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Iraqi Soldiers Practice Field Medical Skills at Kirkuk
By Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq, Public Affairs Office, Phoenix Base
Jun 10, 2009 - 6:21:22 PM
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| Eleven Iraqi Army soldiers participated in the Iraqi Army Expert Field Medical Badge training at Kirkuk K-1 military base May 25. Students learned one-man and two-man carries, medical evacuation and other field medical techniques during the 21-day course. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John K. Greene, MNSTC-I ITAM-Army) |
KIRKUK, Iraq - Eleven Iraqi Army soldiers earned the coveted Iraqi Army Expert Field Medical Badge at the Kirkuk K-1 military base May 25. The completion of this training fulfills a key article in the US-Iraq Security Agreement that calls for cooperative training to advance professionalism and skills of the Iraqi army.
The specialized training is designed to give soldiers additional hands-on and classroom training on injuries and medical situations they may encounter on the battlefield.
The training was provided through a partnership with the K-1 Locations Command Clinic, Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq ITAM-Army Logistics Military Advisory Team and visiting medics from Forward Operating Base Warrior's 15th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
Students were drawn from units in the Kirkuk area, with representatives from K-1's Locations Command Clinic, the Kirkuk Regional Training Center and the Iraqi Army 12th Division and 12th Motor Transport Regiment taking part.
The Iraqi soldiers were challenged both physically and mentally during the training, which covered a broad range of subjects including traditional field-oriented topics of CPR, one-man and two-man patient carries, medical evacuation, splinting fractures and movement under fire.
Iraqi Army Warrant Officer Ari, EFMB lead instructor, explained that "by training the students to handle a wider variety of illnesses and injuries, they are better prepared to treat patients in remote areas, where reaching a clinic or hospital is difficult."
During the final days of class, students' skill and newfound knowledge were tested. They were given a written exam and practical exercises at the Trauma Lane and Litter Obstacle Course.
The practical exercise included the students moving under simulated fire. They were required to reach the casualties, carry them to cover, treat injuries and bandage wounds before navigating the obstacle course.
The students maneuvered through tight corridors, under concertina wire, over an eight-foot wall, up a steep grade and down the other side to a waiting evacuation vehicle. They were graded individually and as teams on their treatment and movement skills.
Graduation morning, a 10-kilometer road march was the final task standing between the students and the prestigious badge.
Later, Iraqi Army Brig. Gen Younis, commander of K-1 Locations Command, presented the badges, accompanied by LMAT senior advisor, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jorge Villarreal and 15th BSB commander ,U.S. Army Lt. Col. Christopher Whittaker.
The graduates will return to their home units and apply the techniques and skills to improve their units. The training is an example of the Coalition and Iraqis building lasting capabilities for the Iraqi army.
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| Iraqi soldiers maneuver through an obstacle course with a patient on a stretcher at the Iraqi Army Expert Field Medical Badge course at the Kirkuk K-1 military base May 25. The students must move through tight corridors, crawl under concertina wire, over an eight-foot wall, up a steep grade and down the other side to a waiting evacuation vehicle. (Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John K. Greene, MNSTC-I ITAM-Army) |
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