When I was a Sailor first deployed to Afghanistan I was sent with medical supplies similar to those used during Vietnam. While on a foot patrol we came to a group of locals who had a boy with a open skull fracture, I secured the gaping hole with my basic gear ment for Marines. We escorted him to an Army combat out post hospital where an Army doctor questioned my gear and asked if I'd like an upgrade. He left and came back with a new med bag filled with new updated gear and gave it to me, saying this should help you keep more folks alive. I feel my experience with collaboration in that situation was awsome through inter-service provisions of medical care to those in need. we had our microculture of different branches of military, but united
