Combat Medic Training Sessions

Images showcasing soldiers engaged in combat medic training, including patient transport and injury assessment, highlighting teamwork and medical readiness.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 524th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 25th Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, are conducting medical evacuation training during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) training on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. 31, 2022. JPMRC 23-01 is a regional combat training center (CTC) rotation that builds combat readiness in America's Pacific Division and is a key way the Army forces engage in a joint environment with our regional allies and partners.

Col. Gunnar Kiersey, Deputy Surgeon, Army National Guard, and Chief Warrant Officer 5 Patrick Nelligan, Command Chief Warrant Officer USA, visit with soldiers from 477 Medical Company, Duluth Minn. to discuss ground ambulance operations on Aug. 13, 2022 during Northern Strike at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Mich. Northern Strike is designated to challenge over 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advances interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

U.S. Army Soldiers from 524th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 25th Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, are conducting medical evacuation training during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) training on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, on Oct. 31, 2022. JPMRC 23-01 is a regional combat training center (CTC) rotation that builds combat readiness in America's Pacific Division and is a key way the Army forces engage in a joint environment with our regional allies and partners.

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U.S. Army Spc. Jake Gilson, a combat medic assigned to the 1st Infantry Division Artillery, watches students as they take the final test of a combat lifesaver course at Forward Operating Site Adazi, Latvia, June 4, 2022. The 1st Infantry Division 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.

Staff Sgt. Justin Davis tightens the strap on a medical sked holding a casualty during an event to qualify for the Expert Soldier Badge at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin on May 11, 2022.

Guard members from the 181st Brigade Support Battalion take part in a medical evacuation and field hospital exercise during their annual training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 20, 2022. Nearly 240 Guard members from the 181st are supporting Officer Candidate School Phase III while also training on field craft and strengthen their MOS skill sets.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Devon Tortorili, an infantry Marine, with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, right, applies a tourniquet to 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 while U.S Navy Corpsmen evaluated the participants. 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.

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A U.S. Soldier assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, applies a tourniquet to a simulated amputation 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.

Scenes from Day 2 of the Tripler Army Medical Center Best Medic Competition! Tripler Army Medical Center Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic- Schofield Barracks.

Scenes from Day 2 of the Tripler Army Medical Center Best Medic Competition! Tripler Army Medical Center Desmond T. Doss Health Clinic- Schofield Barracks.

U.S. Army Sgt. Trevor Ball, combat medic, 30th Medical Brigade, does a blood sweep on 1st Lt. Ryan Downing, evacuative platoon leader, 30th Medical Brigade, during a demonstration for Moldovan medics during a tactical combat casualty care (TCCC or TC3) class in Chisinau, Moldova, on Feb. 29, 2024. The class focused on tactical field care, making sure the medics knew all the steps and how to call in a nine-line medical evacuation (MEDEVAC). Army

Airmen assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron assist a simulated casualty during a mass aeromedical evacuation training scenario, Oct. 17, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario was part of a Samurai Readiness Inspection, aimed at enhancing the bases preparedness and ability to respond to any real-world contingency.

A competitor checks a simulated patient for any sign of breathing during during an Expert Field Medical Badge lane at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 25, 2022. More than 100 Soldiers are testing on a variety of medical skills in an effort to earn the coveted EFMB. The EFMB is a United States Army decoration first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge and consists of a Physical Fitness Assessment , Written Test, Day and Night Land Navigation, Three Combat Testing Lanes, and a 12 Mile Foot March.

5th Munitions Squadron Munitions Systems Maintenance specialist Staff Sgt. Anthony Coluzzi (far right) and Airman 1st Class Liam Brantley-Curl (center) assemble munitions in support of a Bomber Task Force at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, Aug. 30, 2022. With the 5 MUNS providing munitions assembly support and the 23 AMU providing upkeep for the four 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadrons B-52H Stratofortresses taking part in this BTF, they each contribute a crucial part to the mission that would otherwise be impossible to accomplish without their presence.

Sgt. Matthew Fiore, a UH-60 helicopter repairer with Alpha Company of the 1st batallion, 171st Avaition Regiment, assesses a casualty during the urban ops event in the Region 3 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., on May 9th, 2022. Soldiers in the Army National Guard gather to compete, build esprit de corps, and represent their respective states for the upcoming national competition.

