U.S. Air Force doctors perform a surgery with Honduran
U.S. Air Force doctors perform a surgery with Honduran doctors in the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital operating room in Trujillo, Honduras, Aug. 4, 2015. The Air Force doctors are performing surgery on local Hond... More
U.S. Air Force medical personnel work hand in hand
U.S. Air Force medical personnel work hand in hand with Honduran doctors to perform an emergency surgical procedure on a Honduran army soldier with the 15th Battalion at the Dr. Salvador Paredes Hospital, Aug. ... More
Maj. Tam Dang, (center), officer in charge of the William
Maj. Tam Dang, (center), officer in charge of the William Beaumont Army Medical Centers' Warfighter Refractive Eye Surgery Center, Fort Bliss, Texas, uses an eximer laser to perform photorefractive keratectomy ... More
181129-N-AW702-013 - A man in a blue scrub suit is getting his teeth b...
KINGS BAY, GA. (November 29, 2018) – Cmdr. John Hoyos, a dentist at Naval Branch Health Clinic Kings Bay, conducts an annual exam on Culinary Specialist 3rd Class Wesley Rogers. Hoyos, a native of Queens, New Y... More
Hospital operations, US Navy Photogrpah
Cmdr. Jon Giacoman (l), an anesthesiologist at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, administers anesthesia to a patient during a total thyroidectomy surgery for Graves’ disease. NH Jacksonville’s priority since it... More
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lyndon Acosta, left, a
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lyndon Acosta, left, a surgical technician at Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, prepares surgery sutures during a total hysterectomy procedure at the hospital. NH Jacksonville's prio... More
200409-N-PH222-1898 LOS ANGELES (April 9, 2020) Sailors
200409-N-PH222-1898 LOS ANGELES (April 9, 2020) Sailors treat a patient in casualty receiving aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) April 9. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response e... More
201105-N-LW757-1006 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 5, 2020) Hospital
201105-N-LW757-1006 SAN DIEGO (Nov. 5, 2020) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Robert Newkirt, a radiologic technologist assigned to Naval Medical Center San Diego's (NMCSD) Radiology Department, prepares an operatin... More
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2016) – Hospitalman Kaleb
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Jan. 26, 2016) – Hospitalman Kaleb Sherwood (left), from Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville, and Monica Gray, a nursing student, inventory surgical instruments prior to a scheduled surgical pr... More
Trudy Lafield Addresses the Media
Trudy Lafield, the mother of the teenage girl who was rescued at sea by the crew of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), addresses the media in front of the ship. Reagan was conducti... More
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Arlene J. Hudson, left, talks to Navy
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Arlene J. Hudson, left, talks to Navy Ensign Doug T. Johnson, right, about anesthesia and the process for putting a patient under general anesthesia during an elective surgery at Seth Michaud Eme... More
Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Michael J. Barker, left, inserts
Navy Lt. Cmdr. (Dr.) Michael J. Barker, left, inserts a laparoscope into a patient?s abdomen to repair hernias and views a television monitor to see what the camera views inside the patient?s abdomen. Barker, a... More
Amin Gul, a 10-year-old Afghan boy who was struck by
Amin Gul, a 10-year-old Afghan boy who was struck by a vehicle Jan. 30 between Kabul and Bagram Airfield, is still in critical condition following extensive surgery to save his life. Amin is accompanied by his ... More
boy struck by a vehicle
Amin Gul, a 10-year-old Afghan boy who was struck by a vehicle, Jan. 30, between Kabul and Bagram Airfield, is still in critical condition following extensive surgery to save his life. Amin is accompanied by hi... More
Operation Amenah: Haditha Girl Saved by Marines
Amenah Thabit, 2, smiles aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft March 7 after she and her mother, Maha Muhamed Bandar (right), returned from the United States where Amenah had heart surgery. Amenah's father, Al'a Tha... More
Snare Boom and Skimmers by Mike Mazer
National Strike Force (NSF) members discuss with an environmental consulting firm the best ways to remediate the 2003 Buzzard's Bay, Mass., oil spill, which polluted more than 100 miles of shoreline and shut do... More
Airman Helps Save Lives As Surgical Technician at Salerno
Senior Airman Ricky Hopper, a surgical technician deployed from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., preps for a surgery in the operating room at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Aug. 29, 2008. As a surgica... More
Eliecer Cruz Alvarez, right, a general surgeon with
Eliecer Cruz Alvarez, right, a general surgeon with the Dominican national police, and Lt. Cmdr. Heliodoro Andres Salas Cablera, an anesthesiologist with the Dominican Republic navy, embarked aboard the amphibi... More
Maj. Dirk Slade, a general surgeon with the 772nd Forward
Maj. Dirk Slade, a general surgeon with the 772nd Forward Support Team, prepares a local nationals leg for a bone graph surgery at Forward Operating Base Fenty, Afghanistan.
