England, holds a gauze packet as fellow 48th MDG member, Dr. (Capt.) Amy Davis holds the burned hand of a mock traffic accident victim during a medical exercise at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 15. This exercise, one of several that are part of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, in which ten nations are participating in, is designed to provide realistic, hands-on training to the medical armed forces members so that they are highly prepared for real world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live exercise

United States Air Force Maj. Shawn Nichols (right), a surgeon from the 48th Aerospace Medical Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, unwraps gauze from an object made to look as if it was impaled in a stomach, as Azerbaijani Capt. Rashad Mammadov holds an oxygen mask over the face of the person acting as the victim of a mock traffic accident at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 15. This exercise is part of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, in which military medical servicemembers from ten nations train together to save as many lives as possible and to be better prepared for real-world events. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Live exercise

(left to right) United States Air Force Capt. Charles Purvis, an emergency room nurse, and Staff Sgt. Kamesha Lewis, a pediatric medical technician from the 48th Medical Operations Squadron from RAF Lakenheath, England, discuss the simulated medical condition of a participant of MEDCEUR 10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 15. Medical personnel from the armed forces of ten nations worked together to work through procedures that would save the lives of victims injured in a simulated gas station explosion that near a department store. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 classroom training

(left to right) Lt. Col. William Hurtle, flight commander of bioenvironmental engineering for the 48th Aerospace Medical Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Kerim Kodal, a radiology technologist for the 48th Medical Surgical Squadron, both from RAF Lakenheath, England, attend a class on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive weapons during MEDCEUR10, a medical training exercise in central and eastern Europe, at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro Sept. 14. Servicemembers from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Ukraine and the United States attended the class. 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 Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 classroom training

(left to right) U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles Purvis, a critical care nurse from the 48th Medical Operations Squadron at RAF Lakenheath England; Marko Saric, a physician’s assistant from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Warrant Officer Goran Gavrilovic of the Serbian Army, discuss treatment for a collapsed lung during a class at MEDCEUR10 Sept. 14 at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro. MEDCEUR10 is a medical training exercise including servicemembers from 10 nations. 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)

MEDCEUR chess

DANILOVGRAD, Montenegro –Servicemembers from 10 different countries play Montenegrin chess great Bozidar Ivanovic aboard the Danilovgrad Training Base in central Montenegro. The men played their game during the sports day of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2010. The exercise brings together approximately 250 servicemembers from the armed forces of the U.S. and nine central and eastern European countries for mass casualty scenario response training. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Marine photo/Lance Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

The Marine and the Master

DANILOVGRAD, Montenegro – Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Chris Mitchell, a personnel retrieval and processing specialist with Detachment PRP Smyrna, Ga., contemplates his next move while playing Montenegrin chess great, Bozidar Ivanovic, aboard the Danilovgrad Training Base in central Montenegro. The men played their game during the sports day of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2010. The exercise brings together approximately 250 servicemembers from the armed forces of the U.S. and nine central and eastern European countries for mass casualty scenario response training. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Marine photo/Lance Cpl. Jad Sleiman)

U.S. Army Civil Miltary Operations team

U.S. Army Maj. Mrunal Vyas of the Army Civil Military Operations team instructs a class during the 2010 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe (MEDCEUR) Sept. 9 in Montenegro. The Civil Military Operations team teaches the basics of emergency planning and response to servicemembers of the ten nations participating in the exercise. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of Lt. Col. Jeff Gabel)

MEDCEUR10 Sports Day

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kerim Kodal, a radiology technologist from the 48th Medical Surgical Operations Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, seeks opportunity to steal the ball from Montenegrin Armed Forces Lt. Col. Marinko Slomo during a soccer game for the MEDCEUR10 sports day at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 12. Fitness is an intregal part of any military force and will help the armed forces during MEDCEUR10, a 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/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Sports Day

Macedonian Armed Forces Staff Sgt. Boban Angelovski dribbles ball as U.S. Air Force Maj. Ramone Toliver, an emergency physician from the 48th Medical Operations Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, blocks and Macedonian Armed Forces Staff Sgt. Goce Gorgievski and U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jamall Haywood Van, a medical logistics journeyman from the 48th Medical Surgical Squadron at RAF Lakenheath stand ready during a basketball game at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 12. Fitness is an intregal part of any military force and will help the armed forces during MEDCEUR10, a 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/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Sports Day

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kimberly Holder, a medical technician from the 48th Medical Operations Sqadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, prepares to serve the ball during a volleyball game against armed forces members of Serbia, Macedonia and Ukraine during the MEDCEUR10 sports day at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 12. Being fit to fight is an important factor in any military service and this factor will help the servicemembers during MEDCEUR10, a 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/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Sports Day

(Left to right) 2nd Lt. Mizon Alexandru of the Moldovan Armed Forces, watches as U.S. Air Force Maj. Ramone Toliver, an emergency physician from the 48th Medical Operations Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, shoots a basketball during the MEDCEUR10 sports day at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, Sept. 12. The day featured friendly competition in multiple sports and opportunities to improve readiness through fitness among military members of 10 nations at the medical training exercise. 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 Deuel)

MEDCEUR10 Sports Day

Chess Grandmaster of Montenegro, Bozidar Ivanovic, plays chess against 15 people simultaneously at Danilovgrad Army Base, Montenegro, during the MEDCEUR10 sports day Sept. 12. Mr. Ivanovic won all 15 games in less than one hour. For more information, visit www.usafe.af.mil/medceur.asp and www.odbrana.gov.me. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Tiffany Deuel)