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KSF medics continued from page 11 KSF Sgt. Besart Kasumi, a KSF Training and Doctrine Command instructor, said the practical exercise was the best part of the course. “The stressful environment they created and the scenarios were great and I think it was the best part of the whole training,” Kasumi said through an interpreter. After all the students had gone through the exercise the students went though the scenarios a second time, this time with the students evaluating other students to ensure they were ready to teach future First Responder Courses. scenarios so they can learn the skills and train their own forces as well,” said Kolmerten. Ashong said she really enjoyed working with the KSF soldiers and was impressed with their enthusiasm. “They were very eager students,” said Ashong. “They came with different medical backgrounds so they came with the opportunity to learn and the willingness and eagerness to learn, so it was really easy to teach them.” “In the future we can now do our own training for our own soldiers,” said Kasumi. “I believe we can do it. There is still much work to be done but as far as training others, I think we are con?dent in doing that in the future.” NATO declared the KSF fully operational in July of 2013. Their mission is to conduct civil protection operations and to assist civil authorities in responding to natural disasters and other emergencies. KSF tasks include search and rescue operations; explosive ordnance disposal; control and clearance of hazardous materials; ?re-?ghting and other humanitarian assistance tasks. Human Animal Bond Program “We threw a portion at the end and had them train each other through the Kasumi said the course was especially important because they now have the ability and knowledge to train and certify their own soldiers, becoming more self-sustainable. Have you heard about Bigsby? Contact the Vet Clinic at 3508 or Combat Stress at 3170 for more info! PG Camp Bondsteel has a Human Animal Bond (HAB) dog named 13