Combat Medical Training

Medics are shown providing care and performing life-saving techniques on simulated casualties during competitions and training exercises.

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. 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.

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Delroy Smith, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, aims a M320 Grenade Launcher on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 5, 2022. The exercise allowed the Marines to engage and destroy a variety of targets found on the battlefield in order to increase the lethality of the unit and provide a heightened level of marksmanship with the M320 Grenade Launcher.

040414-M-9362G-013. Base: Mcagcc, Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Zamundio, representing U.S. Army Materiel Command, moves a simulated casualty onto a skedco during the medical lanes portion of the Army 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 that test their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

A U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman and a U.S. Marine, both with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Forces Reserve, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, apply a tourniquet to a marine during a simulated casualty evacuation during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Santa Cruz Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 7, 2022. 4th ANGLICO and the Brazilian Marine Corps tested the capability of transporting wounded marines by Brazilian military medical units. UNITAS trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations through the execution of anti-surface, anti-submarine, anti-air, amphibious and electronic warfare operations that enhance warfighting proficiency and increase interoperability among participating naval and marine forces.

Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division assist an Expert Field Medic Badge (EFMB) candidate lift a litter over an obstacle, Aug. 23, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. The obstacle course portion of the EFMB tested Soldiers on their ability to physically evacuate a casualty while in full gear in the field.

U.S. Army Spc. Melissa Bellgreen and Spc. Julio Mendez, assigned to the 1171st Medical Company, Michigan National Guard pose during the cold and hot loading training at Northern Strike 22-2 Grayling Army Airfield Mich., 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.

U.S. Army Paratroopers participate in Initial Manifest Call (IMC) to prepare for an airborne jump from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Apr. 27, 2022. The purpose of IMC is to gather a manifest of people who will be participating in an airborne jump.

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Thomas Doles, representing the U.S. Army Reserve Civil Affairrs and Pyschological Operations Command, does push-ups as part of the machine-gun lane as part of the U.S. Army Reserve Best Squad Competition at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin on May 16, 2022. Approximately 40 Soldiers from across the nation traveled to Fort McCoy to compete in the 2022 U.S. Best Warrior Best Squad Competition from May 14-21, 2022. The 2022 BWSC is an annual competition that brings together the best Soldiers and squads from across the U.S. Army Reserve to earn the title of Best Warrior and Best Squad among their peers. Competitors are evaluated on their individual and collective ability to adapt to and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events that test their technical and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

Army Sgt. Tylet Holloway representing U.S. Army National Gaurd checks the security of a splint that he applied during the medical lanes within the Army 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 that test their physical endurance, technical skills, and tactical abilities under stress and extreme fatigue.

041006-M-0374B-001. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

Recruits with Delta Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, aim at a practice target during grass week aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., October 18, 2022. Recruits will spend numerous hours over the week mastering the fundamentals of marksmanship before moving on to live fire drills

A U.S. Soldier throws the M67 grenade during the weapons lane, to earn the U.S. Army Expert Soldier Badge (ESB), Sept. 01, 2022, Vilsek, Germany. The ESB is a U.S. Army special skills badge awarded to all Soldiers, noncommissioned officers, warrant officers, and commissioned officers-except those in the Infantry, Special Forces and Medical career management fields-that demonstrate individual Soldier competencies and abilities to perform tough, realistic and mission-focused skill level 1 Warrior Tasks and brigade commander-selected tasks. Training and testing are expected to be tough, realistic, and mission focused.

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Basic cadets from the Class of 2026 complete the assault course at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Jacks Valley in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 13, 2022. Basic Cadet Training is a six-week indoctrination program to guide the transformation of new cadets from being civilians to military academy cadets prepared to enter a four-year officer commissioning program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong)

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As teams, candidates maneuver an obstacle course during the Special Warfare Training Wing Assessment & Selection Course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on March 14, 2023. The Special Warfare Training Wing prepares candidates physically, mentally, emotionally and cognitively for demanding careers as special warfare operators.

041104-M-0036Y-034. Base: Camp Korean Village State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

Ken Good, a former Navy SEAL, instructs Security Forces Squadron Airmen and law enforcement members how to defend themselves when someone is trying to take their weapon during Progressive Combat Solutions training at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., April 8, 2014. The Progressive Combat Solutions trains military and law enforcement personnel in decision making process originally benchmarked by the Air Force known as observe, orient, decide and act. The Air Mobility Command and the 375th Security Force Squadron hosted this training with the goal of implementing it across the AMC command in the future.

