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)