A local doctor consults with a patient/resident of Mini Village during a medical readiness training exercise (MEDRETE) conducted in Mini, Chad, Dec. 19, 2014. The exercise involved the Chadian medics working together with U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) medics to obtain vital signs, perform initial consultations, present appropriate diagnoses, and prescribe proper medications and treatments for the people of Mini. (Courtesy photo)

Members of the civil military operations element from the special anti-terrorist group (SATG) of the Chad Army, along with doctors from the village of Mini obtain vital signs at the first station during a medical readiness training exercise (MEDRETE) conducted in the village of Mini, Chad, Dec. 19, 2014. The exercise involved the Chadian medics working together with U.S. Special Operations Forces (USSOF) medics to obtain vital signs, perform initial consultations, present appropriate diagnoses, and prescribe proper medications and treatments for the people of Mini. (Courtesy photo)

Medical practitioners and doctors from various civil and military organizations in Chad trained with U.S. counterparts to refine their skills during a medical readiness training exercise (MEDRETE) conducted in the village of Mini, Chad, Dec. 19, 2014.