Medical Evacuation Exercises

Scenes of military medics performing casualty care and evacuation exercises, showcasing the collaboration between military and medical personnel.

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, fills out a mechanism of injury report on a simulated casualty during an Expeditionary Medical Integration Course (EMIC) on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 25, 2022. This is the third iteration of EMIC which validates the Marines of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines ability to provide a higher level of health service support capability in any operational environment.

U.S. Air Force pararescuemen from the 131st Rescue Squadron and emergency medicine residents from the 60th Medical Group assist in the medical evacuation of a simulated casualty during a mass casualty exercise at Travis Air Force Base, California, May 17, 2022. Military and civilian emergency medicine residents of UC Davis Integrated Emergency Medicine Residency Program were exposed to Travis en route patient staging system (ERPSS) from the point of injury (POI) to transport by the Critical Care Air Transport Team (CCATT).

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 1st Marine Division, fills out a mechanism of injury report on a simulated casualty during an Expeditionary Medical Integration Course (EMIC) on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 25, 2022. This is the third iteration of EMIC which validates the Marines of 1st Battalion, 4th Marines ability to provide a higher level of health service support capability in any operational environment.

Indiana National Guard medics assist Nigerien medics with IV training Sept. 26, 2022 in Niamey, Niger. The Indiana National Guard state partnership medical team spent more than two weeks in Niamey, Niger during the month of September working alongside the Niger armed forces first combat medic team to provide instruction in tactical combat casualty care and behavioral health.

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.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman 3rd Class Craig Fortson with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, provides aid to a simulated casualty during a cherry picker training event during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 2, 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.

Lieutenant Colonel Walter Franz (right) and SPECIALIST Kevin Haskins evaluate a field medical injury during Operation GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 held at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area, Dublin California. Reserve forces from all over the nation are participating in GOLDEN MEDIC, a multi-unit, medical, field exercise in which the Army transports simulated casualties from the frontline through various staging areas to a main tent. Subject Operation/Series: GOLDEN MEDIC 2001 Base: Camp Dublin State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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220718-N-EE352-2096 BELLOWS AIR FORCE STATION, Hawaii (July 18, 2022) A U.S. Marine inspects a simulated opposing force member inside a secured compound during a urban terrain warfare training exercise with the Malaysian Army as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Members assigned to the 17th Civil Engineer Squadron and 17th Medical Group, collaborate to load a pseudo victim into an ambulance during an active shooter exercise at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, April 21, 2022. Active shooter exercises test mission capabilities and reiterate emergency readiness while under pressure of a realistic crisis scenario.

Staff Sgt. Kelsey Jones, 138th Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, gives instruction on how to apply a hemostatic dressing to a casualty during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care training session at the Tulsa Air National Guard Base, Okla., June 4, 2022.A hemostatic dressing is administered after a tourniquet is properly applied and bleeding continues. (Oklahoma Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Alyssa Smalley)

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U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Francisco Dela Rosa, right, corpsman, Headquarters and Service Battalion (HQSVCBN), U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and members of the Marine Infantry Regiment in French Polynesia, French Armed Forces, apply a tourniquet during the Aito Course in Taravao, Tahiti, French Polynesia, Sept. 7, 2022. The event provided a bilateral training opportunity between the French Armed Forces and Marines with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. The nine Marines and Sailor from HQSVCBN participated in the bilateral training with the French Armed Forces in order to strengthen relationships with the region. The courses name comes from the Tahitian word aito, which means warrior.

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U.S. Navy Corpsmen with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, feel for a simulated exit wound on a casualty during a casualty evacuation exercise aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 22, 2022. This integrated 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.

U.S. Army Spc. Melissa Bellgreen, assigned to the 1171st Medical Company, Michigan National Guard lies on the stretcher for the cold and hot loading training at the Grayling Army Airfield, Mich., during 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.

