Spc. Justin Dolbeare, a combat medic of the Maine Army

Spc. Justin Dolbeare, a combat medic of the Maine Army National Guard Medical Detachment instructs 1st Lt. Daniel Duarte, a medical administrator of the detachment to insert an IV as part of a field training exercise lane at the Bog Brook Training Site in Gilead, August 11-17, 2017. The Medical Detachment conducted day and night land navigation in addition to a field training exercise lane at the training site in an effort to prepare Soldiers for the expert field medic badge test, a four-day event that any enlisted Army combat medic or Army medical officer can attend. It tests Soldier's proficiency on basic Soldier skills like reacting to contact, radio communication and clearing a landing zone, as well as medic specific tasks such as extricating a casualty from a vehicle, assessing a casualty on the battlefield and loading the casualty into a tactical vehicle for evacuation.