We Went To A NATO Military Medical Exercise. Here ’ s What We Learned.

In Afghanistan, when we went out for a mission, the thought always calmed me down that no matter what happens the medical team has our back, says Lieutenant Colonel Dirk Mathes, currently Desk Officer at NATO’s Headquarters to The Medical Futurist in the middle of a field somewhere close to Craiova, Romania. We’re sipping coffee from white plastic cups, while some military vehicles fire at imaginary enemies in the distance. A live firing exercise is underway on the first day of the NATO Vigorous Warrior Multinational Joint Medical Exercise. How did we end up there? Sometimes our Editor-in-Chief was asking herself the same question. Here’s her account on a military field trip. Dashing warriors in vigorous weather Uniforms, soldiers, tanks, helicopters, weapons, and commands uttered in staccato. The scene was so far away from me as a termite from driving a Tesla. Thus, I hesitated for weeks whether to accept the NATO invitation to visit Craiova, Sibiu, and Cincu between 9-12 April. At first, the invite landed in Dr. Meskó’s inbox, but he couldn’t participate due to his schedule being full and that’s how I came into the picture. On the plus side, the press release promised the largest medical exercise in the history of the Alliance with 38 participating nations, as well as civilians from 10 different organizations, including air, land and naval components, chemical, biological, nuclear centers, a virtual reality center, a biolab, and many other “gourmand...
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