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| Zeppelin Delivers Rescue Station to Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan Zeppelin has recently completed an order for a rescue station for the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The Compact Hospital shall mainly serve as a Primary Health Care System in case of natural disasters. Azerbaijan often suffers from earthquakes with significant impact on certain areas of the country. The Rescue Station is thought as a direct and immediate response to this kind of incidents.The Zeppelin Rescue Station is based on 10ft shelters with one or more extensions that serve as first aid and operating room as well as for ICU and as laboratory. The fix shelter panels allow the installation of sinks and cabinets to floor, roof and side walls. The shelters are connected to inflatable tents that are used for patient accommodation and for transfer. The hospital system is completed by 20ft containers for power and water supply as well as for sanitary and transport purposes.Zeppelin is a specialist company in the supply of mobile hospitals that are designed for customer needs. The Rescue Stations pays a particular attention to disaster management. It can be transported by all means of transport (even by helicopter) which makes it the ideal solution for operations in the utmost difficult geographical environment. At site the system is made operative within a couple of hours only without the need of any heavy machinery. The whole system can start work fully independent from any external source. army-technology.com |
No. 8 Army Team Prepares for 2008 Season NASCAR driver Mark Martin and the No. 8 U.S. Army Team spent Jan. 7 getting acquainted, while testing the high-banked 2.5-mile tri-oval of Daytona International Speedway. army.mil |
02/08/2008: Reservists Comparable to Active-Duty Soldiers, Enlisted Leader Says The Army Reserve has evolved into an operational force that is endowed with training, leadership and skills comparable to the active-duty component, the Army Reserve's senior enlisted soldier said. defenselink.mil |
The Last Doughboy Former Cpl. Frank Woodruff Buckles, age 107, the last of the American 4.7 million doughboys who fought in World War I, was saluted by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of the Army Pete Geren at a portrait-exhibit dedication at the Pentagon March 6. In 2006, photographer David DeJonge set out to document America’s remaining World War I veterans. He has donated his collection of nine portraits to the Pentagon, where they will remain on permanent display. army.mil |
04/11/2008: Research Agency Celebrates 50 Years of Technological Evolution Several hundred past and present Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency employees gathered to celebrate 50 years of success that ranged from missions to the moon to body armor to an early version of the Internet. defenselink.mil |