Afghan doctors receive hands-on training from Egyptian
Afghan doctors receive hands-on training from Egyptian physicians with the Egyptian hospital located on Bagram, Afghanistan, as they perform surgery on a local woman who sought care on the base, Nov. 12. During... More
Camp Lemonier Sailors perform surgery at Peltier Hospital
Cmdr. Thomas Nelson, a general surgeon, and Lt. Robert Roadfuss, an operating room nurse, both assigned to Camp Lemonier, discuss proper procedures while performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery at Pel... More
Dental exam, US Navy Photogrpah
Air Force Tech Sgt. Dennis Leon, embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, performs dental work on a patient at Kumaka District hospital during Continuing Promise 2008. Kearsarge is supporting ... More
U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) David J. Tanzer, a specialty
U.S. Navy Capt. (Dr.) David J. Tanzer, a specialty leader, assigned as the Navy Refractive Surgery and Naval Medical Center San Diego's director, performs a Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK) on a Navy sailor at... More
Maj. Matt Takara, 51st Medical Detachment, chief medical
Maj. Matt Takara, 51st Medical Detachment, chief medical consultant for Iraqi theater Military working dogs, discusses a technique with Baghdad Police College Military Working Dog veterinarians during a tumor e... More
Sgt. Jeffrey Harvin, a surgical technician and native
Sgt. Jeffrey Harvin, a surgical technician and native of Brooklyn, N.Y., assigned to the 344th Combat Support Hospital here, places surgical instruments into a tray during a trauma surgery at the Salerno Hospital.
Afghan National Army and coalition doctors stand shoulder
Afghan National Army and coalition doctors stand shoulder to shoulder at Kandahar Regional Military Hospital as they debride dead tissue to improve the healing potential of a six-year-old Afghan boy who suffere... More
Medical personnel aboard the Military Sealift Command
Medical personnel aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy care for an Indonesian surgical patient in the post anesthesia care unit during Pacific Partnership 2010. Mercy is in Ambon partici... More
Face of Defense: Airman's Donation Saves Life
Only a few hours after donating bone marrow to a critical patient, Staff Sgt. Charles F. Newberry recovers, Aug. 11, in his Washington, D.C., hospital room. Newberry said his recovery was fast, and he was walki... More
Pfc. Jesse Gould, a medic from Carrollton, Ga., assigned
Pfc. Jesse Gould, a medic from Carrollton, Ga., assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st cavalry Division, srcubs his hand as he prepares... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Lamb, hospital corpsman
Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Lamb, hospital corpsman assigned to the medical department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), evaluates a mariner who was rescued from the Arabian Sea after... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. James G. Olanda, a certified registered
U.S. Air Force Maj. James G. Olanda, a certified registered nurse and anesthetist with the Forward Operating Base Lightning Medical Embedded Training Team, administers anesthesia to an Afghan child at the Afgha... More
Lt. Christopher Parks removes a patient's wisdom teeth
Lt. Christopher Parks removes a patient's wisdom teeth during oral surgery aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group is en route to Pakistan to help provide relief t... More
(Left) Lance Cpl. Nubia Z. Leon-Lozano, native of Carson
(Left) Lance Cpl. Nubia Z. Leon-Lozano, native of Carson City, Nev., and field operator with Marine Air Control Squadron 2, Command Element of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 201... More
Al Amreeki sits with his mother during a meeting with
Al Amreeki sits with his mother during a meeting with Maj. Joseph Torok, USF-I officer-in-charge of civil information management. Torok is helping Amreeki make his way to the United States for surgeries on his ... More
USS Nimitz, US Navy Photogrpah, San Diego, California
Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Hudson and Petty Officer 3rd Class Marcelo Pereira, a hospital corpsman from Kodiak, Ala., perform oral surgery on a dental patient aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is pre... More
Afghan doctors check on a patient in Kandahar Regional
Afghan doctors check on a patient in Kandahar Regional Military Hospital located on Camp Hero, Afghanistan.
Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, California
Capt. John Shapira, right, head of the Anesthesiology Department at Naval Medical Center San Diego, mentors anesthesiology resident Lt. Erik Nagel as they tend to a patient. The Naval Medical Center San Diego, ... More
High School Students Visit Naval Hospital Bremerton
Central Kitsap High School students on a field trip for a sports medicine class tour the Naval Hospital Bremerton operating room.
Col. Ashok Kumar, a physician deployed with the 196th
Col. Ashok Kumar, a physician deployed with the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard, examines 13-year-old Afghan girl Safoora Nov. 19, 2010, as her father Ishmael Mohammad watch... More
Seconds Make a Difference
U.S. Army Spc. Lindsay Smith, 541st Forward Surgical Team operating room technician, assists during surgery to fix an Afghan boy's broken leg at Camp Pannonia, Afghanistan, Dec. 19. The 541st FST has ten member... More
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Haag, the ship's certified registered
Lt. Cmdr. Robert Haag, the ship's certified registered nurse anesthesiologist from San Diego, changes the fluids during surgery in the operating room on board the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan. The CRNA pa... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Sara Nichols, a hospital corpsman
Petty Officer 2nd Class Sara Nichols, a hospital corpsman from Reno, Nev., prepares surgical peanuts, which are used to dissect layers of tissue, for the surgeon during a procedure in the operating room on boar... More
Doctors stationed at the Kandahar Air Field Role III
Doctors stationed at the Kandahar Air Field Role III hospital prepare to deliver an Afghan baby via emergency cesarean section Jan. 20 in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. The mother was flown in from northern Kh... More
Army surgeon treats burned Afghan baby
Army Maj. Rachel Cuenca, an orthopedic surgeon with the 115th Combat Support Hospital, at Camp Dwyer, Helmand province, Afghanistan, treats a severely burned Afghan baby, Jan. 31. Cuenca is from Kailua, Hawaii.
Afghan and Korean doctors work side by side with their
Afghan and Korean doctors work side by side with their nurses to treat a 5-year-old Afghan girl who suffered severe burns to her torso and thighs during an accident at home. The girl's mother brought her in to ... More
Laser surgery, US Navy Photogrpah
Cmdr. Peter Shumaker, left, dermatological surgeon at Naval Medical Center San Diego and Lt. Cmdr. Nathan Uebelhoer, top right, head of procedural dermatology division at NMCSD, perform a fractional carbon diox... More
Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Austin, left, Lt. j.g. Demetria
Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Austin, left, Lt. j.g. Demetria Aaron, Lt. Erin Watson and Petty Officer 3rd Class Valerie Burgess, hospital corpsman, perform an abdominal surgery on a female patient aboard the Military Se... More
Members of a New Zealand surgical team operate on the
Members of a New Zealand surgical team operate on the hand Finbec Finbel, an 11-year-old patient at Northern District Hospital, during Pacific Partnership 2011. Pacific Partnership is a five-month humanitarian ... More
Continuing Promise 2011
Petty Officer 1st Class Kimberly Edwards, hospital corpsman, from Louisville, Ky., performs a deep cleaning on the teeth of a Peruvian man at a temporary dental clinic established in Paita, Peru, during Continu... More
Medical personnel from the U.S. military tour the Paktya
Medical personnel from the U.S. military tour the Paktya Regional Medical Center on Forward Operating Base Thunder, Afghanistan, May 14. The tour is part of plans to increase the hospital’s patient capacity.