Spc. Brandon Gracia, Combat Medic Specialist, 4th Infantry Division, applies an combat action tourniquet to an downed casualty during the Army's Best Medic Competition. Twenty-two two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Fort Hood, 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. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgment while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Herman)

U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialists from the 18th Air Support Operations Group compete in Dragon Challenge 2022 at Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina. The annual competition is designed to identify the best Joint Terminal Attack Controller teams within the group by testing the competitors steadfast physical, technical, tactical, and field-knowledge skills under mocked combat conditions.

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

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U.S. Air Force Airmen from across the nation are at the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center taking part in the Medical Readiness University's (MRU) Tactical Combat Casualty Care course provided by Air National Guard Medical Service (ANGMS), at Alpena, Michigan, August 30, 2022. 93 students, 16 instructors and support staff from 47 units trained for nine days in a variety of realistic combat scenarios. MRU assists the Air Force Surgeon General allowing medical personnel an opportunity to receive hands-on training, execution, employment and deployment for a variety of assigned ANGMS mission sets which may not be acquired elsewhere at a reduced cost for the entire enterprise.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with All-Domain Effects Team, 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a simulated casualty evacuation drill during Exercise Gunslinger 2022 (Gunslinger 22') in Salina, Kansas, June 15, 2022 . Gunslinger 22' is a joint U.S. Armed Forces exercise, demonstrating mobilization capability to forward deployed locations while employing and integrating a multitude of operational capabilities.

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

A U.S. Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 68th Armor Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, clears a weapon during an M4A1 carbine zeroing at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, July 19, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, Americas forward-deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. service members conduct medical training during a Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood, TX, on June 6, 2022. The training was accomplished from 06-10 June 2022 at the Fort Hood medical simulation training center for all graduating Tri-Service Emergency and Family Medicine residents and multiple medical occupational specialists within Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Central, U.S. Army Medical Command, and III Armored Corps.

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.

A competitor checks a simulated patient for any sign of breathing during an Expert Field Medical Badge lane at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 25, 2022. More than 100 Soldiers are testing on a variety of medical skills in an effort to earn the coveted EFMB. The EFMB is a United States Army decoration first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge and consists of a Physical Fitness Assessment , Written Test, Day and Night Land Navigation, Three Combat Testing Lanes, and a 12 Mile Foot March.

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.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Angel Raymundo, 51st Security Forces Squadron defender, checks U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Nathan Beckham, opposing forces (OPFOR) member, for hidden weapons during a training event at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 13, 2022. Disarming tactics are used to ensure the safety of defenders during post combat situations.

U.S. Army and Air Force members from the 126th Aviation Regiment, Vermont Army National Guard and 104th Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard, carry a simulated casualty away from a medical UH-60 Black Hawk during exercise Eagle Claw, a readiness exercise, June 11, 2022, at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts. Vermont Guardsmen conducted essential aeromedical evacuation training in conjunction with the 104FWs readiness exercise to simulate real-world evacuations to prepare both units to face real-world operations and challenges.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 113th Infantry Regiment, New Jersey Army National Guard, participate in the Expert Infantry Badge certification training, February 10, 2024, Riverdale, NJ. The Expert Infantry Badge (EIB) is awarded to soldiers whose military occupational specialties are in the Infantry or Special Forces. To be awarded the EIB, soldiers must complete a number of prerequisites and pass a series of tests on basic infantry skills such as first aid care under fire, treating wounded soldiers, weapons qualification and a 12 mile road march. (New Jersey National Guard

Spc. Brandon Delgado, a U.S. Army Trooper assigned to Apex Battery, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, loads a round into an M109 Paladin during a Table XVIII combined-arms live-fire exercise, Jan. 17 on Fort Cavazos, Texas. Paladin crews are responsible for supporting the movement of ground forces through artillery fire.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conduct combat casualty care on a medical lane during the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 9, 2022. Teams across U.S. Army Europe and Africa test their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Keegan Bailey, combat graphics specialist, performs medical procedures on a dummy during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, July 29, 2022. Students learn real combat scenarios while treating casualties on the battlefield under fire. Students perform triage, provide ambulatory care, and obtain and analyze medical information.

