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US soldiers are no strangers to learning essential medical skills such as applying tourniquets, opening someone's airway, and recognizing the symptoms of a traumatic brain injury. However, for those in the Ukrainian armed forces, the instruction they receive could be the difference between life and death in the confrontation with Russia.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

For US troops, the training is nothing new: Applying tourniquets, clearing someones airway, recognizing signs of traumatic brain injuries.

US troops has been constantly providing significant medical instructions and care to Ukrainians in Germanys training area, Grafenwoehr, for almost a year along with other important weapon trainings.