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| Keywords: fort irwin fortirwin weed army community hospital weedarmycommunityhospital national training center nationaltrainingcenter wach ntc training ntctraining meddac meddac commander meddaccommander u.s. army surgeon general usarmysurgeongeneral lt. gen. nadja west ltgennadjawest csm albert harris csmalbertharris csm daniel o’brien csmdanielo’brien col. jason wieman coljasonwieman treating patients like family treatingpatientslikefamily united states army unitedstatesarmy soldiers the box thebox mojave troop support troopsupport resiliency center resiliencycenter soldier readiness soldierreadiness health health benefits healthbenefits army triad armytriad preventive medicine preventivemedicine outdoor people FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Lt. Gen Nadja Y. West (second from left), the Army's Surgeon General and Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command, goes into the field with Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) command and staff to observe a mass casualty exercise at the National Training Center (NTC) “Box” April 9. "I get excellent reports and white papers but I need to see the state of Soldier readiness personally. I get the stats and numbers of course - which are important to me - but being in the training areas and seeing how MEDDAC Soldiers are working and training together is essential to me.” said West. “Seeing Soldiers putting their knowledge, fitness and ingenuity into action, watching them build confidence through experience and being challenged by realistic training scenarios, that’s what I want to see first-hand.” West paused and added with satisfaction, “It’s also an opportunity for me to speak with and listen to what Soldiers are saying about training, which I enjoy.” The goal of the training scenario – a petrol generator that is hit and explodes that causes 8 immediate heavy casualties.- is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating 1st Armored Div. service members. Dual-hatted as the MEDCOM commanding general, West oversees more than 48 medical treatment facilities providing care to 3.8 million active-duty members of all services, retirees and their family members. She is also responsible for development, policy direction, organization and overall management of an integrated Army-wide health service system and is the medical materiel developer for the Army. To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil Photo by Michael Beaton, WACH Public Affairs (Released). FORT IRWIN, Calif. – Lt. Gen Nadja Y. West (second from left), the Army's Surgeon General and Commanding General of U.S. Army Medical Command, goes into the field with Weed Army Community Hospital (WACH) command and staff to observe a mass casualty exercise at the National Training Center (NTC) “Box” April 9. "I get excellent reports and white papers but I need to see the state of Soldier readiness personally. I get the stats and numbers of course - which are important to me - but being in the training areas and seeing how MEDDAC Soldiers are working and training together is essential to me.” said West. “Seeing Soldiers putting their knowledge, fitness and ingenuity into action, watching them build confidence through experience and being challenged by realistic training scenarios, that’s what I want to see first-hand.” West paused and added with satisfaction, “It’s also an opportunity for me to speak with and listen to what Soldiers are saying about training, which I enjoy.” The goal of the training scenario – a petrol generator that is hit and explodes that causes 8 immediate heavy casualties.- is to test readiness as well as hone emergency medical skills among the participating 1st Armored Div. service members. Dual-hatted as the MEDCOM commanding general, West oversees more than 48 medical treatment facilities providing care to 3.8 million active-duty members of all services, retirees and their family members. She is also responsible for development, policy direction, organization and overall management of an integrated Army-wide health service system and is the medical materiel developer for the Army. To learn more about the people and facilities of the National Training Center and the Weed Army Community Hospital visit their official websites at www.irwin.army.mil or www.irwin.amedd.army.mil Photo by Michael Beaton, WACH Public Affairs (Released). | ||||
