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Building Partner Capacity and Interoperability

Partner nation engagement, with the goal of building and supporting health system capabilities, is a critical element of global health engagement. Security threats from health catastrophes are real, and the spillover effects from breakdowns in health systems can be harder to contain than armed conflicts themselves. With this in mind, we are deeply invested in ensuring that our international partners have the capacity and the experience to address serious health threats, both in tandem with the U.S. Government, and on their own. Our collaboration with international partners through GHE-related efforts also helps to improve our interoperability with their forces for future cooperation.

Mil-Mil Partnerships

We conduct regular training exercises in the form of bilateral and multilateral partnership initiatives with foreign militaries to promote improved responses to threats to regional and global public health. These engagements are critical for producing an effective multinational response to threats like infectious disease or natural disaster, and they can also serve as a bridge to broader security and stability among nations.

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U.S. Sailors hold medical training with Kenyan Defense Forces

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10/12/2016

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Mettler, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, races a Kenyan Defense Force combat engineer during a buddy carry lesson for the tactical combat medical training portion of Deliberate Kindle. The medical training was one portion of the course taught by Task Force Sparta, which is currently assigned to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault)

U.S. Sailors taught tactical combat medical training to Kenyan Defense Force (KDF) soldiers and officers

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Department of Defense continues commitment to Global Health Security Agenda

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10/12/2016

Dr. Karen Guice, acting assistant secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, addressed attendees on the second day of the 2016 Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Summit Sept. 14, 2016.

Department of Defense and other senior U.S. government leaders travel to the Netherlands to attend a summit on the Global Health Security Agenda

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U.S. medical team trains with Australian search and rescue crew

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8/22/2016

U.S. Navy Lt. Matthew Case, flight surgeon, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Juan Garcia, hospital corpsman, are hoisted into a Sikorsky S76A++ Search and Rescue helicopter while conducting SAR training during Exercise Pitch Black 2016 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal, Australia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg)

The U.S. medical team integrated with a RAAF SAR team to familiarize themselves with SAR procedures during a possible emergency during Exercise Pitch Black

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Live mass casualty evacuation training brings medics together

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6/23/2016

Polish army medics carry a litter to a UH-60 Blackhawk as part of a simulated medical evacuation drill during Exercise Anakonda at Drawsko Pomorski Training Area, Poland. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Miguel Alvarez)

U.S. and Polish medics learn valuable skills from each other while participating in exercise

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Military Health System has strong commitment to international partnerships

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6/15/2016

The Defense Health Headquarters hosts a number of foreign liaison officers from partner nations. Left: Federal Defense Forces of Germany Col. Kai Schlolaut; Center: United Kingdom, Royal Navy Surgeon Capt. Stephen Bree; Right: Canadian Armed Forces Cmdr. Ian Torrie

The Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs is building international links across the world of military medicine by hosting foreign liaison officers from partner nations

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Army combat medics test skills in Poland

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6/14/2016

A Soldier from the 212th Combat Support Hospital runs a litter to the MedEvac landing zone in Miloslawiec, Poland, as part of Exercise Anakonda 2016, a Polish-led, multinational exercise involving more than 31,000 participants from more than 20 nations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class John Fries)

A team of U.S. Army combat medics is in Poland for Exercise Anakonda 2016, a Polish-led, multinational exercise

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Teamwork, training key to USNS Mercy MEDEVAC of South Korean sailor

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6/3/2016

Navy Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class John Davis, signals an MH-60S assigned to the Blackjacks of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 aboard hospital ship USNS Mercy.

Embarked Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 21 launched an MH-60S helicopter from USNS Mercy to recover a South Korean sailor and returned him to the hospital ship

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Alaska National Guard Medical Detachment leads field medical training at Khaan Quest

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6/2/2016

Soldiers with the Alaska Army National Guard practice patient transportation techniques during the combat medical care training lane of Khaan Quest 2016.

Alaska National Guard medics support multinational peacekeeping exercise Khaan Quest 2016 by training U.S. and international partners in combat medical care

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USNS Mercy arrives in 7th Fleet for Pacific Partnership

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5/25/2016

Sailors assigned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam handle line as the hospital ship USNS Mercy moors at JBPHH. Mercy is deployed in support of Pacific Partnership 2016.

Pacific Partnership began in response to the December 2004 tsunami that devastated parts of Southeast Asia

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Mass casualty exercise provides realistic training for Hungarian, American medical teams

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5/16/2016

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nichole Gacayan works with Hungarian first responders to assess victims of a simulated vehicle crash during Exercise Anakonda Response 2016, at Papa Air Base.

Exercise Anakonda Response 2016 is a joint-service, multinational exercise that included military and government civilians from Hungary, the United Kingdom and the United States

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International Special Training Centre’s medical courses save lives on the battlefield

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5/12/2016

Multinational students work together to safely transport a simulated casualty during a litter-carry obstacle course as part of the International Special Training Centre's Advanced Medical First Responder Course at Pfullendorf, Germany.

Students with no medical background receive condensed practical medical cross training that enables them to initially treat and care for a patient on a battlefield

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U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan Soldiers, Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces train together

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5/10/2016

U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan Soldiers demonstrate part of the bi-lateral tactical combat casualty care training while Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members watch at Camp Zama’s Dewey Park.

U.S., Japanese forces conduct joint, tactical combat casualty care training

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U.S., Armenian medical teams train together

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4/18/2016

Armenian soldiers work with the United State Army's 173rd Battalion Support Brigade to lift a ‘casualty’ into medevac during Saber Junction 16 at the Hohenfels Training Center, in southeastern Germany.

U.S. and Armenian medics participated in exercise Saber Junction 16, a joint medical combat maneuver exercise

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AFSOUTH medics lead the way in exchanges with El Salvador

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3/24/2016

Air Force Maj. Helda Carey, international health specialist, demonstrates techniques for wrapping a head wound during a subject matter expert exchange at Ilopango Air Base, El Salvador.

Sharing and exchanging information between the two air forces has been the cornerstone in helping to build our partner nation capacity

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Fighting Ebola with education

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12/30/2015

A medical team straps a role-playing patient onto a stretcher during a class at the West African Preparedness Initiative in Accra, Ghana. The training was conducted by the Defense Institute for Medical Operations. (Courtesy photo)

The Defense Institute for Medical Operations develops courses on topics such as disaster response, medical administration, public health, infection control, and patient transport

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