Iraqis receive advanced medic training

Blackanthem.com, KIRKUK, Iraq, May 8, 2005

Recently 11 select Iraqi army medics and seven emergency management services civilians underwent an eight-week advanced medic course taught by Task Force Liberty Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 116th Armor Regiment medical platoon in Kirkuk Province. The course provided a hands-on, realistic training experience that included written and practical exercise exams and culminated in a mass-casualty training exercise May 2 in Kirkuk. The trained Iraqi army medics will now use the knowledge they have to instruct the next class of Iraqi medics.

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