A British Army medic trains Afghan soldiers to apply field dressings
{"Image ImageWidth": "1024", "Image ImageLength": "566", "Image BitsPerSample": "[8, 8, 8]", "Image PhotometricInterpretation": "2", "Image ImageDescription": "Corporal Harvey Davies (30) of the Royal Army Medical Corps trains a Afghan Soldier how to apply a field dressing.\n\n---\n\nBRIT MEDIC TRAINS AFGHANS IN LIFESAVING SKILLS\n\nA busy Army medic from Torquay is providing essential medical training to Afghan soldiers, whilst at the same time providing for the medical needs of their British mentors.\n\nCorporal Harvey Davies (30) of the Royal Army Medical Corps is the only medic stationed at the small camp of Tapa Topche - more commonly known as Artillery Hill - which is just outside the town of Gereshk in southern Helmand. \n\nWhilst in the UK, Corporal Davies, who is originally from Torquay and attended Westland High School, is a Battery Medic attached to the Colchester-based 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.\n\nWhen the regiment deployed on operations to Afghanistan, Corporal Davies deployed alongside, expecting to fulfil his usual role of battery medic. This would normally involve caring for the varied medical needs of a gun battery whilst deployed on operations. \n\nBut now Corporal Davies finds himself not only caring for his battery, but also teaching the Afghan army soldiers they are working with essential first aid. The focus of British operations in Helmand province is on increasing Afghan self-sufficiency, and the medical area is no exception. \n\nCorporal Davies, whose has four brothers and three sisters, five of whom still live in the Torquay area, is working as part of the Brigade Advisory Group mentoring the Afghan Army. The role of the Brigade Advisory Group \u2013 or BAG \u2013 is vital in building the capacity and capability of the Afghan National Army, so that they are better able to take on responsibility for security within Helmand. \n\nOn Artillery Hill the mentoring focus is, unsurprisingly, on artillery and members of 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery are busily employed mentoring the Afghan gunners in all their skills and drills. But Corporal Davies has found that there is an appetite from the Af", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image SamplesPerPixel": "3", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop CS5 Windows", "Image DateTime": "2012:12:08 14:43:08", "Image Artist": "Sgt Rupert Frere RLC", "Image Copyright": "Crown Copyright", "Image ExifOffset": "2304", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "2454", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "9355", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0221", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "960", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "640"}