Behavioral Health training adds new GEAR for combat medics
Capt. George Mesias and Dr. Katie Nugent, Military Psychiatry Branch, researchers participate in a motivational interviewing demonstration as part of the BH-GEAR training at Joint Base Lewis McChord, March 6, 2024. The Behavioral Health Guidelines for mEdic Assessment and 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)