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KANSAS GUARDSMEN RETURN FROM WEEK LONG DEPLOYMENT TO ARMENIA
Targeted News Service
April 1, 2013 Monday 9:27 PM EST
The Kansas Adjutant General issued the following news release:
A three-person team from the Kansas National Guard's 235th Regiment
has returned from a weeklong trip to the Republic of Armenia where
they conducted a site survey for basic medical first responder and
casualty evacuation procedures. The trip concluded March 30 and was
in preparation for a Basic Medical First Responder course the team
will teach later in the year.
During the trip, Staff Sgt. Brian Martin, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Fox and
Staff Sgt. Vernon Perkins assessed procedures the Armenian Humanitarian
Demining Center currently has in place. They inspected the demining
center's medical ability, identified gaps, created an equipment list
with European Command's Humanitarian Mine Action Program and developed
a course of instruction tailored to the AHDC needs and equipment
available. The team will return to Armenia in May to provide medical
familiarization. The engagement with AHDC is coordinated through
European Command's Humanitarian Mine Clearing Branch.
"This is a great opportunity to learn more about how the medical
piece of the Demining Center functions," said Martin. "Our goal is
to try to add or improve their capabilities which should save lives,"
The Kansas National Guard has been partnered with the Republic of
Armenia since 2003 under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership
Program.
"This event is part of a successful broader engagement between the
Kansas National Guard, European Command and the Armenian Ministry of
Defense to modernize and equip the Armenian Humanitarian Demining
Center," said Lt. Col. Brent Salmans, State Partnership Program
coordinator for the Kansas National Guard.
"We are looking forward to a number of these types of exchanges between
Kansas and Armenia this year and value the opportunity to continue
to learn from and share with Armenia, said Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli,
Kansas adjutant general. "In June, we will celebrate our tenth year
of this strong and valuable partnership."
Targeted News Service
April 1, 2013 Monday 9:27 PM EST
The Kansas Adjutant General issued the following news release:
A three-person team from the Kansas National Guard's 235th Regiment
has returned from a weeklong trip to the Republic of Armenia where
they conducted a site survey for basic medical first responder and
casualty evacuation procedures. The trip concluded March 30 and was
in preparation for a Basic Medical First Responder course the team
will teach later in the year.
During the trip, Staff Sgt. Brian Martin, Staff Sgt. Kimberly Fox and
Staff Sgt. Vernon Perkins assessed procedures the Armenian Humanitarian
Demining Center currently has in place. They inspected the demining
center's medical ability, identified gaps, created an equipment list
with European Command's Humanitarian Mine Action Program and developed
a course of instruction tailored to the AHDC needs and equipment
available. The team will return to Armenia in May to provide medical
familiarization. The engagement with AHDC is coordinated through
European Command's Humanitarian Mine Clearing Branch.
"This is a great opportunity to learn more about how the medical
piece of the Demining Center functions," said Martin. "Our goal is
to try to add or improve their capabilities which should save lives,"
The Kansas National Guard has been partnered with the Republic of
Armenia since 2003 under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership
Program.
"This event is part of a successful broader engagement between the
Kansas National Guard, European Command and the Armenian Ministry of
Defense to modernize and equip the Armenian Humanitarian Demining
Center," said Lt. Col. Brent Salmans, State Partnership Program
coordinator for the Kansas National Guard.
"We are looking forward to a number of these types of exchanges between
Kansas and Armenia this year and value the opportunity to continue
to learn from and share with Armenia, said Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli,
Kansas adjutant general. "In June, we will celebrate our tenth year
of this strong and valuable partnership."