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/Master Sgt. Kelley J. Stewart)

Medics handle trauma during MEDCEUR 11

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia – Macedonian Police Officers Stanojkov Jordance (left) and Mechalov Trajche (right) zip Tech. Sgt. Rachel Smith, 86th Medical Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in a body bag after doing a valuables search during the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe June 11. Sergeant Smith role-played a deceased bridge collapse victim. Macedonian students and U.S. service members were given a variety of moulaged injuries to simulate ones experienced by car accident and building and bridge collapse 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)

MEDCEUR 11 kicks off live exercise

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- A Macedonian MI-17 hovers over a medical treatment facility 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. Julius Delos Reyes)

MEDCEUR 11 kicks off live exercise

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Serbian medical personnel carry a litter with a simulated patient from a Macedonian MI-17 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. Julius Delos Reyes)

MEDCEUR 11 kicks off live exercise

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Serbian medical personnel check a patient for simulated trauma 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. Julius Delos Reyes)

MEDCEUR 11 kicks off live exercise

CAMP PEPELISHTE, Macedonia -- Maj. (Dr.) Dejan Zelkovic, Serbian Military Medical Academy surgeon, checks a patient's back for simulated injuries 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. Julius Delos Reyes)