Sgt. Carlos Duncan, does a field tick drag as part

Sgt. Carlos Duncan, does a field tick drag as part of a scenario during a 1st Area Medical Laboratory field training exercise at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. “If it’s an environment sample we use a piece of material with fibers and go into the tree line to find ticks, bring them back and find out what species they are. Before we’d forward them to our fourth squad but using the six-team scenario, we have someone here determine if they’re carrying something of concern,” said Capt. Sean Beeman, occupational environmental health chief.