Behavioral Health training adds new GEAR for combat medics
Capt. George Mesias, Military Psychiatry Branch, social work researcher and Pvt. William Gingras, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, participate in an active listening demonstration activity at Joint Base Lewis McChord, March 5, 2024. The Behavioral Health Guidelines for mEdic Assessment & Response or BH-GEAR training and study, was developed at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, to provide medics without training the basic level tools to manage behavioral health concerns in far forward environments. (U.S. Army photo by Hannah Covington/RELEASED)