Petty Officer 1st Class Kimberly Edwards, hospital
Petty Officer 1st Class Kimberly Edwards, hospital corpsman from Louisville, Ky., cleans the teeth of an Ecuadorian patient at a temporary dental clinic in Manta, Ecuador during Continuing Promise 2011. Continu... More
Medical teams with the 321st Expeditionary Medical
Medical teams with the 321st Expeditionary Medical Squadron remove shrapnel from a civilian patient brought to the base hospital May 19. Reports indicate 20 people were killed and nearly 80 people were injured ... More
Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Carlos Ayala, 455th Expeditionary
Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Carlos Ayala, 455th Expeditionary Medical Group, chief of ear nose and throat/facial plastic surgery, performs a facial reconstruction on a patient at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital h... More
Osvaldo Romero, left, from Latter-Day Saints Charities,
Osvaldo Romero, left, from Latter-Day Saints Charities, talks to a patient while Lt. Cmdr. James Solomon, a Navy anesthesiologist, prepares her for surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS... More
Lt. Cmdr. Karl Mitchell, from Norwell, Mass., attaches
Lt. Cmdr. Karl Mitchell, from Norwell, Mass., attaches EKG leads to 101-year-old Irene Becerra before cataract surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort during a Continuing Promise ... More
Colombian media film as doctors remove a bullet from
Colombian media film as doctors remove a bullet from a 23-year-old Colombian woman's cheek during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service project aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship US... More
USS San Antonio action
Lt. Christine Baker, a dentist assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio, injects a local anesthetic to prepare a patient for surgery. San Antonio is underway conducting sea trials in the A... More
Lt. Barak Wray, left, and Seaman Jared Myers, hospital
Lt. Barak Wray, left, and Seaman Jared Myers, hospital corpsman, extract a tooth during a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Malaysia 2011 medical civic action project. CARAT is a series of bilateral exe... More
Surgeons’ scalpels improve lives in Cambodia
Navy Lt. Charles J. Siegert, left, a general surgeon with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and Huot Vutha, right, a Cambodian surgery trainee, work alongside ea... More
San Diego Stand Down 2011, San Diego, California
Retired Navy Captain Dr. Wayne Lapetoda, and his dental assistant, Cynthia Cordle, pull a tooth from a homeless veteran during the Veterans Village of San Diego Stand Down 2011. The stand down offered more than... More
Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Freeman, an Obstetrics-Gynecology
Lt. Cmdr. Jennifer Freeman, an Obstetrics-Gynecology physician at Naval Hospital Jacksonville, shows Kristen Morga, a college preparatory medical arts magnet high school student attending Naval Hospital Jackson... More
An X-ray of Airman 1st Class Daniel Cherry's left hand
An X-ray of Airman 1st Class Daniel Cherry's left hand depicts where his middle finger was nearly sliced in two by a 4,000 pound pallet. Cherry, a C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster deployed from Charleston Air Fo... More
The PRT Detachment in Chorah District conducts a dismounted
The PRT Detachment in Chorah District conducts a dismounted patrol into the village of Awi Low, the home of Moutula and his father Rabin. The PRT was approached by Rabin about a severe medical condition his son... More
Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Fletcher, a hospital
Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Fletcher, a hospital corpsman, assists Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Mickel as he performs finger surgery on a Haitian patient aboard aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Co... More
Afghan National Army Drs., Baryalai and Abdullah team
Afghan National Army Drs., Baryalai and Abdullah team up with Swedish Army Dr., Captain Anders to perform as the intensive care unit's anesthesiologists during an IM Rodding surgery to fix a broken leg at the A... More
Spc. John Chase sits in a chair as he undergoes kidney
Spc. John Chase sits in a chair as he undergoes kidney dialysis treatment Sept. 23 at the Aurora Dialysis Clinic, Grand Forks, N.D., as Sgt. Francisco Raatz looks on. Both men are members of the 1st Battalion, ... More
Sgt. Francisco Raatz, of the 1st Battalion, 188th Air
Sgt. Francisco Raatz, of the 1st Battalion, 188th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, of the North Dakota Army National Guard, lays in bed at Sanford Hospital, Fargo, N.D., Sept. 29, as his mother Terry Raatz looks... More
Capt. Karen Hanna, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Julie Dierksheide
Capt. Karen Hanna, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Julie Dierksheide apply sutures while Seaman Tommy Maez, front left, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Luis Lozano assist after performing abdominal surgery on a patient aboard ... More
An Afghanistan National Army soldier looks to Lt. Col.
