WEBVTT 00:00.485 --> 00:04.152 (inspirational piano music) 00:17.140 --> 00:18.380 - What we're doing is we're taking our 00:18.380 --> 00:20.070 partner force lessons learned 00:20.070 --> 00:22.630 and our lessons learned and putting them together so that, 00:22.630 --> 00:24.831 especially for us in the United States Army, 00:24.831 --> 00:27.840 we can work in an environment that is unfamiliar to us 00:27.840 --> 00:29.380 with unfamiliar equipment 00:29.380 --> 00:31.090 and it gives us a very different perspective 00:31.090 --> 00:33.010 of what we may see in other countries, 00:33.010 --> 00:35.073 with the local national population. 00:37.400 --> 00:39.070 - The benefits to the soldiers that have never 00:39.070 --> 00:41.430 deployed before coming to a place like Ghana 00:41.430 --> 00:44.950 allows them to experience some of the types of injuries 00:44.950 --> 00:46.910 they may see in a deployed theater 00:46.910 --> 00:48.850 but it also allows them to see what to do 00:48.850 --> 00:50.483 in limited resource environment. 00:51.830 --> 00:53.659 - So we've learned to experience emotionally 00:53.659 --> 00:55.930 what it's like to be, 00:55.930 --> 00:58.840 or have your hands almost tied behind your back 00:58.840 --> 01:00.670 and what those emotions feel like, 01:00.670 --> 01:03.150 and because it is a thing that you have to process through 01:03.150 --> 01:04.560 and it's also part of that readiness. 01:04.560 --> 01:06.530 That said even though sometimes it seems chaotic 01:06.530 --> 01:09.030 it is somewhat of a controlled environment, 01:09.030 --> 01:10.936 where as when you get into times of more distress 01:10.936 --> 01:13.670 it can be uncontrolled and how do we manage that, 01:13.670 --> 01:15.703 as a team, as well as personally. 01:17.490 --> 01:18.850 - I think it's important that we're here 01:18.850 --> 01:20.450 working with our African counterparts 01:20.450 --> 01:22.200 because we're sharing experiences. 01:22.200 --> 01:24.750 It's not us teaching them or them teaching us. 01:24.750 --> 01:26.640 We are sharing our experiences together 01:26.640 --> 01:28.700 how we both have different backgrounds, 01:28.700 --> 01:30.300 different ways of practicing 01:30.300 --> 01:32.573 and improving each other's equally. 01:33.690 --> 01:36.287 - We're here to see how our Ghanaian folks 01:36.287 --> 01:39.100 are able to treat their patients 01:39.100 --> 01:41.984 in the midst of logistical constraints. 01:41.984 --> 01:45.270 We also tell them how we would've done certain things 01:45.270 --> 01:47.533 if it were back in the States. 01:48.940 --> 01:50.900 - It's a very humbling experience. 01:50.900 --> 01:52.950 It makes you appreciative of everything 01:52.950 --> 01:55.100 that you have at home as well as it teaches you 01:55.100 --> 01:56.640 that you can get by with less 01:56.640 --> 01:58.830 than what you are already working with 01:58.830 --> 02:01.260 and that sometimes you just need to be resourceful 02:01.260 --> 02:03.530 and you need to look for the solutions 02:03.530 --> 02:05.880 that are waiting for a solution to come to you. 02:07.650 --> 02:09.930 - [Frank Goka] In order to keep this flame burning 02:09.930 --> 02:12.462 that's why this mission existed 02:12.462 --> 02:15.084 so that we can maintain that cordiality 02:15.084 --> 02:19.090 between the two countries so that we can share ideas, 02:19.090 --> 02:20.483 partner each other. 02:21.960 --> 02:23.610 - Like taking my time out of the hospital 02:23.610 --> 02:25.930 to teach and better people, this means so much to me 02:25.930 --> 02:28.440 and solidified why I choose why I do what I do 02:28.440 --> 02:29.550 or why I chose to be a nurse 02:29.550 --> 02:31.880 because it's to better people and to make people brighter, 02:31.880 --> 02:33.080 help their day's up. 02:33.080 --> 02:34.040 I've gotten a lot from that, 02:34.040 --> 02:35.990 making my heart kinda swell and pull on my heart strings, 02:35.990 --> 02:38.320 that you know, I'm bettering people over here 02:38.320 --> 02:39.420 that need it the most.