Drop Scalpel, Grab SAW

Credit: Jorge Gomez | Date Taken: 11/16/2022
After seeing their last patients, IACH's uniformed healthcare professionals traded medical instruments for weapons and a sterile environment for uneven terrain under the guise of gunfire. Medical Soldiers don't just wear the Army uniform, they train to deploy to austere environments where they are expected to provide life-saving applications. Here's a snapshot of weapons training, movement under fire, and other critical skills beyond what a civilian doctor, nurse, or technician would acquire in their respective fields. Creative commons music by Scott Buckley.