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Preparing our Practitioners: CJTF-HOA Hosts Tropical Medicine Course

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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Fischer, a preventative medicine physician from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, speaks to other medical professionals at a Military Tropical Medicine Course organized by the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Surgeon Cell and the Navy Medicine Professional Development Center at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2017. Medical professionals from across the U.S. military services, foreign militaries and local community joined together Nov. 14 to 16 to discuss challenges posed to medical personnel providing care for troops operating within the Horn of Africa and the East African region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Allyson L. Manners)
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Fischer, a preventative medicine physician from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, speaks to other medical professionals at a Military Tropical Medicine Course organized by the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa Surgeon Cell and the Navy Medicine Professional Development Center at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2017. Medical professionals from across the U.S. military services, foreign militaries and local community joined together Nov. 14 to 16 to discuss challenges posed to medical personnel providing care for troops operating within the Horn of Africa and the East African region. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Allyson L. Manners)
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