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Military personnel participating in Tropic Care 2022 conduct Tactical Combat Casualty Care training in Lihue, Hawai'i, on June 16 2022. Tropicare 2022 provides real world training in a joint civil and military environment while strengthening community relationships by providing medical, dental, and optometry services to the people of Hawai'i.

A U.S. Soldier and a British soldier assess a simulated casualty as they conduct a multinational ambulance exchange point training as part of Defender 22 at Drawsko Pomorskie, Poland, May 26, 2022. Defender Europe 22 is a series of U.S. Army Europe and Africa multinational training exercises in Eastern Europe; it demonstrates the ability to conduct large-scale ground combat operations across multiple theaters in support of NATO.

A U.S. Soldier, assigned to Task Force Hurricane, explains the next step in putting his opponent into a takedown position during a one-week combative level 1 qualification course at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 23, 2022. The 40 hr. course allows graduates to teach others the 14 basic combative moves and two takedowns covered in level 1, only level 2 combative graduates or higher can qualify students. Two U.S. Air Force Defenders assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron participated in the course.

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Members from the 355th Medical Group and 563rd Rescue Group perform medical training operations on a training dummy after executing an evacuation training scenario as part of exercise Bushwhacker 22-07 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., Nov. 6, 2022. The exercise took place in various locations across Virginia from November 1-10. Medical teams performed 21 internal training scenarios throughout the term of the exercise.

Airmen from the 633d Security Forces Squadron pin down simulated rioters in Exercise ARDENT CROSSBOW at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 26, 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.

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Master Sgt. Steeve Jocelyn, an Air Force Reserve Command security forces IMA, and Staff Sgt. Alfredo Sandoval-Alvarez, a Defender with the 926th Security Forces Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, demonstrate a restraint maneuver during a combatives course, while Staff Sgt. Zachary Conn, a Defender with the 910th Security Forces Squadron at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, instructs the students, May 10, 2022, at YARS. The combatives training was part of the Integrated Defense leadership Course with students from Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. IDLC was designed to provide Reserve Defenders with intensely focused hands-on training to achieve and maintain combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)

Spc. Zachary Peterson and team members assigned to the 491st Medical Company Area Support, based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, move a mock casualty through a medical treatment area as they react to a mock chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear contamination disaster during Guardian Response 22 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Indiana, May 2, 2022. Guardian Response 22 is a homeland emergency response exercise that provides realistic disaster response training to sharpen the skills and increase the capabilities of U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers. The exercise helps Soldiers of the 491st Medical Company Area Support engage in a realistic and challenging environment.

U.S. Air Force 6th Medical Operations Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla., conducts litter movements with U.S. Army Soldiers, during the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC 09-09) exercise at Fort Polk, La., Aug. 22, 2009. JRTC provides realistic training using scenarios that allow integration between joint military organizations, host nations and civilian role-players. Units from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marine Corps and units from the Canadian and Belgian air forces are training together during the exercise to provide quality care to sick and injured personnel in real-world environments.

U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers participating in the Medical Simulation Training Center's Combat Lifesaver Course train with a New Jersey National Guard UH-60L Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, May 25, 2022.

Various units train at the Fort Dix MSCT (Medical Simulation Training Center) during their Combat Lifesaver Course. Army combat medics play a critical role by applying first aid and trauma care to simulated wounded Soldiers, but in some situations the first person to assist isn't always a certified medic. The course is intended to provide an intermediate step between the buddy aid-style basic life support taught to every soldier, and the advanced life support skills. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 404th Civil Affairs Battalion, waits for an Airborne operation at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. on Sept. 10, 2022. The unit conducted non-tactical airborne operations at the Army Aviation Facility in order to maintain mission readiness and proficiency among their paratroopers with the assistance of two CH-47s out of Virginia.The Army Aviation Facility was created through a MILCON effort valued at 11.7 million dollars and made possible by the joint effort of ASA Fort Dix and the U.S. Marine Corps Marine Aircraft Group 49. The 2100 square foot building is host to an Army Ramp Management Area which provides a wide range of capabilities for both fixed and rotary wing aircraft such as the C-130, CH-47S, and UH-60S.

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, learn how to conduct Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The class was taught to inform soldiers what to do in case of an emergency where CPR would be needed.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, checks for a simulated exit wound on another Soldier 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.

