Class Photo, DIMO EMEDS Course, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008

Class photo of Defense Institute for Medical Operations Mobile US Emergency Medical Support (EMEDS) Contingency Hospital Training course, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)

Set-Up and Testing Of Equipment Is Essential

Set-up and testing of equipment is an essential part of establishing a contingency field hospital; DIMO Emergency Medical Support (EMEDS) course; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)

Lectures and Hands-On Exercises

Lieutenant Colonel Caroline Samuolis leads a didactic lecture series combined with practical hands-on exercises to orient the Mongolian Defense medical professionals on the effective uses of a contingency hospital during Defense Institute for Medical Operations Expeditionary Medical Support course, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)

Lectures and Hands-On Exercises

Lieutenant Colonel Caroline Samuolis leads a didactic lecture series combined with practical hands-on exercises to orient the Mongolian Defense medical professionals on the effective uses of a contingency hospital during Defense Institute for Medical Operations Expeditionary Medical Support course, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)

Cultures Are Shared

Lieutenant Colonel Caroline Samuolis and Col Elizabeth Clark with their Mongolian hosts. DIMO courses help develop allied and friendly military relationships/partnerships. The benefits reach well beyond the sharing of skills and knowledge; they provide foreign partners with a glimpse of US culture and values; and US military personnel gain appreciation and understanding for the cultures, military and values of other nations; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)

Finishing Touches

Mongolian Ministry of Defense personnel place the final touches on the deployable/expeditionary military field hospital during Defense Institute for Medical Operations Emergency Medical Support (EMEDS) course; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, September 2008. (US Air Force Photo)