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.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Patrick Moore, center top, 60th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron medical technician, responds to a simulated seizure on Capt. Wilfred Roman-Otero, 60th AES flight nurse, center bottom, during Exercise Golden Bee, aboard a flight over the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 24, 2022. Exercise Golden Bee is a joint readiness exercise designed to provide training integration and rehearse strategic and operational objectives in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Joint training exercise with Det 2. 6 Co. 3/238th AVN MEDEVAC, Cox Health and Missouri State Highway Patrol at Hercules Glade Wilderness, Bradleyville, Mo., Oct. 06, 2022. Multiple Missouri departments teamed up to practice life-saving MEDEVAC scenarios. (Photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Rose Di Trolio.)

Tech. Sgt. Michael Meserole, a mobile police patrol officer assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, reads a training card revealing a victims wounds during an active shooter, explosive ordinance disposal exercise June 25, 2022, at Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates. The intent of the joint agency exercise was to evaluate emergency responders with no advance notice, in order to identify shortfalls in training, communication, or assets, to ensure the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing is ready for real-world situations.

$U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, demonstrate treatment for a simulated open fracture in the Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) class at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 2, 2022. The TCCC class is a three phase approach to casualty management, ensuring the appropriate medical care is given at the correct time and place during a combat mission.$

U.S. Air Force surgeons attached to the Special Operations Forces medical element, 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., operate on urgent surgical "patients" during Emerald Warrior, March 4, 2011. Emerald Warrior is a U.S. Special Operations Command-sponsored, multiservice exercise designed to leverage lessons learned from Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom to provide trained and ready forces to combatant commanders.

Soldiers giving emergency care to a wounded comrade lying on the floor, screaming in pain.

Soldiers and Airmen from the FEMA Region III Homeland Response Force, Pennsylvania National Guard, strap a wounded non-ambulatory civilian onto a wheeled stretcher during HRF Collective Training Event on August 13, 2022 at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. The joint forces work together to decontaminate the exercise wounded individuals before they are cleared to move onto the next phase

Airmen from the 374th Medical Group transport a simulated injured service member from the flightline to a mass-casualty medical transport at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022. The 374th MDG team simulated transferring casualties from aeromedical helicopter transport to a mass-casualty medical transport bound for the 374th MDG base hospital for advanced treatment.

Members of the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron and 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, tend to patients while wearing Mission Oriented Protective Posture (MOPP) gear during exercise: Operation Merciful Valkyrie, Sept. 13, 2022. More than 180 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing and members of the 5th Battalion, 159th Regiment General Support Aviation Battalion, Fort Knox, Kentucky, participated in the aeromedical patient movement exercise , Sept. 11-14, 2022. Four C-17 Globemaster IIIs conducted eight launches a day, three days in a row, for a total of 24 launches roundtrip from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The exercise focused on transporting patients from an austere environment (Fort Campbell) and bringing them to a more secure location (Wright-Patterson AFB) while providing en route medical care.

U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to 1171st Medical Company Area Support, Michigan Army National Guard, place simulated casualty into Humvee 2-CT Ambulance during mass casualty training as part of exercise Northern Strike 22-2 at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 15, 2022. Northern Strike is designed to challenge approximately 7,400 service members with multiple forms of training that advance interoperability across multicomponent, multinational and interagency partners.

U.S. Sailors with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, treat a simulated patient during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation exercise on Camp Pendleton, California, April 9, 2022. 1st Medical Battalion performed a MCCRE in order to assess unit effectiveness and readiness.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Karime Casas, a supply chain and material management specialist with Combat Logistic Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit ties a tourniquet around the arm of a simulated casualty during a combat life-saver course aboard USS New Orleans (LPD 18), Philippine Sea, Aug. 11, 2022. Casas is a native of Los Angeles, California. 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.

