“Controlled chaos,” is how U.S. Army Maj. Michael Borsich described the frenzied, yet calculated, dance of medical personnel who swiftly moved around patient litters in a sweltering hangar, to thunderous sound of helicopter blades slicing through the air.
This was the scene that, Borsich, officer in charge, and his Soldiers from the 256th Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserves, using to recreate a field hospital with their military partners Feb. 27 and 28. Adding to the chaos, was the three different languages being spoken by the multi-national soldiers all partnering in exercise Central Accord 2013. This was the culmination of 10 days they spent practicing medical treatment techniques with Cameroonian and five Central African partner nation soldiers.
Central Accord 2013, a joint multi-national exercise in which U.S., Cameroon and neighboring Central African militaries partner to promote regional cooperation while increasing aerial resupply and medical treatment capacity, was sponsored by U.S. Army Africa and hosted by the Cameroonian Defense Force.
(Photo by Staff Sgt. Amy Wieser Willson, North Dakota Army National Guard)