A U.S. Sailor assigned to a Navy SEAL Team, climbs up a ladder during Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) training with partner nations during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 15, 2022. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

U.S. Army Sgt. Garret Paulson, representing U.S. Army Medical Command, performs tactical combat casualty care on simulated casualties during the Army's first-ever Best Squad Competition on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Oct. 01, 2022. The Army Best Squad Competition focuses on the most influential level of leadership where the majority of our Soldiers reside; the Squad.

U.S Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Force (MEU) participate in a mass casualty response exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 24, 2022. The Expeditionary Operations Training Group mass casualty course trained medical personnel from the 26th MEUs Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marines and Combat Logistics Battalion 22 on casualty response procedures. 26th MEU corpsman worked on perfecting their execution of this complex process with a series of increasingly difficult scenarios over this one-week course. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nayelly Nieves-Nieves)

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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Eric Sanderson, 13th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party officer, performs tactical combat casualty care during Wraith Challenge 22 in Burnet, Texas, Oct. 3, 2022. TCCC is intended to treat casualties and prevent more life-threatening conditions until proper medical units can arrive. Wraith Challenge 22 brought seven teams of tactical air control party Airmen from the 3rd Air Support Operations Group together to compete in tests of physical and mental challenges.

U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen conduct squad push-ups 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.

Airman Sausha Lippert, left, and Staff Sgt. Karli Chaviano, right, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, render medical aid to a simulated casualty while participating in Mission Assurance Exercise 22-6 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 25, 2022. MAE 22-6 tested JBERs emergency response capabilities following a mock-down aircraft accident.

Staff Sgt. Dylan McCleary, 8th Logistics Readiness Squadron Ground Transportation Support noncommissioned officer in charge, adjusts an Airman's airway during a simulated injury scenario at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 17, 2022. Airmen from the 8th LRS tested their ability to provide Tactical Combat Casualty Care capabilities to members of the 8th Fighter Wing as part of a training event.

Staff. Sgt. Lesley S, Raynor and Spc. Shannon D. Russell, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians from the 718th Ordnance Company (EOD) call a nine-line during the U.S. Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team of the Year competition May 16, 2022, Fort Carson, Colorado. EOD Soldiers are responsible for the location, identification and disposal of hazardous unexploded conventional, chemical and biological ordnance as well as improvised explosives.

Mexican troops train on rendering medical aid as a part of Tradewinds 22 on May 11, in Manatee, Belize. Tradewinds is a Caribbean-focused exercise designed to expand the regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; strengthen partnerships; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) during the SOP Development Conference; determine SOPs to be exercised; determine regional process for SOP validation; enhance ability to defend Exclusive Economic Zones; increase U.S./ally/partner readiness; promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into the force; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter IUU fishing activities.

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Members with the 374th Security Forces respond to a simulated ground attack during the Samurai Readiness Inspection at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct 18, 2022. The training scenario was part of the Samurai Readiness Inspection, aimed at enhancing the bases preparedness and ability to respond to any real-world contingency.

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 22, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, assess injuries of a simulated casualty during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 26, 2022. CLB-22s MCCRE is the battalion's final evaluation to demonstrate combat readiness through proficiency in core mission essential tasks before they begin a change of operational control (CHOP) to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit.

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, receives an intravenous needle during a casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18) in the Sea of Japan, Sept. 12, 2022. The 31st MEU is operating aboard 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gregory Vergara, an explosive ordnance technician assigned to the Logistics Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conducts demolition procedures with a Finnish soldier from the Coastal Defense Brigade in Syndalen, Finland, Aug. 10, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Taylor Soster, 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial port flight commander, volunteers to be a patient experiencing a heat-related illness during a First Responder Day demonstration at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Nov. 11, 2022. The medical demonstration was one of five demonstrations during the Company Grade Officer Councils First Responder Day tour around Ali Al Salem Air Base.

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers of the 394th Field Hospital are challenged in medical scenarios during their monthly battle assembly on November 4th, 2022 in Seagoville, Tx., to optimize their medical skills and abilities. Soldiers participated in rescuing a casualty from a Humvee crash and rendered medical aid.

U.S. Army Combat Medics with the 1-114th Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team train with a Trauma F/X patient simulator during training on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, April 9, 2022.

