Emily Klar, a recent training together in Kosovo, highlighted a shared passion: saving lives. Both soldiers serve under NATO's Kosovo Forces Regional Command-East, or KFOR RC-E, where multinational medical cooperation is a cornerstone of readiness. For Atherton, a combat medical technician with the 1st Battalion, Scots Guards, the deployment serves as a proving ground. "This is my first operational deployment," Atherton said. On the other side of that training stood Klar, a critical care flight paramedic.