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- [Narrator] We have two groups of roughly

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28 Rwandan Defense force

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or Rwandan National police come through.

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We teach them the basics
of Combat Lifesaver,

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we teach them Hemorrhage Control,

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how to check for blood
by doing a Blood Sweep.

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Say I find blood here.

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Pressure Dressings and then again,

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how to improvise those

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if they don't have our standard supplies.

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We've been training them
how to interact medically

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with both their soldiers and civilians,

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how to anticipate
different types of wounds,

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based on people who get
caught in the crossfire.

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So, I feel like it's
been helping them really

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maintain a good presence

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and I'm hoping it will help them

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preserve their fighting force.

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By and large, it's the
greatest feeling I have,

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day in day out, is a
sense of satisfaction,

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knowing that the skills I'm teaching

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or the medicines I'm giving out

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are helping people you know.

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If I don't see the second-
and third-hand effects,

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you know when I PCS and
transition to a different unit,

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the skills I'm teaching are
still being taught there

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and then the soldiers are carrying it on

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and then when they do
deploy, go down range,

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they'll be able to help civilians

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or, God forbid, help one of their own

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and get them back home.