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(220609-N-OI810-0544) GULFPORT, Mississippi (June 9, 2022) Builder 3rd Class Tyler Prichett, from Starkville, Mississippi, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 14, applies a tourniquet to Steelworker 1st Class Tyler Abeln, from Salisbury, Missouri, assigned to NMCB-14, during a tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) course during fiscal year 2022, quarter three, Regional Training Platform (RTP-3) at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport, June 9, 2022. RTP-3 provided NMCB-14 Seabees hands-on training opportunities in TCCC; maintenance and material management; civil engineering support equipment operations; convoy operations; and Seabee combat warfare and expeditionary skills. NMCB-14 provides advance base construction, battle damage repair, contingency engineering, humanitarian assistance and disaster recovery support to our fleet and unified commanders.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mackenzie Cea, 18th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment craftsman, prepares AFE before flying operations during Exercise Pitch Black 2022 at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, Sept. 1, 2022. Pitch Black 22 is a model opportunity for expanding engagements with allies and partners across the globe, and demonstrates the resolve to promote security and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Army Spc. Bridger Harris, a combat medic assigned to Charlie Medical Company, 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, inserts an IV as a part of a simulated mass casualty exercise at Skwierzyna, Poland, Aug. 10, 2022. The 3/4th 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.

Sgt. Carolyn Gallagher, a reservist attached to the 29th infantry Division, yells for help during a mass casualty exercise at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo May 9. The exercise tested Soldiers and Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) fire fighters ability to react to an attack against the base.

Sgt. 1st Class Dain Neininger and Sgt. Chaise Rheinlander, 1st Cavalry Division, assess a casualty during the Sgt. Maj. Jack L. Clark Jr. U.S. Army Best Medic Competition, Jan. 25, 2022, Fort Hood, Texas. The competition is a grueling 72 hours with many events to test the Soldiers abilities. (U.S. Army photo by Dylan Bailey)

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SSGT Ronald Rel, Jr., 939th Rescue Wing, a UH-60 aircrew member, simulates abdominal injuries while 51st Medical Group personnel attend to him. Members of the 33rd Rescue Squadron, Detachment 1 51st Civil Engineer/Fire department and 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, team up during a simulated emergency landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. The landing, with fire, smoke, and all but one aircrew member injured, was simulated during a Combat Employment Readiness Exercise held in conjunction with exercise Foal Eagle. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Japan Ground Self Defense Force medical personnel treat a simulated casualty during exercise Keen Sword 23 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3rd MLG, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Japan Self-Defense Force. This bilateral field-training exercise between the U.S. military and JSDF strengthens interoperability and combat readiness of the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 21, 2022) Sailors checks the vitals of Fireman Jarin Meyer, from Piqua, Ohio, in the flight deck battle dress station during a search and rescue drill onboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability through alliances and partnerships while serving as a ready-response force in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Norwegians in the Norwegian Home Guard Youth Teams in the 51st Norwegian Reciprocal Troop Exchange (NOREX) complete medical training at the Medical Simulation Training Center (MSTC) at Camp Ripley Training Center in Little Falls, Minnesota on Feb 4th, 2024. The MSTC provides training scenarios by adjusting simulated training experiences by changing the lighting, noise, smell, and injuries with realistic mechanical mannequins (Minnesota Army National Guard

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (#JROTC) students from Davenport High School had the opportunity to visit the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence on August 4, 2022. The tour was sponsored by the 187th Medical Battalion as part of the Fort Sam Houston Adopt-a-School program. On March 5, 2022, the battalion signed an Adopt-a-School charter with Davenport High School. The JRTOC students began their day with a visit to the Army Medical Department Museum where they received an introduction to Army Medicine by Maj. Gen. Mike Talley, MEDCoE commanding general. After touring the museum, the students had lunch at the Brooke Army Medical Center where they participated in a question and answer session with Soldiers of various Army medical specialties. They concluded their day by getting hands-on training from Brigade Combat Team Trauma Training #BCT3 Course instructors, then afterwards had the chance to practice treating simulated medical causalities.

Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Trenton Gonder, assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS) puts Chief Master-at-Arms Danny Royer in handcuffs during a simulated active-shooter drill at CFAS Aug. 2, 2022. For 75 years, CFAS has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services to empower forward-deployed U.S. and Allied Forces while providing superior support to their families and the community.

Straight on medium close-up of Fourth-Year medical student, Second Lieutenant Greg Sweitzer as he examines a patient in the Bushmaster exercise at Camp Bullis, San Antonio, Texas. Bushmaster meshes medicine with military operations. It gives the fourth-year students a taste of what they may face in a frontline first-aid station or in a battlefield hospital, treating traumatic wounds and exotic ailments on a grand scale. Base: Camp Bullis State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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220824-N-EE352-1147 SAN DIEGO (Aug. 24, 2022) Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Sailors and San Diego Federal Fire Department simulate a medical emergency during the Chapter 13 shipboard carrier qualification aboard Vinson, Aug. 24. Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego.

110416-N-DR144-109 ARABIAN SEA (April 16, 2011) Airman Casey Anderson, left, Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Zachary Thomason, and Aviation Electrician's Mate Michael McHargue, all assigned the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), treat a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill. Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17 are conducting maritime security operations and close air support missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

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Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anna Boisvert, Aerospace Medical Service Apprentice Phase II Course Supervisor, demonstrates the proper technique for placing an IV line on Airman 1st Class Hawkin Kenny, AMSA phase II student, during training at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, July 7. Phase II of the AMSA program is held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, where enlisted personnel learn the skills needed to become U.S. Air Force medics.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 19, 2022) Sailors assigned to Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesda, prepare for surgery on a patient during their operational readiness evaluation (ORE). The ORE directly supports the Surgeon General's guidance that "Navy Medicine will optimize to project medical power in support of Naval Superiority." NR-EMF Bethesda is comprised of Reservists from around the country that came together to complete training which includes equipment familiarization, integrated medical/patient throughput training, scenario/mission, and emergency (fire, security, etc.) training.

110105-N-8824M-208ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2011) Members of the medical team aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) assess and treat a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Keion Woolley, a firefighter with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, inspects the burnt skin of a training casualty at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 16, 2022. Moulage and scene acting are used in military training to better simulate the chaotic and potentially hostile real-life events medically trained Airmen may be dispatched.

U.S. Air Force emergency medical services members, with the 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, and a U.S. Soldier with Task Force Longhorn, unload a simulated casualty from an ambulance at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2022. The 378th Air Expeditionary Wing held an airborne missile attack exercise that included a simulated mass casualty incident.

U.S. Army Spc. Alfredo De La Rosa, a motor transport operator assigned to the 1916th Support Battalion based out of Fort Irwin, California, inserts a needle into a simulated casualty during a medical training exercise for the U.S. Army Forces Command Best Squad Competition August 17th 2022. The Best Squad Competition reinforces fundamental Soldier skills and squad level tactics.

Soldiers from the 66th Transportation Company prepare to move a simulated casualty while training at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 11, as part of the companyís preparations for an upcoming deployment to Iraq.

Litter bearers carry a wounded Marine across the helicopter pad at Fleet Hospital 5 during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Soldiers in the U.S. National Guard and Reserves treat a casualty during a field training exercise in the Camp Dodge training area while attending a combat medic course at the 185th Regional Training Institute in Johnston, Iowa, on May 17, 2022. Four Kosovo Security Force members are attending the course at the 185th RTI. The Iowa National Guard is partnered with Kosovo as part of the Department of Defenses State Partnership Program, which affords unique opportunities for cross training.

Capt. Lucas Borg and Maj. Vance Knauer, dentists in the 90th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron, participate in training, July 14, 2022, on F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming. 90 OMRS participated in in-place decontamination training to prepare for the possibility of real-life events.

