Macedonian armed forces provide gift of life

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Multinational medical personnel retreat after loading a simulated trauma patient aboard a Macedonian MI-17 as part of a medical transport flight during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 12. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Macedonian armed forces provide gift of life

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Multinational medical personnel race to a Macedonian MI-17 with a simulated trauma patient as part of a medical transport flight on a patient during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 12. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Lt. Col. (Dr.) James Green, 31st Medical Group from Aviano Air Base, reviews a simulated “patient’s” chart during Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 during for the live medical exercises June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Macedonian Maj. (Dr.) Elizabeta Navmovski-Petreski contacts medical personnel via radio from the Joint Operations Center during Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 during for the live medical exercises June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia ? Maj. Kevin Webb, 31st Medical Group anesthetist from Aviano Air Base, Italy, administers anesthesia to a patient in preparation for a simulated surgery during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- U.S. medical personnel perform an ultrasound on a patient in preparation for a simulated surgery during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia ? Surgical medical tools sit out while U.S. medical personnel prepare for simulated surgery on a patient during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Mission Spotlight

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Altemus, photographs Macedonian military personnel during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe live exercise June 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Members of the Macedonian and Bosnian and Herzegovina military work emergency issues in the Joint Operations Center during Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 for the live medical exercises June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – A Macedonian Red Cross member stabilizes a stick that went through the hand of a “victim” of an explosion during Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Macedonian emergency medical personnel treat the wounds of simulated patients before sending people on for more medical care as part of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Macedonian emergency medical personnel “triage” simulated patients before sending them on for more medical treatment as part of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 11. Macedonian and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by mudslide, building collapse and explosion victims. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. MEDCEUR is a Partnership for Peace and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise in Central and Eastern Europe designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Multinational students receive training

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Two Serbian and a Bosnia and Herzegovinan military members receive instruction during a disasters planners course June 10 as part of the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe. The Defense Institute for Medical Operations was at MEDCEUR to teach a disater planner?s course to multinational students. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Multinational students receive training

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Serbian and Macedonian students discuss a topics covered during a disasters planners course June 10 as part of the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe. The Defense Institute for Medical Operations was at MEDCEUR to teach this course to multinational students. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Medical personnel with the U.S. Air Forces in Europe provide simulated mudslide victims with medical assistance during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Initial Contengiency Response Team training day June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Maj. (Dr.) Peter Tran, 86th Medical Group Urologist from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, prepares for a simulated emergency surgery during 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Initial Contengiency Response Team training day June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Tech. Sgt Jeremy Hooten, U.S. School of Aerospace Medicine Expeditionary Medical Support System instructor from Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, provides a critique on the proper treatment of simulated sucking chest wound to 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern during Initial Contengiency Response Team team members during their training June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Medical personnel with U.S. Air Forces in Europe provide patients with simulated medical assistance during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Initial Contengiency Response Team training day June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Capt. Kelsey Sweeny, 82nd Medical Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Staff Sgt. Nathan Cushing, 48th Medical Group from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, prepare tourniquet for application during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Initial Contengiency Response Team training day June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

USAFE Airmen conduct ICRT training

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Maj. Kevin Webb, 31st Medical Group nurse anesthetist from Aviano Air Base, Italy, observes medical personnel applying a tourniquet to his leg during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Initial Contengiency Response Team training day June 10. The annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Marines teach basic Marine Corps Martial Arts at MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Mills, 3rd Air Force Surgeon General’s Office chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe medical logistics functional manager and senior Air Force enlisted advisor for Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 11, executes a proper Marine Corps Martial Arts arm lock on Marine Cpl. Eric Ahn, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Personnel and Retrieval Processing Company, PRP specialist, out of Anacostia, Washington, D.C., during MCMAP training led by Marine Staff Sgt. Tresor Mbunker, 4th MLG, PRP, mortuary affairs staff noncommissioned officer in charge and a black belt Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor out of Smyrna, Ga., June 8. MEDCEUR is an annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise and is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (Marine Corps photos/Lance Cpl. Zach Altemus)

Marines teach basic Marine Corps Martial Arts at MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Two Airmen attending the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe execute Marine Corps Martial Arts techniques in a MCMAP class led by U.S. Marine Staff Sgt. Tresor Mbunker, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Personnel and Retrieval Processing Company, mortuary affairs staff noncommissioned officer in charge and a black belt Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor out of Smyrna, Ga., June 8. The Marines came to Macedonia for MEDCEUR 2011 to teach foreign military services how to conduct mortuary affairs. MEDCEUR is an annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise and is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year’s MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (Marine Corps photo/Lance Cpl. Zach Altemus)

U.S. service members visit Macedonian training area

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- Col. (Dr.) Charles Tedder (center), 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe American co-director and 3rd Air Force command surgeon, receives a tour of the Macedonian Army Training Area from Lt. Col. Slavce Cvetanovski (right), Army Training Area commander on June 9. A group of U.S. service members supporting MEDCEUR 11 visited the training area, which is the largest Macedonian military base. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

U.S. service members visit Macedonian training area

KRIVOLAK, Macedonia -- A group of service members supporting the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe receive a briefing about the Macedonian Army Training Area June 9. The service members also toured the training area, which is the largest Macedonian military base. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR is designed to provide medical training and operational experience in a deployed environment for U.S. and partner nations. The countries participating in this year's MEDCEUR are Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia and Norway. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)