U.S. Army Sgt. Jennifer L. Viera, a medic with Headquarters Platoon, 550th Area Support Medical Company, describes the next step in treatment to her test facilitator. Viera, from Fayetteville, N.C., was taking her required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test, at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 9, 2005. Refresher instruction prior to the three days of testing had been held twice weekly for six weeks.

U.S. Army Sgt. Roberta H. Minor, a medic with the 547th Area Support Medical Company, extracts a victim from a humvee while Capt. David Hamilton, 550th Area Support Medical Company, observes. Minor, a Tacoma Park, Md., native, was taking her required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005. Refresher instruction prior to the three days of testing had been held twice weekly for six weeks.

U.S. Army Pfc. Darrell W. Gibson, left, stabilizes the victim's neck while Sgt. Roberta H. Minor prepares to open the airway. The two medics with the 547th Area Support Medical Company were taking their required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005.

U.S. Army Sgt. Michael L. Faux, left, and Spc. Jesse L. Wright, health care specialists with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, perform CPR as part of their required Semi-Annual Combat Medic Skills Validation Test at Camp Taji, Iraq, May 10, 2005.

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