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

An Airman from the 633d Medical Group practices proper medical procedures in a simulated 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 Tech. Sgt. Susanna Wohlford, Colorado Air National Guard, 140th Medical Group medic, trains with a defibrilator during exercise ADRIATIC STRIKE 21 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, May 17, 2021. ADRIATIC STRIKE 21 is part of DEFENDER-EUROPE 21, which will exercise the commands ability to integrate approximately 30,000 U.S., allied, and partner forces from 26 nations to conduct nearly-simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen nations from the Baltics, to Africa, and to the Black Sea and Balkan regions.

Soldiers of the 546th Medical Company Area Support participate in a Mission Rehearsal Exercise where they provide medical care for actors in a mass casualty scenario, during KFOR 31 in Hohenfels Training Area in Germany on Oct. 15, 2022. KFOR 31 is a multinational training event conducted to prepare units for their deployment to the Kosovo Regional Command East. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Anna Pongo, 111th Public Affairs Detachment, Nebraska National Guard)

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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.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 20, 2022) Sailors assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, explain to the subject matter experts how they are treating a patient during Operation Firebreak. Operation Firebreak involves patient care from point of injury through Role I, Role II, and Role III care. Operation Firebreak is part of Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesdas operational readiness evaluation (ORE). NR-EMF Bethesda is comprised of Reservists from around the country that came together to complete training which includes equipment familiarization, integrated medical and patient throughput training, medical scenarios, and emergency (fire, security, etc.) training.

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U.S. service members supporting Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, tend to simulated casualties during a mass casualty exercise at Chabelley Airfield, Djibouti, April 21, 2022. The exercise focused on coordination and communication between different units and mission partners in order to provide effective medical evacuation support for joint operations in the Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Joel Pfiester)

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Patrick Morin-Plante, 8th Security Forces Squadron Alpha flight commander, provides medical assistance to simulated injured personnel during a training event at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Sept. 14, 2022. Moulage is utilized to provide realistic wound representations to improve recognition of specific injury types.

U.S. Airmen assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing participate in CPR refresher training in Swanton, Ohio on Aug. 7, 2022. The 180FW fire department responds to emergencies both on and off base in the surrounding communities. Regular training ensures they maintain the highest levels of readiness and proficiency.

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U.S. Army Chaplain Capt. Jacob Lawrence, the 8th Special Troops Battalion, 8th Theatre Sustainment Command chaplain, prays with notionally injured and distressed Soldiers as part of a religious support readiness training exercise at East Range on Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, Feb. 1, 2024. Unit ministry teams gave reports during the update briefs as part of a training exercise meant for them to demonstrate their ability to provide religious support in large-scale combat operations. Army

U.S. Army medic Sgt. Michael Daugherty, from the 6th Battalion, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, helps lift a wounded Iraqi police officer into an ambulance at Forward Operating Base Normandy, Iraq, March 24, 2007.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, demonstrate a Brazilian tactic for carrying casualties during a first aid class as part of a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 26, 2022. U.S. partnerships in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibly are forged by shared challenges and common objectives. Bilateral training events such as jungle training develops and sustains relationships that improve the capacity of U.S. and partner nation maritime forces to achieve common desired effects. This exchange of knowledge between critical regional partners fosters interoperability, friendly relationships, and mutual cooperation.

A detailed shot of U.S. Air Force Capt. José D. Rodriguez, a clinical nurse assigned to the 156th Medical Group, Detachment 1, Puerto Rico Air National Guard, instructing Airmen assigned to the 101st Medical Group, Maine Air National, on how to stop an hemorrhage during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Muñiz Air National Guard Base, Carolina, Puerto Rico, Feb. 21, 2024. The 156th MDG, Det. 1, trained the 101st MDG in TCCC, a deployment requirement that qualifies Airmen in prehospital combat medicine, including life-saving techniques and strategies designed to address trauma life support while maintaining operational success. Air National Guard

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Members of the 161st Medical Group conducts tourniquet training at Goldwater Air National Guard Base, January 8, 2024. Proper tourniquet application can be the difference between life and death.

