Combat Medic Training Exercises

Images show soldiers engaged in rescue and medical training exercises, with a focus on teamwork, simulated injuries, and tactical scenarios in various environments.

A U.S. Soldier with Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and a Royal Saudi Land Force service member treat a simulated combat injury during a host nation integration Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 23, 2022. Sharing knowledge and training together sustain readiness in the region, strengthens partnerships and builds strong combat-ready Soldiers.

Soldiers with the 341st Medical Multifunction Battalion from Seagoville, Texas act as casualties during cold litter carry training in support of the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 14, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven exercise conducted in South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks and battle drills, including performing a hot-cold litter carry.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Randy Brant and Benjamin LaFrancois assigned to Airborne Ranger and Training Brigade takes a break from carrying a training mannequin on a litter for the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear buddy run inject training at Fort Hood, Texas, January 25, 2022, Twenty-two two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Texas to compete in the finals to be named the Armys Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams physical and mental skills. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bradley McKinley)

Recruits with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, learn and practice Basic Warrior Training techniques, at Page Field on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Nov. 2, 2022. Recruits learn how to care for casualties, how to move through obstacles and practice teamwork through smoke and artillery simulations.

A U.S. Soldier with Task Force Hurricane from the 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment, and a Royal Saudi Land Force service member treat a simulated combat injury during a host nation integration Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 23, 2022. Sharing knowledge and training together sustain readiness in the region, strengthens partnerships and builds strong combat-ready Soldiers.

030315-M-5150A-028. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Ripper Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 7th Marines

041207-M-5573S-102. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gabriel Sanchez, explosive ordnance disposal technician officer, 741st Ordnance Company, volunteers to be a notional casualty victim to facilitate medical training between the Tunisian Armed Forces and U.S. military for African Lion 22, Bizerte, Tunisia, June 23, 2022. African Lion 2022 is U.S. Africa Command's largest, premier, joint, annual exercise hosted by Morocco, Ghana, Senegal and Tunisia, June 6 - 30. More than 7,500 participants from 28 nations and NATO train together with a focus on enhancing readiness for U.S. and partner nation forces. AL22 is a joint all-domain, multi-component, and multinational exercise, employing a full array of mission capabilities with the goal of strengthening interoperability among participants and setting the theater for strategic access.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devon Tortorili, an infantry Marine, with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs a final assessment on a simulated casualty during the final test of a combat lifesaver course aboard the Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 10, 2022. During the final test a high stress environment was simulated to prepare Marines to save lives. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

060220-A-7969G-030. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: B1-187

Spc. Michael Hritz (4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division) participates in medical training lanes with Norwegian Soldiers during Swift Response on May 11, 2022 at Setermoen, Norway. Exercise Swift Response 2022 is an annual multinational training exercise, which takes place in Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics and Balkans from May2-20. The purpose of the exercise is to present combat credible Army forces in Europe and Africa, and enhance readiness by building airborne interoperability with Allies and Partners and the integration of joint service partnership.

U.S. Army Reserve Spcs. Ashley Carson, left, and William Barrett, both assigned the 452nd Combat Support Hospital, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) based in Milwaukee, hold a collapsible litter holding a "casualty" as litter squad leader Spc. Nicholas Radtke pushes the litter through a culvert during a litter obstacle course on Fort McCoy, Wis., Sept. 16, 2022.

031007-F-1663P-006. Base: Dover Air Force Base State: Delaware (DE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

A U.S. Soldier, left, and an Airman wait to get rigged prior to a parachute drop during a joint forcible entry exercise (JFEX) at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., Sept. 14, 2010. A JFEX training event is held six times a year in order to enhance cohesiveness between the Air Force and the Army.

The MSCT at the Fort Dix Simulations Area completed a Medical Evacuation Training. The training combines both the evacuation of Soldiers from the point of injury to a medical treatment facility staffed and equipped to provide essential care in combat theater and further evacuation for further care for patients to other medical treatment facilities or to staging facilities. Medical evacuation entails the movement of patients on dedicated ground and air ambulances, medically staffed and equipped to provide medical care. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeromy Rodrigues and Cpl. Dylan Coombs grapple during a Security Battalion field meet on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, September 16, 2022. Field meets are held to test Marines on their physical fitness while also bringing the battalion closer together and boosting unit camaraderie. The meet included an ammo can relay race, tire flip challenge, and grappling. First place was Motor Transport Services, second place was Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services, and third place was Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeromy Rodrigues and Cpl. Dylan Coombs grapple during a Security Battalion field meet on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, September 16, 2022. Field meets are held to test Marines on their physical fitness while also bringing the battalion closer together and boosting unit camaraderie. The meet included an ammo can relay race, tire flip challenge, and grappling. First place was Motor Transport Services, second place was Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services, and third place was Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