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U.S. Navy Seaman Dawson Thompson, a Corpsman with 3rd Landing Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, treats a mock casualty while participating in mass casualty response training at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex during Freedom Shield 24, Republic of Korea, Feb. 26, 2024. FS 24 is an annual joint, combined, and inter-agency exercise in the ROK that strengthens the combined command and control capabilities of U.S. and ROK forces. This exercise provides the U.S. and ROK Marines the opportunity to rehearse combined operations, exchange knowledge, and demonstrate the strength and capability of the U.S.-ROK alliance. Thompson is a native of South Carolina. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy Sailor Lt. Rodney Posely, left, and hospital corpsmen 3rd class Shelby Sutton, right, a corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, operate a mobile, oxygen, ventilation, and external suction system on a simulated casualty at Dagmar North Training Area, Republic of Korea, July 10, 2022. Marines with 9th ESB are participating in a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed mountainous environment.

220607-N-PG340-1041 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 7, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Brandin Salazar, with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5, participates in a mass casualty drill during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise, at San Clemente Island. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB-5 is homeported out of Port Hueneme, California. They train on high-quality construction, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to execute construction and engineering projects for major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

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U.S. Army Soldiers from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division search the body of a mock dead insurgent killed during a simulated fire fight for information as part of a mission readiness exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga., Feb. 28, 2007. The 3rd ID is conducting training with the assistance from observer controller teams from the National Training Center in preparation for a future deployment.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Fernando Espinosa, an intelligence specialist, applies a tourniquet to Lance Cpl. Jason Faine, a surveillance sensor operator, both with the command element, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit , during a combat lifesaver course aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 7, 2022. The combat lifesaver course is a five day course designed to reinforce the basics of tactical combat casualty care. 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.

220905-N-XB010-1004 SEA OF JAPAN (Sept. 5, 2022) - Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit respond to a simulated casualty during a static casualty exercise on the forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) flight deck in the Sea of Japan. New Orleans, part of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st MEU, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Airmen from the 139th Medical Group Homeland Response Force and Soldiers from the 737th Search and Extraction Recon Team work together during a decontamination exercise at Camp Clark, Nevada, Missouri, June 9, 2022. The Airmen and Soldiers searched and extracted casualties in a simulated decontaminated deployed environment.

U.S. Soldiers assigned to 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment participate in their Squadron's Spur Ride in the vicinity of Schnaittenbach, near Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, June 23, 2022. During the Spur Ride, Troopers must complete a series of warrior tasks and drills in order to obtain the right to wear the cavalry's coveted silver spurs.

More than 600 Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers, joined by Soldiers from the Montana, Oregon, Ohio and South Carolina Army National Guards, have been training in Fort Bliss, Texas, since mobilizing from Gowen Field in early August. The task force, Task Force Rattler, will deploy to Southwest Asia later this month in support of Operation Spartan Shield, where they will rotate out with 250 Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guard as well as Soldiers from the Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Florida Army National Guards. Each rotation is approximately 12 months. Soldiers from the 118th Infantry Regiment from South Carolina National Guard and the 285th Medical Company from the Ohio National Guard are also part of Task Force Rattler, which provide the task force the ability to execute combined arms maneuvers. The intense training at Fort Bliss consisted of long hours with day and night combined arms maneuver missions with the Idaho Army National Guard shooting 120mm mortar rounds from M113 A

A U.S. Soldier competing in the Armys first-ever Best Squad Competition writes a casualty's 9-line (emergency medical evacuation request form) while conducting a medical lane at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on September 30, 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 endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

A competitor with the 82nd Airborne Division, documents all treatment that theyve done to simulated casualty during a Expert Field Medical Badge lane at Fort Bragg, N.C., Oct. 25, 2022. More than 100 Soldiers are testing on a variety of medical skills in an effort to earn the coveted EFMB. The EFMB is a United States Army decoration first created on June 18, 1965. This badge is the non-combat equivalent of the Combat Medical Badge and consists of a Physical Fitness Assessment , Written Test, Day and Night Land Navigation, Three Combat Testing Lanes, and a 12 Mile Foot March.

