European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes pages Gates visits wounded troops at Lan Stuhl by Scott Schonauer stars and stripes Ramstein air Ger Many defense Secretary Rob Ert Gates visited Lan Stuhl regional medical Center on wednes marking the first time a Pentagon chief has visited the Hospi Tal since the Start of the wars in Afghanistan and who took Over the Job about six months met with patients and staff members before heading to Brussels for a today conference of nato defense min his Donald did not visit the Center during his tenure As the Long est serving defense Secretary in the medical Center is the larg est military Hospital outside the United states and has treated thousands of wounded troops from both Afghanistan and dozens of generals and celebrities Over the last six years have stopped at the Hospi often on their Way to or from the Middle on wednesday a group of top air Force command ers greeted Gates after he landed at Ramstein air he then was taken to visit the about a 15minute drive from the air the Media was prohibited from covering Gates arrival and visit to the the military did not explain the Gates told reporters afterwards that he met with Many patients and and gave out six purple hearts to wounded servicemen one of the patients he awarded was it was a very mov ing he Gates was to go to Bel late where de sense ministers from the 26 Alli Ance nations Are meeting thurs Day and Friday to discuss missile defense along with the missions in Afghanistan and according to natos official web Alliance defense chiefs will have their first meeting with new russian defense minister Ana Toly an Issue Likely to come up is the ongoing controversy Over the proposal to place missile de sense radars and interceptors in Eastern Russia has strenuously opposed plans to put the missile defense systems in Poland and the czech this is Gates second trip Over seas in less than three he travelled to Normandy for memorial Day and visited Afghanistan last week for the Sec Ond time in his email Scott Schonauer at  Secretary will press nato for More military commitment in Afghanistan by Scott Schonauer stars and stripes Ramstein air Ger Many defense Secretary Rob Ert Gates said on wednesday that he plans to strongly urge nato allies at a today conference in Brussels to Send More troops to help in Gates talked about the need for european allies to offer More help after stopping at Ramstein and visiting Lan Stuhl regional medical he also met at european command head quarters for briefings on wednes Day before heading to Belgium for an annual meeting of nato defense beginning thurs he told reporters at a Media round table within earshot of this air bases runway that boosting training in Afghanistan is a top the training issues clearly Are important principally for the not for the afghan Gates about two thirds of the requirement for trainers is for police in the defense Secretary Robert Gates we need to continue and intensify the efforts on institution building and economic development and nato countries have been pressured by military and pol icy leaders to follow through with troop Gates said some countries have stepped up and recently offered to add More troops or keep their soldiers in Afghanistan he declined to name the nations that made such commitments because he said that information should come from the countries offering the additional i think countries Are taking this and so i will continue to press in he there Are More than troops that make up the nato International Security assistance Force in american troops make up the majority of the missile defense also plans to be an Issue at the nato he said he plans to meet with the russian defense minister to Dis cuss president Vladimir Putin proposal to place a missile de sense radar site in in very pleased that presi Dent Putin acknowledged that there is Merit to missile that Iran does present a problem that needs to be dealt with in terms of potential missile de he i think there is a basis for having some Good email Scott Schonauer at  medical simulation training Center opens at Grafe Wohr by Seth Robson stars and stripes Germany they Are often rude or Belliger but youd if your Job involved being poked with Nee having tubes shoved Down your Throat or getting your arms and legs hacked off in the name of medical thirteen Simmans and a Cou ple of their More highly valued Metis Are the stars of the show at the joint multinational training commands new medi Cal simulation training which opened tuesday at Grafe Wohr training the Simmans and Metis Are human patient simulations computerized rubber anaplastic replicas of the human body that medics use to hone skills for Battlefield care of wounded the replica patients Are hooked up to software that allows train ers to simulate a wide variety of combat wounds and medical con according to Joe a civilian instructor at the the patients breathe and replicate the body internal when their limbs Are they gush fake blood until a medic correctly applies a Tourni they can react to their Mouths can lock shut and airways can be forcing medics to perform a surgical which involves cutting an emergency Airway in the patients replaceable rubber you can set him up to have a collapsed lung and do a Needle de Seth and stripes Dale of and Chris of work with a Meti patient at the joint multinational training command medical simulation training Center on compression of the and you can use the Fasti first Access for Shock and which is a device inserted into the patient s Chest to provide fluids when no intravenous Sites Are Aubihl the Meti medical education technologies emergency care simulator is More advanced than the this replica Tient can blink and Roll his his Tongue swells up and his front Teeth break out and Block his air Way if medics fail to insert breath ing tubes the Meti has places to get a pulse and can receive intravenous fluids through removable skin that is replaced when it gets too Many Needle Aubihl Horace of the a macs combined arms train ing said the Simmen and Metis spend most of their time in four scenario rooms at the med ical simulation training the Center one of 18 operated by the army worldwide and the Only one in train ing such As the combat life Saver course and combat medic advanced skill instructors operate the soft Ware for the replica patients and pipe in Battle smoke and Light effects from a control Cham Ber at the he the scenario rooms can be set up any Way the instructors Bowden on one was set up As a triage area with two Simmen including one with a missing in medics had to Deal with a mass casualty event with several Simmen scattered through two rooms in Large pools of fake we Are trying to get the Simmen and Metis into the Max rotations Mission rehearsal exercises for units headed downrange at said adding that some of the devices Are at Hohenfels this week with the Ira bound 2nd cavalry Stryker working with the replica patients can be unnerving for sol Diers when they first meet according to Chris of one of the first medics to train at the they Are kind of Creepy and hearing them talk is kind of differ they can Tell you if they Are about to throw up or having a hard time they can be come belligerent and threaten to attack you or be said min who serves with Headquarters and Headquarters 5th 7th air defense artillery another Soldier training at the Jerry of said hed done cardiopulmonary resuscitation and treated sucking Chest wounds and amputees in the Simmen Are very Realis the Only difference is they cant get up and walk real casualties tend to Roll around and but As far As the training giving them real world injuries is the Best part of the Sim said who works out of Lan Stuhl regional medi Cal email Seth Robson at