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)