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International Combat Life Saver & Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) Training Sept. 23-24, 2015


Pfc. Hunter Smith, military working dog handler, holds MWD Bruce, both assigned to the 525th Military Working Dog Detachment, as another soldier checks his pulse during the international combat lifesavers course held Sept. 23, 2015 in the Dragon's Lair on Clay Kaserne in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Military working dog Zidane and two soldiers from the 529th Military Police Company portray handlers during the the international combat lifesavers course held Sept. 24, 2015 at the Finthen training area in Finthen, Germany. The training focused on combat lifesaver and tactical combat casualty care, working with MWDs and their handlers, as well as various ways to transport the injured to safety. Once in a safe area they are able to evaluate the patient's injuries, call in have the patient picked up and transported to a medical care facility.

Sgt. 1st Class Hardenio M. Abdon Jr., detachment sergeant with 525th Military Working Dog Detachment, portrays an injured military working dog handler with his MWD, Zidane, during a the international combat lifesavers course held Sept. 24, 2015 at the Finthen training area, in Finthen, Germany.

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (left) with AFN Europe prepares to assist a simulated military working dog victim who was injured during a simulated exercise with the international combat lifesavers course held Sept. 24, 2015 at the training area in Finthen, Germany.

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (left) with AFN Europe prepares to assist a simulated military working dog victim who was injured during a simulated exercise with the international combat lifesavers course held Sept. 24, 2015 at the training area in Finthen, Germany.

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar, assigned to AFN Europe, carries the military working dog that was injured by a simulated improvised explosive device during the international combat lifesaver course held Sept. 24, 2015 at the Combat Outpost located in Finthen, Germany.

Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (front), with AFN Europe, works with a fellow soldier on assisting a simulated Military Working Dog (MWD) who was injured during a exercise with the International Combat Lifesavers Course held Sept. 24, 2015, at the training facility in Finthen, Germany.

International Combat Lifesavers Course held Sept. 24, 2015, to teach Combat Life Saver & Tactical Combat Casualty in Finthen, Germany is multinational training with the U.S. Army Europe Medical Command. This training was focused around working with Military Working Dogs, their handlers and other simulated injured individuals on the best way to transport the injured to safety, evaluate the patient's injuries, call in have the patient picked up and transported to a medical care facility.

Maj. Jodi Sanster, (U.S. Army veterinarian, center left) portrays a handler with an injured simulated Military Working Dog (MWD), as Sgt. 1st Class Hardenio M. Abdon Jr. , and his MWD Zidane, inspect a vehicle for explosives, during the International Combat Lifesavers Course held Sept. 24, 2015, at the training area in Finthen, Germany.

Soldiers. Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (center assisting), with AFN Europe, works on Maj. Jodi Sanster, (U.S. Army Veterinarian, simulated victim), along with a soldier from Finland, (kneeling), are showing how to assist a person, and a military working dog victim who was injured during a International Combat Lifesavers Course held Sept. 24, 2015, at the training facility in Finthen, Germany.

Soldiers. Sgt. Anthony Kozleuchar (front), with AFN Europe works with a soldier from Finland, simulating how to assist an injured military working dog victim during the International Combat Lifesavers Course held Sept. 24, 2015 held at the training facility in Finthen, Germany.

Participants of the Combat Life Saver & Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) Training held Sept. 22 to 25, 2015, run to start the final afternoon of training, located in various areas to include the Training Support Center's training area in Finthen, Germany. Training included multinational Soldiers and Police coming together with the U.S. Army Europe Office of the Command Surgeon and NATO Center for Excellence (MILMED).


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