U.S. Air Force Airman Brianna Shannon (left), 59th Medical Squadron medical technician, and Tech. Sgt. Christian Mejia (center), 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron fire station chief, apply decontamination procedures during a Patient Decontamination Course, Aug. 10, 2022, at Joint Base San Antoni-Randolph, Texas. Military members across Joint Base San Antonio participate in a Patient Decontamination Course, Aug. 10, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The outdoor training teaches and refreshes JBSA medics and firefighters on DECON procedures. In Place Patient Decontamination training protects the military treatment facility from further contamination.

030428-M-1852W-029. Base: Central Training Area State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3D Medical Battalion

040706-F-1351B-021. Base: Zarkha Country: Jordan (JOR) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

Medics from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 181st Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team document the mock treatments provided to a Soldiers role playing as a wounded enemy prisoners in preparation to move the wounded to higher medical care, during a Mass Casualty drill during the eXportable Combat Training Exercise (XCTC) exercise at Ft. Drum, N.Y. on July 19, 2022. A Mass Casualty exercise tests a medical unit's ability to respond to multiple casualties arriving at the Battalion Aid Station in a short amount of time. More than 2,500 Soldiers are participating in the training event, which enables brigade combat teams to achieve the trained platoon readiness necessary to deploy, fight, and win. The Soldiers from the 181st are part of the Massachusetts Army National Guard and the rest of the 44th Infantry Brigade is composed of units from New Jersey.

U.S. Air Force medics assigned to the 59th Medical Wing, stabilize a patients head during a simulated medical training exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 30, 2022. The Vapor Trails mission, a validated assessment program for operational readiness, is a C-130 in-flight sustainment training sortie for Critical Care Air Transport Teams.

Members of the Maldives National Defense Forces practice applying a Nasopharyngeal Airway on themselves with the 5th Security Forces Assistance Brigade (SFAB) at Central Area Command, Kahdhoo, Maldives, May 17, 2022. SFAB trains and advises foreign security forces to improve partner capabilities and facilitate achievement of U.S. strategic objectives.

021016-F-9927R-243. Base: Bolling Air Force Base State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Indiana National Guard Sgt. Cliff Atchison, of Indianapolis and a 38th Infantry Division aviation operations noncommissioned officer, assess a casualty during tactical combat casualty care training at Camp Atterbury near Edinburgh, Indiana, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. The division's soldiers prepare for their upcoming warfighter exercise and follow-on mobilization at the southern Indiana training center.

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., prepare to place litters onto a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron June 23, 2022. The 36th AES is an Air Force Reserve unit within the 403rd Wing tasked with the lifesaving mission of providing care to patients in various airframes as they're transported to accommodating medical facilities.

Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Michaela Kane, left, and Master-at-Arms 3rd Class Veronica Velez, right, apprehend a suspect during an Integrated Training Team (ITT) drill onboard Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY). Citadel Pacific is an annual exercise to evaluate command and control capabilities, and to ensure the readiness and effectiveness of antiterrorism programs throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. For more than 75 years, CFAY has provided, maintained, and operated base facilities and services in support of the U.S. 7th Fleets forward-deployed naval forces, tenant commands, and thousands of military and civilian personnel and their families.

011023-F-1705S-008. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

020930-A-6042E-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Airmen, Sailors and local county medics work together to move a simulated victim onto a stretcher during an active assailant exercise Dec. 6 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The exercise, involving explosive ordnance disposal students from the Navy EOD school, took place deep within the Eglin range. The exercise tested the response capabilities of the 96th Test Wing, Okaloosa and Walton County law enforcement, fire departments and medical personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

220908-F-LN908-0128ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 8, 2022) Boatswain's Mate Seaman Giselle Olivera, from Rancho Cordova, Calif., cuffs Operations Specialist Seaman Dustin Bettice, right, from San Antonio, during security reaction force training aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), Sept. 8, 2022. Hershel "Woody" Williams is rotationally deployed to the U.S. Naval Forces Africa area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet, to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

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