Dr. Jonathan Woodson, assistant secretary of defense for health affairs offered leadership advice to military medical students at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences this week.  That is, after he rappelled alongside them down a 63-foot wall.

“As a prior commander, I believe it’s always good to get out in the field with the troops,” he said to AFPS reporter, Donna Miles. “And I think commanders always need to demonstrate to the troops that they are willing to do everything you ask them to do.”

The rappelling exercise was part of a week of training before the students kick off Operation Kerkesner, a two-week field training exercise at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa.

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