Emergency Medical Operations

Crisis response scenarios featuring teams conducting medical evacuations, vertical rescues, and emergency drills in various military settings.

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team jump from an aircraft to start a demonstration at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Nicknamed the Golden Knights in 1962, Golden signifies the gold medals the team won in international competitions, and Knights alludes to the teams ambition to conquer the skies. The Golden Knights perform in more than 100 events per year. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

060404-N-1786N-046. Base: USS Tarawa (LHA 1)

At the entrance to Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, the ORI scenario was: "Workman down with broken ankle on roof of air conditioning mechanical bay." Responding to the radio call, the fire department, after locating the victim, put a splinter on his legs, placed him onto a stokes litter, rigged a hoist and performed a vertical rescue by lowering him off the roof for transport to the hospital. They were participating in the 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft.... Complete Scene Caption: At the entrance to Cheyenne Mountain Air Station, the ORI scenario was: "Workman down with broken ankle on roof of air conditioning mechanical bay." Responding to the radio call, the fire department, after locating the victim, put a splinter on his legs, placed him onto a s

Members of the U.S. Army Parachute Team jump from an aircraft to start a demonstration at the 2022 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, California, Sept. 24, 2022. Nicknamed the Golden Knights in 1962, Golden signifies the gold medals the team won in international competitions, and Knights alludes to the teams ambition to conquer the skies. The Golden Knights perform in more than 100 events per year. The theme for the 2022 MCAS Miramar Air Show, Marines Fight, Evolve and Win, reflects the Marine Corps ongoing modernization efforts to prepare for future conflicts.

Sailors aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) prepare a reeves sleeve during a general quarters drill while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 23, 2024. George Washington is underway in support of carrier qualifications.

060803-N-1648R-019. Base: Naval Base, Coronado State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Army aviation Soldiers transport notional victims to the 140th Chemical Company, California National Guard, during a mass casualty decontamination exercise at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., July 28, 2022. Task Force 46 and over 600 personnel from its federal, state, local, private and academic partners collaborated to successfully complete the most recent Dense Urban Terrain (DUT) exercise. The DUT series of exercises began in 2018 and has become one of the Nations premier all-hazard and homeland defense exercises designed to enhance interagency interoperability in the event of “Americas worst day.”

DN-ST-87-06742. Base: USS Sides (FFG 14)

Supplies - 26-HK-269-36. Hurricane Katrina

SINGAPORE (May 28, 2013) Sailors assigned to the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS 1), learn how to prepare a stretcher-bound patient for medical evacuation during a training exercise. Freedom is in Singapore as part of a deployment to Southeast Asia. Freedom is homeported in San Diego.

Hospital Corpsman Third Class (HM3) Raymond Munn, Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five (HCSS5), from Cheyenne, Wyoming, works Oscar the trauma victim during an overland Search And Rescue (SAR) training exercise. Base: Talofofo State: Guam (GU) Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-133. C-130 Ride. Hurricane Katrina

041104-F-0658L-004. Base: Patrick Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - During a simulated emergency landing of a shuttle crew at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility, emergency rescue personnel carry an "injured astronaut" to a waiting helicopter. Known as a Mode VI exercise, the operation uses volunteer workers from the Center to pose as astronauts. The purpose of the simulation is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention.

050904-N-6936D-032. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT TASK FORCE (JTF) KATRINA Base: Naval Air Station, Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NAS JAX

010811-F-5964B-004. Base: Offutt Air Force Base State: Nebraska (NE) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ACC

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 6, 2005 -- Local residents that were in neighborhoods impacted by Hurricane Katrina board a helicopter for transport to a staging area to be brought to a shelter. FEMA Urban Search and Rescue members and military help the residents. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Aviation Ordnanceman Second Class (AO2) Douglas Wentz and CHIEF Aviation Ordnanceman (AOC) Mark Risser (AOC) "shoelace" the thermal battery on a GBU-12 laser guided bomb on the wing pylon of an A-6E Intruder aircraft of Attack Squadron 196 (VA-196) on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Country: Indian Ocean (IOC)

U.S. Air Force members and civilians participate during a Major Accident Response Exercise, Mar. 30, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. MAREs demonstrate JBSAs Disaster Response Forces ability to assess and respond to an aircraft mishap. The 502nd Air Base Wing worked alongside the Schertz Fire Department, 12th Flying Training Wing and the 59th Medical Wing validate the necessary support during a simulated accident.

Aircrafts - Sand Baggers - 26-HK-57-116. Military personnel, air crew talking near sand bags--050929. Hurricane Katrina

221202-N-XH769-1049 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Dec. 2, 2022) Sailors screen simulated patients during a mass casualty exercise in the hangar bay of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Dec. 2, 2022. Kearsarge is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting LCAC 100 tests and qualifications.

