U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia ? Left, U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric Ahn, 4th Marine Logistics Group personnel and retrieval processing specialist, from Anacostia, Washington D.C., demonstrates the basic warrior stance to Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Mills(right), 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 2011, during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration as Marine Staff Sgt. Tresor Mbunker, 4 MLG , PRP company mortuary affairs staff non-commissioned officer in charge, and a black belt MCMAP instructor from Smyrna, Ga., looks on June 8. The U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines are participating in MEDCEUR 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR 2011 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia ? Left, U.S. Marine Cpl. Eric Ahn, 4th Marine Logistics Group personnel and retrieval processing specialist, from Anacostia, Washington D.C., demonstrates the basic warrior stance to Chief Master Sgt. Joshua Mills(right), 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 2011, during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration as Marine Staff Sgt. Tresor Mbunker, 4 MLG , PRP company mortuary affairs staff non-commissioned officer in charge, and a black belt MCMAP instructor from Smyrna, Ga., looks on June 8. The U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines are participating in MEDCEUR 11. An annual Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, MEDCEUR 2011 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. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

Capt. Stacey Balicki, 31st Medical Group from Aviano Air Base, Italy, unpacks medical supplies into a field hospital in preparation for the hands-on portion of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 8. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- An Airman with U.S. Air Forces in Europe assembles a portable dental station into a field hospital in preparation for the hands-on portion of Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 8. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Maj. Alvin Scott, U.S. Northern Command liaison officer to U.S. Transportation Command Surgeon General and a Defense Institute for Medical Operations instructor, teaches students from multinational partners about priorities to supply for a simulated response and recovery effort June 8 . This was part of the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, or MEDCEUR 11, an annual, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, held in the spirit of NATO’s Partnership for Peace. Thirty-nine students from Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro attended the course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Barclay)

Disaster Public Health

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Students from Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro interact as part of a classroom exercise for the Disaster Public Health course June 8. This was part of the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, or MEDCEUR 11, an annual, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, held in the spirit of NATO’s Partnership for Peace. Thirty-six students from Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro received the course. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

Exercise participants pick up trash in Macedonian town

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Airman 1st Class Wintrece Whitt, 1st Combat Communications Squadron out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, picks up gardening debris and trash along a road in Negotino, Macedonia, as part of the Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 volunteer day June 8. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

Exercise participants pick up trash in Macedonian town

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Lucien Koefoed, Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company mortuary affairs specialist, collects trash during the Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 volunteer day June 8. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe hook a generator up to a field hospital in preparation for Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 7. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Medical Airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe build a field hospital in preparation for Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 7. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Medical Airmen with U.S. Air Forces in Europe run electrical lines for their field hospital in preparation for Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 7. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)

U.S. Medics build field hospital

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 here, ties down a field hospital in preparation for Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2011 June 7. 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. The exercise will include both classroom and hands-on training and run until June 15. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes)