Seminar "Development of Medical Operations" in the "Milovan Šaranović"

Danilovgrad, Montenegro

07 May 2012

In cooperation with representatives of the State of Maine National Guard (MNG) of the Armed Forces, was initiated in the seminar entitled "The Development of medical operations."

The seminar, in the "Milovan Šaranović" in Danilovgrad, implemented under the Plan bilateral military cooperation for 2012. year with the U.S. Armed Forces. The goal is to improve the skills and reaching NATO standards in the field of medical care during participation in international missions.

The seminar will be to 19 May be implemented by a team from the composition desetočlanog MNG. This very important segment of training will take a total of one hundred members of the Army Up from the composition of the Army Brigade, Military Police Company, the Center for Training and Logistics base.

In the second part of the seminar, participants will be members of the VI Army contingent in the mission of Montenegro ISAF, which will complement this aspect of training gained the knowledge needed for their demanding and responsible task.

Civil Support Team (CST) Conducted a Training Exercise

13 April 2012 » By Maine Army National Guard

Augusta, Maine

The Maine National Guard, Civil Support Team (CST) conducted a training exercise at the old Cony High School in Augusta, Maine.

The 11th Civil Support Team, Maine National Guard's mission is to rapidly deploy in assisting local first-responders in determining the nature of a chemical or biological attack, provide medical and technical advice, and pave the way for the identification and arrival of follow-on state and federal military response assets. The unit provides initial advice to assist first responders in the detection process.

The 11th Civil Support Team is comprised of 22 full-time personnel from the Maine Army and Air National Guard. The structure of the unit is divided into six sections: command, operations, communications, administration/logistics, medical/analytical, and survey. Each unit deploys within 3 hours of notification to an incident site using its specialized equipment and vehicles.