Staff Sgt. Matthew Wright, Allied Forces North Battalion, teaches the Combat Lifesaver Course in Mons, Belgium. (Photo by Pierre Courtejoie)

Senior Airman Kurt Jordan, left, provides rear protection against potential enemy surprises during a compound raid April 9, 2014, at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. The 710th and 310th Security Forces Squadrons held a six-day combat leaders course while living in field conditions. Each days mission is designed around the main objective of the days classroom instruction, placing practical application of combat maneuvers into complex mission environments. The 710th SFS is out of Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., and the 310th SFS is out of Schriever AFB.

From left, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Metcalf, a gunnery coach and Spc. Devin Kiser, Bradley driver from 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment use a boresight device while doing Prep to Fire Checks on day three of the Sullivan Cup, at Fort Benning, Ga., April 27, 2022. Boresighting devices allow a crew to ensure that the vehicle's weapons system and calibration devices are aligned and check the accuracy of fire control systems.

U.S. Marines compete in a grappling event during the Security Battalion Field Meet on Sept. 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. Motor Transport Services finished in first place, followed by Marine Corps Base Quantico Food Services and Installation Personnel Administration Center team two.

100831-A-3843C-197 U.S. Army Pfc. Joseph Guzman, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, prepares to drop a 60mm mortar to launch at fixed targets at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Indiana, on August 31, 2010. The Massachusetts National Guard unit is training to provide security to roughly a dozen provincial reconstruction teams across Afghanistan.

A medic assigned to the 19th Medical Group takes notes at a casualty collection point following a simulated aircraft accident during ROCKI 22-03 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, May 16, 2022. In the exercise, players were tasked to deploy a Command and Control Force Element to a main operating base in the Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility to command and control Mobility Air Forces assets through a scenario that progressed from establishing initial operating capability, to operating in a communication degraded environment, to countering adversary actions.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kira Long, a primary jumpmaster with 1st Landing Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, prepares for a static-line parachute operation on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 4, 2022. 3rd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company conducted low-level static line parachute insertion operations in order to enhance the tactical and operational readiness of its Marines for exercises and real-world operations.

U.S. Army Sgt. Sidney Perry and Cpl. Trevor Franklin, assigned to 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), 21st Signal Brigade, participate in tactical lanes while competing in the 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P Hill, Virginia, May 20, 2022. The annual multi-day competition tests the physical, tactical and technical proficiency of visual information and public affairs specialists across the DOD and participating international competitors.

U.S. Soldiers receive instructions at the medical lane to earn the U.S. Army Expert Soldier Badge (ESB) on Sept. 1, 2022, Vilsek, Germany. The ESB is a U.S. Army special skills badge awarded to all Soldiers, noncommissioned officers, warrant officers, and commissioned officers-except those in the Infantry, Special Forces and Medical career management fields-that demonstrate individual soldier competencies and abilities to perform tough, realistic and mission-focused skill level 1 Warrior Tasks and brigade commander-selected tasks. Training and testing are expected to be tough, realistic, and mission focused.

Staff Sgt. Caleb Stinson, 68W Combat Medics, 232nd Medical Battalion, conducts damage control 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.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Derek Jahn, 133rd Security Forces Squadron, subdues a hostile individual during a simulated ambush at Volk Field, Wisc., June 14, 2022. Jahn is participating in the first-of-its-kind wing-wide Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise for the 133rd Airlift Wing. He will be able to project combat power anytime, anywhere, while remaining operationally capable is the competitive edge the wing intends to sharpen over the coming days.(U.S. Air National Guard photos by Tech. Sgt. Bristol L. Evasco)

041006-M-0374B-026. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji State: Honshu Country: Japan (JPN)

031203-M-1324H-005. Base: USMC Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: WFTBN

060224-A-7969G-014. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Fob Summerall State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ)

A U.S. Navy corpsman assigned to Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve treats a simulated casualty during exercise Raven 22-5 in Lacombe, Louisiana, May 13, 2022. Exercise Raven is Marine Forces Special Operations Commands pre-deployment exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of MARSOC companies and teams. To assist this mission, Marine Forces Reserve regularly collaborates with MARSOC to integrate specific Reserve force capabilities like civil affairs, law enforcement, cyber, intelligence, and Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) into MARSOC training, exercises and operational deployments. This collaboration strengthens Reserve force capabilities and informs MARSOC's efforts to enhance and operationalize their Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Detachment to retain and employ Reserve Marines with these critical skill sets.

OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 05, 2024) Seabees, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4, Airmen, assigned to 18th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), and Marines, assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172, work together to assemble fiber reinforced polymer matting (FRP) in an airfield damage repair exercise, during Keen Edge '24. Keen Edge is an annual bilateral exercise conducted by the United States Forces Japan and the Japanese Self Defense Force. NMCB 4 is forward deployed throughout the Indo-Pacific region to support and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. As the stand-in, crisis response, naval engineering force, NMCB 4 maintains a ready posture to deliver in-theater expeditionary logistics via expeditionary shore infrastructure, forward damage repair, and mobile construction. (US Navy

Senior Airman Pape Diakhoumpa, assigned to Detachment 3, U.S. Air Force Elements, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, secures a tourniquet as he practices his Combat Life Saver skills, 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.

Airmen with the 379th Expeditionary Medical Group practice carrying airmen wearing body armor during a training exercise on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 7, 2022. Airmen practiced a number of ways to transport fellow airmen in a high-stress environment.

Soldiers with 341st Medical Multifunction Battalion from Seagoville, Texas, secure a casualty on litter during hot-cold training during 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.

Soldiers from the U.S. Army 1174th Transportation Terminal Battalion from Fort Totten, Flushing, New York are on Range 28B during their Zero and Grounding training. The unit was here at the Fort Dix Range Complex. (Photos taken by the Fort Dix TSC Training Support Center)

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2-7 Cavalry 1st Cavalry Division refill water canteens to prevent becoming a heat casualty after rucking for six miles during the III Armored Corps Best Squad Competition June 25, 2022. The III Armored Corps pulled only the best from across its divisions and separate brigades to compete in this years inaugural competition. The best Squad goes on to compete at the U.S. Army Forces Command competition at Fort Hood in August.

An Army National Guard competitor examines a simulated casualty before rendering aid during the Army National Guard Region V Best Warrior competition at Camp Gruber Training Center, Okla., May 17, 2022. Army National Guard Soldiers from across six states test their physical and mental proficiency to earn the title Best Warrior at Camp Gruber Training Center, near Braggs, Okla., May 15-20, 2022. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Spc. Caleb Stone)

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.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Garcia, an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, applies a simulated wound to Senior Airman Tate Kinney on Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 9, 2022. Exercise Grand Shield 22-5 maintains the readiness of AUAB first responders.

A 374th Security Forces Squadron Airman opens an airway on a dummy victim during a mass casualty training scenario, Oct. 15, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The training scenario evaluated the Yokota Airmens ability to respond to a mass casualty situation following a simulated chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) attack with the goal of enhancing their ability to respond in a real-world contingency.

030317-M-4419R-004. Base: Camp Coyote Country: Kuwait (KWT) Scene Major Command Shown: 5th Marines

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386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen carry Senior Airman Samir Dzaferagic, 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management, to safety during an active shooter exercise at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Dec. 5, 2022. After simulating taking down the active shooter, 386th ESFS Airmen transported victims outside of the scene to be treated by a higher echelon of care.

U.S. Army soldiers apart of the 146th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 1171st Medical Company Area Support lift a roleplaying patient onto a litter to take him into a Humvee 2-CT Ambulance during their mass casualty simulation at exercise Northern Strike 22-2 in Grayling, Mich., Aug. 13, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that tests their ability to rapidly deploy and provide timely support in a decisive action environment.

041207-M-5573S-113. Base: Camp Johnson State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sgt. Kyron Brown, a transportation management coordinator with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, goes over the companys base defense plan during a Base Defense Live Fire Exercise on Jan. 29, 2019 at Ft. Stewart, Ga. Brown was a squad leader during the exercise and was responsible for Soldiers movements during the live fire.

The 5-17 Air Cavalry Squadron conducted its first spur ride since the unit was activated in May from September 1-2, 2022. Soldiers conducted multiple tasks in negotiating an obstacle course in order to display their confidence while operating as a team.

U.S. Air Force Airmen secure a simulated casualty on a litter during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 14, 2022. Airmen practiced litter-carry movements during a CBRNE to enhance mission capabilities.

