Rifle battalion participates in EFMB 1st Lt. Charles Rowell, 3-41 IN UPAR
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mid-February, medics assigned to 3rd Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, conducted Expert Field Medical Badge preparation training. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3-41 IN afforded its medics calendar space to utilize classrooms, equipment and supplies. This training is an annual extra-curricular event which is organized by Fort Bliss and EFMB recipients. Several Soldiers came from other installations in Texas, and some came from as far as Ohio to participate. Some of the training completed by HHC, 3-41 IN medics consisted of homework, APFT improvement, ruck marching, and M4 familiarization and qualification. Soldiers were also refreshed on procedures for: intravenous line insertion, addressing hypothermia, providing aid for burns, preventing shock to injured Soldiers, as well as other various medical Soldier tasks. “Despite combat readiness inspection, red cycle taskings, and Organizational Inspection Program, our unit provided support to assist us with our own internal training for the EFMB,” said Sgt. Sidney Norman, 3-41 IN treatment NCO, and native of Clanton, Ala. “It was a long two weeks for the 3-41 IN medical Soldiers that participated.” The intent of the training was to ensure the Soldier’s proficiency remained current, as it is beneficial to the unit, and propel the medics to succeed during the EFMB evaluations. Soldiers had a week of training prior to their week of testing, which concluded with a grueling 12-mile road march at Camp Freedom on Fort Bliss.
Top Left: Sgt. Sidney Norman, 3-41 IN treatment NCO, instructs combat medics on 9mm Beretta handgun familiarizaiton. Top Right: Soldiers from 3-41 IN participate in a six mile roadmarch in preparation for EFMB testing. Bottom Left: Pfc. Joshua Berrier and Pfc. Christian Callendar, both combat medics, practice step-by-step methods of how to treat cold weather injuries. Bottom Middle: Pvt. Giovanni Serrano and Spc. Charles Hayes, both combat medics, practice providing intravenous line insertion to treat a hypothetical heat casualty. Bottom Right: Sgt. Sidney Norman instructs and oversees combat medics on providing an IV line to a heat casualty. (Photos by 1st Lt. Charles Rowell, 3-41 IN UPAR)
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