An Afghanistan National Army soldier looks to Lt. Col. Jade Barrow for assurance before a non-invasive procedure, Oct. 10, 2011. Barrow is the special operations surgical team lead and the team’s certified regi... More
Members from the 374th Surgical Operations Squadron
Members from the 374th Surgical Operations Squadron perform a septorhinoplasty, a procedure performed to reconstruct a nasal passage and improve a patient's breathing by reconstructing the cartilaginous and bon... More
Maj. Heather Fonder and Capt. John See of the Meymaneh
Maj. Heather Fonder and Capt. John See of the Meymaneh Detachment ventilate a patient prior to transfer to the 8th FST detachment in Mazar E Sharif. The 8th Forward Surgical Team (Airborne) is deployed to Afgha... More
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Albert Aguilar inserts
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Albert Aguilar inserts an intravenous tube into the arm of Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Christopher Dollar before a cyst removal operation in the surgery room of the Nimit... More
Members of the Forward Surgical Team assigned to Forward
Members of the Forward Surgical Team assigned to Forward Operating Base Wright perform surgery on a trauma patient at the installations medical center. The FST is a joint team made up of Active Duty and Reserve... More
Maj. Todd Thomas (left)and Capt. Miriam Lovell, both
Maj. Todd Thomas (left)and Capt. Miriam Lovell, both U.S. Army Veterinary Corps surgeons, work to remove a tumor from a pet cat in the operating room of the Guantanamo Bay Veterinary Treatment Facility.
Dr. Bill Wilson and his wife, Mary, prepare their surgical
Dr. Bill Wilson and his wife, Mary, prepare their surgical instruments for cataract surgery, in support of a medical readiness and training exercise taking place at the Bububu Military Hospital in Zanzibar, Tan... More
The medical staff at the El Salam Egyptian Field Hospital
The medical staff at the El Salam Egyptian Field Hospital hand out packages of bates fruit, Feb. 8. The medical staff provides medical treatment and food for the local Afghans.
The 758th Forward Surgical Team conducts live surgeries
The 758th Forward Surgical Team conducts live surgeries in their field training exercise. The FST can provide care for up to 30 critically wounded/injured patients in a 72 hour period.
Sailors and Marines from the Shock Trauma Platoon and
Sailors and Marines from the Shock Trauma Platoon and Forward Resuscitative Surgery System, Surgical Company, 1st Maintenance Battalion (-) Reinforced, 1st Marine Logistics Group (Forward) discuss roles and res... More
Tanya Maisonet places an oxygen tube on Senior Airman
Tanya Maisonet places an oxygen tube on Senior Airman Chaley Dyer as they prepare for a wisdom tooth extraction at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, April 11. During a wisdom tooth extraction the dentist gives ... More
Lance Cpl. Meng Lu donates blood for a dying Afghan
Lance Cpl. Meng Lu donates blood for a dying Afghan Army National soldier waiting in another room at Forward Operating Base Delaram II’s Shock Trauma Platoon, May 8, 2012. The ANA solider stepped on a pressure ... More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Aguilar, hospital corpsman,
Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Aguilar, hospital corpsman, USS Peleliu, reviews the medical paperwork of Petty Officer 2nd Class William Jones, hall maintenance technician, USS Peleliu, during the three-week Comp... More
Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, center, 60th Surgical Operations
Col. (Dr.) Darrin Clouse, center, 60th Surgical Operations Squadron vascular surgeon, performs a carotid endarterectomy surgery, May 23, at David Grant USAF Medical Center. He is assisted by William Gadea, righ... More
Col. (Dr.) Evan M. Renz, director of the U.S. Army
Col. (Dr.) Evan M. Renz, director of the U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center, perform the first surgical procedure on May 25 in one of two new operating rooms at the new burn center located at ... More
Col. Susan Annicelli, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital
Col. Susan Annicelli, Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Commander, explains to Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal how the hospital employs environmentally friendly initiatives, such as swooped roofs, ... More