Soldiers from the Idaho National Guards 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conducted a mass casualty exercise during the Exportable Combat Training Capability rotation on Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho on June 10, 2018. The training allowed the medics to exercise and enhance their process of treating casualties in a simulated combat environment. (Nevada Army National Guard

Cpl. Rasey Jupin, top, shouts to his partner while detaining a mock enemy during a search drill June 7 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji. During Fuji Warrior, a biennial training exercise, Marines and sailors train in military operations on urbanized terrain, which may requires them to detain members of the opposing force. Jupin is an ammunition technician with Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

EFMB Candidate treats a casualty during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) lane.

Explosive Ordinance Disposal Specialists from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, prepare for the disposal of a simulated unexploded ordinance during exercise Raging Gunfighter 22-2 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 19, 2022. Airmen demonstrate the ability to reposition and operate missions outside of a main operating base while in an austere location while performing not only their own jobs, but also learning other Air Force Specialty Code duties.

Staff Sgt. Caleb Stinson and Sergeant 1st Class Jason Pate, 68W Combat Medics, 232nd Medical Battalion, conduct damage control and resuscitation during the Best Medic Competition, Sep. 29, 2022 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Tx. Medics who earn entry into the Best Medic Competition are already among the "best of the best." To be eligible for entry, medics must have received either the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) or the Combat Medical Badge (CMB).2 Both badges require the utmost determination and competence to receive. The overall pass rate for the Expert Field Medical Badge is less than 20%, making it one of the hardest and most respected forms of recognition you can earn in the army.

Staff Sgt. Patrick Vela, the 2022 U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence (MEDCoE) Drill Sergeant of the Year (DSOY) evaluates and prepares a simulated patient for notional MEDEVAC extraction while navigating the squad skills task lane in the Best Warrior Competition hosted by Army Futures Command, at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas, June 7, 2022. The Best Squad Competition and Best Warrior Competition are events used to select the U.S. Army Best Warrior Solider, noncommissioned officer and squad and MEDCoEs Drill Sergeant of the Year.

U.S. Air Force Airman Samuel Baldwin (left or right), 51st Force Support Squadron and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ryan Breen (left or right), 51st Force Support Squadron shelter management team members, secure a simulated trauma victim onto a stretcher during a base-wide training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. Airmen are trained to perform basic lifesaving techniques known as tactical combat casualty care, which can be used to stabilize trauma victims until medical personnel arrive.

060315-A-7969G-018. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Capt. Michael A. Basnauskas, brigade chemical officer, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducts basic detainee operations as his instructor evaluates his training at the Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, Ravenna, Ohio, April 10, 2011. Detainee operations is one of many common training tasks approximately 3,600 Soldiers of the brigade must complete before fall 2011, when they begin a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Ohio National Guard

Country artist Drake White, left, assists treating a simulated battlefield causality during the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence Command Tactical Combat Medical Care course during his visit to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, July 20, 2022. The course teaches Soldiers a wide variety of areas within a five-day timeframe to include trauma and wound care. White visited the post to film an upcoming docuseries called Inside the Base, which follows leading country artists as they tour U.S. military bases across the nation.

GULFPORT, Miss. (May 25, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, conduct medical casualty training during Command Post Exercise aboard Naval Construction Battalion Center. NMCB 1 is conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

U.S. Army Ohio National Guard Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 237th Support Battalion, carry a simulated casualty during a field triage exercise as a part of annual training event Operation Northern Strike at Camp Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 11, 2022. During the exercise, Soldiers from C Co trained on how to treat, manage, and evacuate casualties, determining which injuries to prioritize and how to care for all those in need of aid on the battlefield.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Seaman Justin Bullard, a Memphis, Tennessee native and a corpsman with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to lift a simulated casualty during a casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 4, 2022. This training establishes confidence and familiarity between the Marines and Sailors for in-flight medical treatment. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Spc. Patrick Chayeb, representing the U.S. Army Materiel Command, assesses simulated casualty injuries during the medical lanes portion of the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 1, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt-to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events, evaluating their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kayli Smith, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistic Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit asses a simulated casualty during a combat life-saver course aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Philippine Sea, Aug. 11, 2022. Smith is a native of Cowan, Indiana. The purpose of the combat life-saver course is for the Marines to practice and sharpen their tactical combat casualty care skills in preparation for possible real-world situations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard the ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific Region.

Belizean and Mexican forces received jungle survival training from US Special Forces elements in the Manatee training site in Belize May 11, 2022 in support of furthering regional interoperability. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Reyes, 18th Security Forces Squadron training instructor, watches Senior Airman Jessica Luiz-Garica, 18th SFS defender, handcuff Airman 1st Class Dalon Alford, 18th SFS defender, after being sprayed with oleoresin capiscum spray at Kadena Air Base, Japan, March 6, 2023. The course consisted of being sprayed, going through a series of various baton strikes against multiple attackers, and then finally disarming an individual and handcuffing them before rinsing off the spray.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kurt Lungrin, left, and Staff Sgt. Tucker Boyd, 10th Air Ground Operations Squadron tactical air control party specialists, perform tactical combat casualty care and calculate medical evacuation point during a MEDEVAC exercise during Wraith Challenge 22 in Burnet, Texas, Oct. 4, 2022. During this exercise, teams engaged in enemy fire, performed tactical combat casualty care, carried two simulated victims to safety and called for a MEDEVAC. Wraith Challenge 22 brought seven teams of tactical air control party Airmen from the 3rd ASOG together to compete in tests of physical and mental challenges.

AIR BASE 201, Niger - U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eric Saint-Lo (left), 443rd Civil Affairs Battalion medic, demonstrates how to properly place a tourniquet on a simulated wounded individual at Air Base 201, Niger, Oct. 17, 2022. The partnership between the U.S. and Africa is critical to overcoming geographic challenges and building an international model of security cooperation across the continent.

040331-M-7403H-054. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Foster State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

With kevlar helmet and minimum gear on, SENIOR AIRMAN Mark Mays, 39th Security Forces Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, low crawls, with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, through a dirt field as part of training for Defender Challenge. A yearly event at US Air Forces in Europe. The areas of training for Defender Challenge include tactics, fitness and weapons. With kevlar helmet and minimum gear on, Senior Airman Mark Mays, 39th Security Forces Squadron, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, low crawls, with his Colt 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, through a dirt field as part of training for Defender Challenge. A yearly event at US Air Forces in Europe. The areas of training for Defender Challenge include tactics, fitness and weapons.

A group of Marines from the Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron-352 (VMGR-352) perform a maintenance check on a refueling drogue basket of their KC-130 before making another flight from their forward operating base back into Afghanistan. It is part of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: VMGR-352

Marines dig pits, which will serve as their living spaces, and fill sandbags to fortify them out, at Observation Post Huskars in Helmand province, Jan. 14, 2010. The Marines and sailors of Alpha and Weapons Companies, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and attachments from 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, have moved deeper into Helmand province in order to limit the Taliban's control over the area, by having a more prominent coalition force presence in the region.

Senior Airman Jonathan Hood, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection Airman, bandages the arm of a simulated trauma patient during a national registry emergency medical technician training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, April 5, 2022. The event was the final hands-on portion of the NREMT course, which is designed to enhance first responders capabilities during emergency situations.

An airman shoulder throws a Marine during Marine Corps Martial Arts training at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province Aug. 30 By combining combat techniques with endurance training, the service members will be able to improve upon their physical fitness and expand on their knowledge of MCMAP.

041207-M-5573S-095. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

An U.S. Soldier waits while his coordinate points are confirmed during the Land Navigation portion of the Army Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition tests Soldiers on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-readiness events that test their physical and mental endurance, technical and tactical abilities, and basic warrior skills under stress and extreme fatigue.

981208-M-8902P-008. Base: Howard Air Force Base Country: Panama (PAN)

Airmen from the 633d Security Forces Squadron practice proper procedures in a simulated unathorized entry attack as a part of Exercise ARDENT CROSSBOW at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 27, 2022. Exercise ARDENT CROSSBOW is the first time the 633d Air Base Wing is conducting agile combat support as an Air Base Squadron as part of Air Combat Commands effort to align into the Air Forces new four-phase Force Generation model (Available to Commit, Reset, Prepare and Ready). Through the stand-up of an Air Base Squadron and a supporting A-Staff, Airmen will be prepared to deploy as task-oriented, high-performing teams who are ready for crisis before crisis emerges.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 140th Wing conduct a post attack reconnaissance (PAR) sweep during Operation Thundercat at Buckley Space Force Base, Aurora, Colo., Sept. 23, 2022. Operation Thundercat is a four day exercise that provides a simulated environment that allows Airmen to practice real-world warfighting capabilities.

