U.S. medical personnel deploy in morocco for MEDFLAG 2003 operation

Around 100 U.S. military medical personnel will conduct this September in the Moroccan southern region of Errachidia, together with Moroccan military personnel a joint humanitarian relief operation and medical training, dubbed the MEDFLAG 2003.

The annual exercise rotates annually among African countries, providing direct humanitarian medical outreach to local communities, as well as training opportunities for U.S. and host nation medical personnel, thereby increasing interoperability between the medical forces, says a release of the US embassy in Rabat.

The first phase of MEDFLAG 2003 consists of medical training with Moroccan medical personnel in a variety of areas, including emergency medicine, triage, stabilization, evacuation, public affairs and disaster preparedness training.

During the second phase, Moroccan medical personnel will engage their disaster response services in a real world mass casualty scenario exercise. Using the latest in medical make-up and latex injury reproductions, realistic casualties will be created to test Moroccan military medical response personnel and civilian medical teams.