An Expert Soldier Badge candidate prepares to move a battlefield casualty during testing April 21, 2022. More than 180 Soldiers from across the East coast attended the Expert Soldier, Expert Infantry and Expert Field Medical Badge, also known as E3B, testing at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Spc. Shannon Saeger, a combat engineer with the 883rd Engineer Company, Iowa National Guard, rigs a C-4 explosive charge as part of a confidence test during Western Strike 22 at Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho, June 10, 2022. Junior enlisted Soldiers were given a confidence test in order to gauge their combat engineer knowledge and abilities. 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.

Sgt. 1st Class Richard Sopko, medical platoon sergeant, 3rd Battalion, 112th Field Artillery Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, monitors the administration of fluids through an IV drip bag during eXportable Combat Training Capability 22-01 on Fort Drum, NY, July 21, 2022.

FORT IRWIN, Cali. -- Soldiers of Alpha Company, 1-168th Infantry Battalion gather to play a little bit of hacky-sack to kill some time in the early evening Sept. 16. The Soldiers await the National Training Center rotation scheduled to begin in a few days. Soldiers of the 2-34th Brigade Combat Team must complete the training validation here at NTC before they deploy to Afghanistan later this fall.

BARRIGADA, Guam (July 27, 2022) Sailors attached to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five (EODMU5), train with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 (HSC-25), transporting a simulated combat casualty. HSC-25 maintains a 24-hour search and rescue and medical evacuation alert posture, directly supporting the U.S. Coast Guard, Sector Guam and Joint Region Marianas. HSC-25 ensures maritime peace and security in the U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Responsibility.

A day of unique Combat Water Survival and Swift Water Rescue Training was conducted in the waters of the Fox River in Oshkosh, Wis. by the Soldiers of Company A, 2nd Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team this Saturday, September 10. This rigorous day of training was designed to prepare the Soldiers of Company A to answer the call to ait in domestic operations whenever needed. The event is the companys first large-scale home station training with all Soldiers back together after many deployments and state missions over the past few years. (32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team photo by Staff Sgt. Kati Volkman/Released)

The United States Army's most qualified uniformed interrogation teams met at Fort Bragg, North Carolina to compete in the inaugural Army Interrogation Olympics to determine the Army's Best Interrogation Team of the Year. Military Intelligence Soldiers from Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard components met and thrived in an austere field environment while refining and improving individual and collective HUMINT, analytical, leader, and Soldier skills. The competition was hosted by the 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade from August 8 to 10, 2022.

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U.S. Airmen assigned to the 6th Maintenance Squadron pick up debris during a foreign object debris walk at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct 1, 2022. FOD walks are routinely held to clear the flightline of any foreign objects that could potentially cause damage to aircraft.

A pararescueman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron prepares a simulated patient for transport at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Nov. 2, 2022. After securing the simulated patient, they perform a vertical raise that is often used in search and recovery.

1st Lt. Bryce Pool, executive officer of the 661st Engineer Company, 123rd Engineer Battalion, Illinois Army National Guard, adjusts the iron sights of an M4 weapon at the zeroing range at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, July 12, 2022. Zeroing a weapon ensures the sights are aligned and the shooter can be precise.

U.S. service members conduct medical training during a Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood , TX on June 6th, 2022. The training was accomplished from 6-10th June 2022 at the Fort Hood Medical Training Simulation 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.

Spc. Nicholas Stagliano, an Infantryman, 1st Squad, 2nd Plantoon, 2-503 Battle Co., out of Vicenza, Italy collects his gear after landing in the Hohenburg Dropzone, Hohenfels Training Area, Germany. Stagliano, from Westchester County, NY, is taking part of Saber Junction 22 which is a two-week multi-national training excercise to assess the 173d Airborne's ability to execute Unified Land Operations in a joint, combined environment. U.S. Army Reserve photo by SSG Jeff Daniel

A Paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, participates in a stress shoot at Fort Bragg, N.C. on Janurary 7, 2021. The event is designed to measure the physical fitness and shooting capabilities of a Paratrooper in a stressful environment. The stress shoot challenged Paratroopers to overcome multiple challenges in addition to firing their weapons including a sled drag, kettlebell run, and wheelbarrow push.

Soldiers assigned to 4th Infantry Division steady a 335 pound tire as they descend down an anti-tank ditch in the Utah Beach physical training event at Fort Carson, Colorado, May 23, 2022. The Utah Beach event kicks off the start of Ivy Week 2022 and symbolizes the battlefield in which past Ivy Soldiers were confronted with on June 6, 1944, at the start of D-Day.

220607-N-PG340-1052 SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (June 7, 2022) U.S. Navy Seabees with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 5 participate 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.