Staff Sgt. Billy McCoy (front right) and Sgt. Micah Miller (rear left), explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians assigned to 722nd Ordnance Company Airborne (EOD), 192nd Ordnance Battalion (EOD) based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, conduct Tactical Field Care procedures during the EOD Team of the Year (ToY) competition 15-19 May on Fort Carson, Colorado.Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Team of the Year Competition assembles elite members of the Army's EOD community to train, employ and assess current tactics, techniques and procedures being employed on today's operational battlefield.

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay plot points for land navigation, Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Oct. 14, 2022. The purpose of the training was to enhance land navigation skills, and familiarize Marines with proper procedures.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, conduct Modern Army Combatives training at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, July 22, 2022. Combatives is the term for hand-to-hand combat training and techniques within the Army branch of the United States military.

A member of the 4th Medical Group examines STAFF SGT. Robert Lee Beacham Jr. as Beacham simulates the role of an injured aircraft passenger during an Operation Desert Shield training exercise. Beacham is a member of the 4th Civil Engineering Squadron. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Staff Sgt. Kaylee Miller, 316th Medical Group tactical combat casualty care program manager, instructs Staff Sgt. Jinnea Hebert, 316th MDG noncommissioned officer in charge of Medical Management, during a combat zone scenario at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M., Aug. 17, 2022. The Medic Rodeo, hosted by the 27th Special Operations Wing, creates a ready medical force by testing the knowledge and skills of medics across the Air Force.

Spc. James Holmes, representing U.S. Army Forces Korea, helps a casualty after his convoy was attacked in a hostile village. The scenario was part of the 'Evaluate a Casualty' Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills event held during the 2009 Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition held Sept. 28 - Oct. 2 at Fort Lee, Va.

U.S. Air National Guard Airman Ismeal Moumkine, member of the 178th Wing Security Forces Squadron, participates in OC spray training, May 15, 2022, in Springfield, Ohio. All security forces airmen are required to carry OC spray during duty hours to ensure their personal safety and the safety of their fellow members.

U.S. Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, rescue casualties during a simulated aircraft fire to prepare for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin (MRF-D) 24 at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Jan. 9, 2024. MRF-D serves as a forward postured, partnered, and combat credible Marine Air Ground Task Force in order to facilitate rapid response to crisis and contingencies, increase combined warfighting capability, and strengthen shared alliances and partnerships.

U.S. Army Cpl. Callie Lopez, a human resources specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Allied Forces North Battalion, applies a chest seal on the back of a simulated casualty for a Combat Life Saver class, on Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, July 28, 2022. The Allied Forces North Battalion-led joint class taught combat medical skills to Airmen with the SHAPE U.S. Air Force Elements, and Soldiers assigned to four different U.S. Army units stationed in the Benelux footprint.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force solider Sgt. Toru Awato, a support gunner with the 2nd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, JGSDF, feels for any sources of bleeding on a simulated casualty alongside U.S. Navy Corpsmen with battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit during tactical combat casualty care training for Iron Fist 24 at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 26, 2024. An effective preventative measure for mishaps is training, ensuring our service members are prepared to operate under any circumstances and in any operating environment. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the JGSDF and the JMSDF. Marine Corps

060516-N-6967M-757. Base: US Naval Academy, Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Marines with Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN), work alongside Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD), both with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), to treat a mock casualty during a leak, seal and pack training exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jun. 2, 2022. The training event was conducted to improve communication and mission effectiveness between units in preparation for potential real-world scenarios. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sopko, medical platoon sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, evaluates a simulated casualty for additional impairments during eXportable Combat Training Capability 22-01 on Fort Drum, NY, July 21, 2022.

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Efrin Espinoza, team member for Air Force Space Command, shows the strains of competition after completing the obstacle course during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000, at Lackland Air Force base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness, base defense and policing skills over six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Sailors with 2d Marine Division participate in an obstacle course during the Doc Kent Competition on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 2, 2022. The competition showcases the capabilities of executing tactical combat casualty care in austere environments by utilizing various evacuation platforms to move from point of injury to higher echelons of care.

Idaho National Guard 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team's 2nd of the 116th Combined Arms Battalion teamed up with the Idaho Army National Guards 1st of the 183 Assault Helicopter Battalion to conduct medevac training at the Orchard Combat Training Center on March 30, 2022. The training simulated emergency evacuations of sick or wounded Soldiers from a battlefield. Ground medics preformed medical care on the ground before rushing them to the flight medics aboard the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter who continued medical care while they were flown to the nearby medical facility. This training is a portion of combat training the 2nd of the 116th CAB conducted in preparation to deploy to Southwest Asia in support of Operation Spartan Shield later this year.

DPS and TXANG participate in an excercise with the Capitol Area Strike Team

A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman grapples with a U.S. Marine during Professional Training of Midshipmen (PROTRAMID) at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 20, 2022. PROTRAMID is an eight-week program during the summer months that provides in-depth training to midshipmen in the various communities within the Navy and Marine Corps.

Master Sgt. Aaron Vetter, 138th Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, explains how to properly use the Tactical Combat Casualty Care Card at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla., June 4, 2022. The form documents all aid that was rendered on a casualty for use by medical professionals once transported. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Smalley)

070307-9248J-A-001. Base: Fort Stewart State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jared Ennis, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, straps Spc Melissa Bellgreen, 1171st Medical Company, Michigan National Guard, onto a litter during hot and cold load training, at Grayling Army Airfield, Grayling, Mich., during exercise Northern Strike 22-2 Aug. 8, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

060205-A-5747J-016. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Dibis State: At Ta 'Mim Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Engineers with the 82nd Airborne Divisions 1st Brigade Combat Team tie in a time fuse to a detonating-cord firing system during explosives training Feb. 23, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Explosives are a primary tool used by U.S. Army combat engineers.

GULFPORT, Miss. (May 25, 2022) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, conduct medical casualty training during Command Post Exercise aboard Naval Construction Battalion Center. NMCB 1 is conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

Tech. Sgt. Stephon McCullough, 96th Security Forces Squadron, puts hand cuffs on a suspected attacker during an active assailant exercise March 27 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The goal of the exercise, which took place at Eglin Elementary School and other areas, was to test base emergency response plans.

A Soldier fixes up the feet of another Soldier after the Norwegian Foot March at Fort Ord National Monument, Calif., Oct. 28. The 229th Military Intelligence Battalion organized the event to maintain readiness, increase resiliency and build esprit de corps.

U.S Marine Corps recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, execute a leg-sweep takedown during the combat conditioning course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Sept. 7, 2022. The combat conditioning course was designed to increase recruits' stamina and ability to perform Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ridge Shan, Operating Location - Alpha, 1st Combat Camera Squadron special tactics combat camera craftsman, and Staff Sgt. Alysia Blake, 1st CTCS combat camera craftsman, take photos during Exercise Green Goblin at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. This four-day exercise provides relevant and essential night-vision training to prepare combat camera Airmen with enhanced photographic and video capabilities required to capture imagery in low-light and no-light environments.

030428-M-1852W-020. Base: Central Training Area State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3D Medical Battalion

041210-M-3658J-020. Base: Camp Taqaddum State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 1FSSG

U.S. Army Spc. Zachary Nicholson, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 41st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, strikes his opponent during day 2 of the 2022 All Army Combatives Championship, Lacerda Cup, at Fort Benning, Georgia, April 6. The combatives competition is named in honor of the late Staff. Sgt. Pedro Lacerda of the 75th Ranger Regiment, and recognizes outstanding performance in hand-to-hand fighting skills known in the Army as combatives.

Soldiers with the 399th Combat Support Hospital receive and treat patients during Global Medic Exercise at Fort McCoy WI. Exercise Global Medic is part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's mission to provide trained, equipped and combat ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefields.

Staff Sgt. Miguel Yap, assigned to the 35th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, treats an injured dummy during a medical/first aid event held as part of the units second annual Best Warrior competition Oct. 13 on Camp Zama, Japan.

041210-M-9529D-007. Base: Al Asad State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A Soldier from Charlie Battery, 3rd Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade crawls on his back under barbed wire on Ft. Bragg, N.C. Dec. 6 and 7. Each Soldier had to complete every obstacle as quickly as possible.