Angelique Ruiz, a physical therapist at the Officer
Angelique Ruiz, a physical therapist at the Officer Candidates School branch clinic performs a therapeutic treatment, Thursday, May 31, at the OCS branch clinic. Majority of the injuries the therapist treat are... More
U.S. Air Force Maj. Roy Johnson, Craig Joint-Theater
U.S. Air Force Maj. Roy Johnson, Craig Joint-Theater Hospital flight commander for the emergency room department, checks in on patients that have been wounded, Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 1, 2012. This ... More
U.S. Capt. Amanda Love (left), a perioperative nurse,
U.S. Capt. Amanda Love (left), a perioperative nurse, a native of Weaver, Ala., deployed from the San Antonio Military Medical Center, and U.S. Army Dr. (Maj.) Jeremiah DePue, anesthesiologist, a native of Mesa... More
Raul H. Yzaguirre (center), U.S. ambassador to the
Raul H. Yzaguirre (center), U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic, observes a surgery procedure being conducted July 23 by a joint Dominican and U.S. team of ophthalmologists and medical personnel at the Ce... More
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Priscilla Saintcyr blows
Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Priscilla Saintcyr blows bubbles for a Cambodian boy before surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy during Pacific Partnership 2012. Cambodia is the fina... More
U.S. Army Maj. Kelly Blair (right), commander of the
U.S. Army Maj. Kelly Blair (right), commander of the 250th Forward Surgical Team, 62nd Medical Brigade, and surgeon at Madigan Healthcare System, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., instructs Soldiers as they perf... More
Pacific Partnership 2012
HOPE Worldwide volunteer Dr. Cornelia Haner, left, and Capt. William Brunner perform surgery together as a informational exchange aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pa... More
HOPE Worldwide volunteer Dr. Cornelia Haner (left)
HOPE Worldwide volunteer Dr. Cornelia Haner (left) and Capt. William Brunner (right) perform surgery together as a informational exchange aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) d... More
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Tim Frabrizi, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), explains the tooth molding process to Midshipmen 3rd Class Leanne Bibens. Dwight D. ... More
Kyrgyz Republic Lt. Aibek Mamadiyarov injects a patient
Kyrgyz Republic Lt. Aibek Mamadiyarov injects a patient with anesthesia during a dental exchange at the Besh Kungei Trauma Center, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 16, 2012. The dental procedures practiced during the exchange ... More
U.S. Air Force Major Thomas Ziolkowski, 379th Expeditionary
U.S. Air Force Major Thomas Ziolkowski, 379th Expeditionary Medical Group general surgeon, performs a hernia surgery in southwest Asia, Aug. 17, 2012. The 379th surgical team provides surgical support for the e... More
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Yancy Torres explains the
Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Yancy Torres explains the functions of the operating room during a tour of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8). Makin Island hosted tours during "Speed Fest" auto ra... More
Surgeons perform a double-arm transplant on U.S. Army
Surgeons perform a double-arm transplant on U.S. Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dec. 18, 2012. Marrocco, 26, lost all four limbs to an explosively formed projectile in Iraq i... More
U.S. Navy Lt. Kim Nguyen (left) observes as Royal Cambodian
U.S. Navy Lt. Kim Nguyen (left) observes as Royal Cambodian Armed Forces surgeons operate on a patient Jan. 24 at the Phnom Penh Preah Ket Melea Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during Cambodia Medical Exercis... More
Sterilized dental tools sit ready for use during a
Sterilized dental tools sit ready for use during a routine dental procedure Feb. 5, 2013, at Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan. The sterilization process of medical tools used after a procedure can range from... More
Senior Airman Wilfred Ortiz, 779th Medical Group
Senior Airman Wilfred Ortiz, 779th Medical Group scrub-technician, left, Maj. Amy Vertrees, Walter Reed Medical Center general surgeon and Capt. Robert Moore, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center reside... More