Spc. Keenan Baxter, an indirect fire infantryman with the 1st Battalion of Headquarters, Headquarters 121st Infantry Regiment, conducts army warrior tasks simulation in the Region 3 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition held at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Fla., on May 12th, 2022. Soldiers in the Army National Guard gather to compete, build esprit de corps, and represent their respective states for the upcoming national competition.

A grader for the new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly Aug. 10, 2011, at Fort Bragg, N.C. Unlike the 2-minute pushup event in the current Army Physical Fitness Test, soldiers can no longer pause, choose their own hand position or sag in the middle.”

Georgia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 177th Brigade Engineer Battalion apply camouflage face paint as one of the challenges during a battalion Best Warrior competition in Fort Gordon, Ga., November 19, 2022.

Maj. John Harrison, a field artillery officer, both assigned to Task Force Orion, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New York Army National Guard, focuses during the plank portion of the Army Combat Fitness Test at Grafenwoehr, Germany, Sept. 29, 2022. Task Force Orion Soldiers completed the ACFT as a measure of their physical fitness while deployed to Germany in support of training partner nations.

Cpl. Jeremy R. Laulom, station armourer, provides assistantance to Cpl. Jeffrey A. Depies, station ordnanceman, during an induction firing at the Indoor Small Arms Range here Aug. 5. The Marines fired 100 rounds each during the induction firing.

040614-M-5555L-041. Base: Camp Ali State: Al Anbar Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 10, 2022) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Dennis Snyder, left, demonstrates proper personnel security search procedures on Steelworker 1st Class Joseph Sanchez during Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18s Field Training Exercise (FTX). FTX is designed to analyze a battalions construction capability, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to support major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Soldiers with Company G, 3d Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, Mississippi Army National Guard, Mississippi Army National Guard, render first aid to injured personnel during a proof of concept exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Mississippi, April 29, 2022. The exercise was a part of Southern Strike, a special operations-centric exercise that promotes interoperability between special forces, conventional ground forces, and air assets in order to ensure the U.S. military stays relevant and ready to respond to a peer-to-peer, large-scale combat operation.

U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 319th Reconnaissance Wing along with a medical professional from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences Simulation Center practice stabilization techniques during a medical training exercise Aug. 26, 2022, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. During this training event airmen rotated through three training stations with simulated medical emergency scenarios.

111209-N-PB383-226PHILIPPINE SEA (Dec. 9, 2011) Hospital corpsmen assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (11th MEU) assess a simulated casualty in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD 18) during combat stress training. New Orleans and embarked Marines assigned to the 11th MEU are conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group commanded by Capt. Humberto L. Quintanilla II.

Members from the 221st and 239th Combat Communications Squadrons practice Tactical Combat Casualty Care maneuvers during Exercise BUMBU 22 at Camp Shelby, Miss., June 5, 2022. BUMBU 22 brings five combat communications squadrons with the 254th Combat Communications Group from their home stations located across the nation together for a consolidated training exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Brakeley)

A U.S. Navy Religious Ministry Team participating in exercise Native Fury 22 provides a simulated casualty with religious support during a simulated mass casualty training event during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 18, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Prepositioned Force in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to Charlie Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct Medevac traing at Osoppo training area in Udine,Italy, April 12, 2023. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable of projecting ready forces anywhere in the U.S. European, Africa or Central Commands' areas of responsibility.

The Airborne Ops/Lift/Jump were held here on the newly built Fort Dix Ramp which was just Dedicated on 19 August and was the first mission to be held at this location on Fort Dix. The 404th CA Advon arrived at TAC-1A for rehearsals prior to the actual loading and jump. After rehearsals the units were transferred to the Fort Dix Army Ramp where parachutes were distributed on the parking area inside of the fence of the Army Ramp. The troops arrived on or about 1230L and were ushered over to the staging area falling-in on their assigned chalks. Two CU-47's (5/519 Regt, Fort Eustis VA) had arrived at 1300L. While the CU-47s were refueling, the Jump Master and unit leaders conducted a mission brief in Bldg 4421. At the conclusion of the brief a mission walk through took place. A Final inspection of the troops was conducted at the aircraft. These Airborne Ops soldiers were lifted to the jump area located at Coyle Field, NJ. (Images provided by the Fort Dix (TSC) Training Support Center)

U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, prepare to breach a door during a military operation on urbanized terrain exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 6, 2022. This training is designed to enhance proficiency at fighting within a confined space.