Medical personnel train on tactical combat casualty care during the Expeditionary Medical Support System exercise at Joint Base Andrews, Md., May 5, 2022. The exercise involved treating simulated wounds to practice for deployed environments.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Fernando Rodriguez, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, acts as a casualty during Spanish FLOTEX-22 near Rota, Spain, June 9, 2022. This exercise features tactical level actions ashore, combined with joint training and planning, aimed at increasing overall bilateral interoperability between nations.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 1, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron (MALS) 36, grapple during a field meet at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2024. Marines with MWHS-1, MWSS-172, and MALS-36 held the field meet to foster a sense of comradery, healthy competition, and esprit de corps between the three squadrons. Marine Corps

US Air Force Technical Sergeant Pedro Garza, US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Que and US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Michael Bell attend to US Air Force STAFF Sergeant Angela Weldon after she was pulled from a smoke filled building during the 2001 Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI) at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

041207-M-5573S-081. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

040814-M-3658J-028. Base: Mcb Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Members of Team Scott sprints to mannequin utilizing knowledge from a Tactical Combat Casualty Care class on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, April 26, 2022. TCCC was created to help prevent combat casualties by providing trauma stabilization techniques allowing troops to receive life-saving treatment.

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group participate in a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

Medic instructors from the Oklahoma National Guard's Regional Training Institute demonstrate how to secure a patient, roleplayed by an Azerbaijan military doctor, into a rescue stretcher during a medical knowledge exchange between military doctors from the Azerbaijan Operational Capabilities Concept Battalion and OKNG medical professionals in Oklahoma City, March 30, 2022. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Anthony Jones)

Sgt. Andrew Pieper, a Soldier with the 273rd Engineer Company (SAPPER), performs Tactical Combat Casualty Care on a mannequin. After this event, Soldiers participated in drill and ceremony and a 12-mile ruck march. The State Best Warrior Competition tests the 16 competing Soldiers on their basic Soldier skills to determine which one will represent Wisconsin at the Regional Best Warrior Competition in May. (112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Erdei, 366th Security Forces Squadron response force leader, assesses a simulated victim during an active shooter exercise at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Oct. 10, 2022. The exercise was designed to evaluate the training, readiness and capability of first responders in order to effectively respond to emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force by Airman 1st Class Krista Reed Choate)

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Pfc. Aaron Bartholomew, a combat engineer from 833rd Engineer Company, Iowa National Guard, connects a spool of detonation cord onto a series of explosives June 10, 2022, during Western Strike 22, at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. Western Strike 22 is an eXportable Combat Training Capabilities exercise led by the 65th Field Artillery Brigade, Utah National Guard, that provides National Guard Soldiers immersed training similar to a combat training center and aims to increase participating unit's readiness and lethality.

CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa (July 29, 2020) A Navy corpsman with Combat Logistic Battalion (CLB) 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), inserts an intravenous therapy into a simulated combat casualty during a nightingale exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 29, 2020. During a nightingale, Marines and Sailors provide tactical combat casualty care and evacuation of combat casualties. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU has implemented strict health protection measures and will continue to conduct mission essential training in support of regional security and stability.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, treats a simulated injury on another Soldier also with 64th BSB, 3/4th ABCT during combat lifesaver training, Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, June 9, 2022. The 3/4th ABCT is among other units assigned to V Corps, Americas forward deployed corps in Europe that works alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Aragon (Left), a mountain warfare instructor with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC), Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, observes Lance Cpl. Wyatt Moore, an anti-tank gunner with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as he rappels down a sheer cliff face during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 1-23 at MCMWTC, Bridgeport, California, Sept. 18, 2022. MTX is a month-long exercise designed to prepare units to survive and operate effectively in austere, mountainous terrain.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 172nd IBCT Indiana National Guard conducted active shooter and mass casualty training during Exercise Kosovo Forces 31 (KFOR 31) at Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 12. 2022. KFOR is a multinational training event conducted to prepare units for their deployments to the Kosovo Regional Command East.

Team of airborne infantry paratroopers carrying injured soldier across the desert sand.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat team, 1st Armored Division, conduct buddy team carries during the Pre-Ranger course at Novo Selo Training Area (NSTA), Bulgaria, Feb. 14, 2024. Over eight days, the Pre-Ranger course evaluated the Strike Brigade Soldiers' skills that are needed to succeed at Ranger School and to enhance lethality on the battlefield. Army

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