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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. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct tactical combat casualty care on simulated casualties during a combat lifesaver course aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 7, 2022. The combat lifesaver course is a five day course designed to reinforce the basics of tactical combat casualty care. 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.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jasmin Jomon, 6th Medical Group mental health technician, applies tactical field care techniques on a manikin during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) assessment at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, May 26, 2022. After wounded members on the battlefield are transported to shelter, Airmen are taught to use TFC which includes managing massive hemorrhages, airways, respirations, circulation and hypothermia prevention.

U.S. Army Sgt. Austin Knight, a religious affairs noncommissioned officer with the 11th Airborne Division out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, prays with a notionally injured Soldier as part of a religious support readiness training exercise at East Range on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2024. Unit ministry teams trained to improve combat readiness and demonstrate their ability to provide religious support in large-scale combat operations. Army

U.S. Army Cpt. Zachary Bregovi, with the 89th Military Police Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, chokes his opponent on 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.

NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain (Jan. 27, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Austin Gonzales treats Chief Fire Controlman Jonathan Blount for simulated injuries during a security drill at Naval Station (NAVSTA) Rota Jan. 27, 2022. NAVSTA Rota sustains the fleet, enables the fighter and supports the family by conducting air operations, port operations, ensuring security and safety, assuring quality of life and providing the core services of power, water, fuel and information technology. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Nathan Carpenter.)

220331-N-VQ790-1257 Virginia Beach, Va. (March 31, 2022)An operator assigned Naval Special Warfare Group Two draws blood from a simulated patient, during the special operations tactical medic refresher course. The course is a biennial training exercise required for Naval Special Warfare medics.

221019-N-PC620-0085REYNOSA, Mexico (Oct. 19, 2022) U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade and Mexican army personnel assigned to the 19th Motorized Cavalry Regiment triage simulated medical casualties during exercise Fuerzas Amigas 2022 at Campo Militar Reynosa, Mexico, Oct. 19, 2022. This binational disaster-response exercise between the U.S. and Mexican militaries aims improve readiness and strengthen the nations cooperative relationship. U.S. Army North, through Joint Task Force Civil Support will serve as the command-and-control element directing U.S. troops conducting a natural disaster response exercise with Mexican military forces.

Spc. William Horne, combat medic, assigned to 1st Infantry Division treats and evacuates simulated casualties during U.S. Army Europe Expert Field Medical Badge Combat Testing Lane 3 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, March 29, 2019. To qualify for the EFMB, Soldiers must endure a multitude of events such as land navigation, physical fitness test, medical evacuations, weapons function checks, ruck march, chemical biological radioactive nuclear evaluations, written test, and medical treatments.

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, prepares to have blood drawn during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 10, 2022. This type of training evolution is a culminating event designed to formally evaluate a units combat readiness operation abilities.

A U.S. Soldier assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, applies fake blood on U.S. Army Spc. Ryan Lundeen, assigned to the 64th BSB during medical trauma lanes training at Skwierzyna, Poland, August 10, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward-deployed corps in Europe.

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nigel Contaste, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 962nd Airborne Air Control Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Luis Baptista, an independent duty medical technician assigned to the 210th Rescue Squadron, participates in a mock dire K-9 rescue scenario at the medical training facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2022. The 673d Medical Group held its first-ever Joint Tactical Combat Casualty Care-K-9 course geared toward exposing military emergency providers, doctors, and independent medical technicians to basic emergency medical care for military working dogs. Students of the course split into two groups during the hands-on portion of the course, which provided them with shock treatment and respiratory distress scenarios for training.

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U.S. Army Cpl. Natasha Crague, McDonald Army Health Center, Naval Ophthalmic Readiness Activity, optical laboratory specialist, helps fold the canvas cover that was for a COVID-19 drive through test site next to the McDonald Army Health Center at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, August 30, 2022.

From November 20th to 24th, 16 members of the Kuwait Marine Fire & Rescue unit trained with US Army medical personnel of Area Support Group - Kuwait on Combat Life Saver skills and best practices in emergency paramedic procedures. Fire & Rescue completed their workshop with drills on shore and in the Arabian Gulf on November 24th, 2022.

A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, guard simulated detainees during a precision raid at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 10, 2024. During the training, Marines used simulated munitions requiring the wear of special protective equipment. The 15th MEU is currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting integrated training and routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

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