060226-A-7969G-026. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Speicher Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: A1-187

Sgt. Jacob Loken, 153rd QuarterMaster Field Feeding Company, 1st Armored Division Sustainment Brigade, teaches a child how to operate an M2 machine gun as part of Torch Week on Fort Bliss, Nov 1. 2022. Fort Bliss held a demonstration day where the local community and soldier's families could learn about what the soldiers on Fort Bliss do and how they operate their machinery and equipment.

U.S. Marines and Jordanian Soldiers assigned to the Quick Response Force Brigade conduct a stress-shoot relay race during an all-female marksmanship subject matter expert exchange between U.S. Marines and Jordanian Soldiers in Zarqa, Jordan, Feb. 21, 2024. U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command and the Jordanian Armed Forces developed the exchange to highlight the similarities in marksmanship training and the impacts that inclusivity has within our militaries. Marine Corps

Cpl. Rosi B. Velezpineda, a parachute rigger assigned to 3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, inspects a Soldiers parachute ahead of an airborne operation at Fort Bragg, N.C., June 21, 2022. The paratroopers jumped onto Holland Drop Zone later in the day.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, grapple on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, April. 14, 2022. Marines hiked and competed in Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competitions between companies to increase morale and esprit de corps. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Forces comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Spc. Andrew Melcom (left) of the 173rd Airborne Brigade asks Sgt. Travis McCloskey to evaluate his face paint as they get ready for Sabre Junction 2022 at Aviano Airbase, Italy. Saber Junction 22 is a multinational rotational exercise designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Armys 173rd Airborne Brigade to execute unified land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with more than 4,500 participants from the U.S. and Allied and partner nations at the U.S. Armys Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas from August 29 to September 20, 2022. (U.S. Army Photo SSG Brandon Rickert)

The 124th Medical Group hosts an All Service Member level Tactical Combat Casualty Care course, inviting Airmen from around the base to become some of the wings first TCCC instructors, Gowen Field, Idaho, Oct. 16, 2022. TCCC is replacing Self Aid Buddy Care as the Air Force looks to create more agile, combat-ready Airmen.

Staff Sgt. Blake Layton, the lead medic for Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 4th Infantry Division, helps conduct Medical Evacuation (MEDEVAC) training on Pershing Field with a simulated casualty care training aid at Fort Carson, Colorado, April 27, 2022. Soldiers are expected to provide aid to battle buddies while on the battlefield if injured, and will call in transportation to help move personnel.

030912-M-9023R-009. Subject Operation/Series: CROCODILE 2003 Base: Camp Samuel Hill State: Queensland Country: Australia (AUS) Scene Major Command Shown: GOLF 2ND BN 3RD MAR

Airmen assigned to the 203rd RED HORSE Squadron, Virginia Air National Guard, set up a mobile aircraft arresting cable during a four-day field training exercise on Nov. 16, 2019. More than 150 Airmen participated in the exercise to practice skills they would perform in a deployed environment.

Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 58th Infantry Regiment trainees seeking to become infantry soldiers focus on hand grenade training, February 26, 2024, at Story Range on Fort Moore.During the six-hour course, trainees are briefed on hand grenade operation, how to hold a hand grenade, how to correctly throw a hand grenade and how to kneel after one is thrown. Army

A U.S. Air Force team performs a litter carry during the Viking games at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, on Jan. 12, 2024. This competition, which assessed stamina, physical strength, and endurance, was hosted by the Norwegian Telemark Battalion "Task Force Viking."

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Sgt. Scott Shaffer, a Hershey native assigned to 3rd Battalion, 166th Regiment Regional Training Institute, Pennsylvania Army National Guard practices laying down firing wire as he crawls through a field to place a claymore during a Ranger Sapper Assessment Program April 23 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. Employing and Recovering an M18A1 Claymore Mine is one of the seven ranger training tasks that ranger candidates are expected to be able to know and perform during Ranger School.

RAS AL QARAIN, Bahrain (May 10, 2022) - U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command (FASTCENT) participate in a ground medical evacuation training during exercise Neon Defender 22 in Bahrain, May 10. Neon Defender is an annual bilateral training event between U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and Bahrain. The exercise focuses on maritime security operations, installation defense and medical response.

Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 206th Field Artillery Regiment medics provide medical care to Charlie Battery 1-206th in a simulated mass casualty evacuation exercise on June 11, 2022. Simulated training events such as these allow Soldiers to perform routine medical care in a controlled and realistic environment.

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