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA, September 3, 2005 -- FEMA Urban Search and Rescue task force members assist local residents to get on a helicopter after being carry rescued from a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Katrina. The helicopter which will transport the residents to a staging area for transport to a shelter. Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

050622-A-9665L-154. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Operatinig Base Speicher State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

Hawaii Army National Guards Chemical, Biological, Radiological/Nuclear, and Explosive Enhanced Response (CBRNE) Force Package (CERFP) Search and Extraction Team assist each other in donning personal protective equipment prior to rotating into the Hot Zone during an evaluation exercise at Kalaeloa, Hawaii, May 5, 2022. On order, Hawaii National Guard CERFP responds to CBRNE incidents in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX within six hours of formal alert in order to assist local, state and federal agencies in conducting consequence management by providing capabilities to conduct casualty decontamination, medical triage and treatment, casualty search and extraction and fatality search and recovery in order to save lives and mitigate human suffering.

110401-N-BC134-017 PEARL HARBOR (April 1, 2011) Aviation Electrician's Mate 3rd Class Adam Tarrance, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, performs maintenance on an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Cleveland (LPD 7). Cleveland is the flagship for Pacific Partnership 2011, a humanitarian assistance initiative, designed to promote cooperation throughout the Pacific.

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jecol Roy, 86th Maintenance Squadron fuel maintenance journeyman, removes a respirator mask from an Airman acting as an unresponsive fuel tank entrant during an annual aircraft fuel tank extraction exercise at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 6, 2022. Roy performed the duties of a runner during this simulated training where the entrant became unresponsive due to inhaling jet fumes.

030327-M-4544K-015. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: C Co, 4th LAR Bn, 4th Mar Div

040311-F-9796L-009. Base: Macdill Air Force Base State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050923-F-3820W-121. Base: Love Field, Dallas State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Master Sgt. Greg Harada, right, and Chief Master Sgt. Caleb Guthemiller, both with the 141st Fatality Search and Rescue Recovery team, coach a Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency team through securing a training mannequin to a basket stretcher for a helicopter hoist during a simulated search and rescue scenario as part of Gobi Wolf 2022 in Bayankhongor, Mongolia, Sept. 8. The six-day exercise focuses on interagency coordination within Mongolia, as well as foreign humanitarian assistance during a large-scale natural disaster. The Mongolia NEMA is the lead government agent, with support from other government agencies. (Alaska National Guard photo by Victoria Granado)

Teams from NASA, the Department of Defense Human Space Flight Support and SpaceX conduct a joint medical triage and medical evacuation (medevac) training exercise at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was the second of two emergency medical services simulations performed before commercial crew flight tests, which are scheduled for 2019. As NASAs Commercial Crew Program prepares to begin launching astronauts once again from American soil, teams are sharpening their launch day operations procedures, including responses during the unlikely event of an emergency.

Coast Guard personnel from the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams transport resources to assist the people of Sanibel Island, Florida, Sept. 30, 2022. The strike teams conducted search and rescue operations after Hurricane Ian made landfall in the area.

U.S. Air Force firefighters from the 51st Civil Engineer Squadron respond to a simulated flight line emergency at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. Training for emergency response allows the firefighters to maintain the safety of base personnel and keep aircraft operational. Air Force

Tech. Sgt. Eliza Villa and Master Sgt. Angelina Perez, both of the 144th Medical Squadron, prepare to transport a patient during the Western States Homeland Response Force exercise in Phoenix, Ariz. The 36-hour exercise tested the team's ability to respond to an emergency and maintain a field hospital. Emergency response units from California, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado were involved in the exercise.

The Frederic Township Fire Department administers aid while performing a medical response training Northern Strike 22-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 5, 2022. The FTFD provides Camp Grayling and Northern Strike with fire and emergency response support, which allows visiting units to build readiness in a safe training environment.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (Jan. 26, 2022) Emergency first responders attend to a simulated victim during a mass casualty exercise on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti (CLDJ). CLDJ serves as an expeditionary base for U.S. military forces providing support to ships, aircraft and personnel that ensure security throughout Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia. The base enables maritime and combat operations in the Horn of Africa while fostering positive U.S.-Africa relations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Word)

Air Force Master Sgt. Mollica Askren and Staff Sgt. Bram Sanders, medics with the 181st Medical Group assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package Search and Extraction element, Indiana National Guard provide medical assessment and first aid to victims in a simulated disaster site during a pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen from the 181st Medical Group are embedded with S&E teams to provide immediate on-scene emergency medical support during the search and extraction phase of emergency and disaster incidents. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

001015-N-6097C-010. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

nhq201704100023 (April 10, 2017) --- Russian cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos is helped out of the Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft just minutes after he, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, and Russian cosmonaut Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10, 2017 (Kazakh time). Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space where they served as members of the Expedition 49 and 50 crews onboard the International Space Station.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - An emergency exit, or Mode II/IV, exercise is under way at the 195-foot level of Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The exercise involves NASA fire rescue personnel, volunteers portraying astronauts with simulated injuries, helicopters and personnel from the Air Forces 920th Rescue Wing, and medical trauma teams at three Central Florida hospitals. The drill allows teams to practice an emergency response at the launch pad, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals.

020910-F-1413J-052. Base: Altus Air Force Base State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

The Frederic Township Fire Department performs a medical response training Northern Strike 22-2, at Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 5, 2022. The FTFD provides Camp Grayling and Northern Strike with fire and emergency response support, which allows visiting units to build readiness in a safe training environment.

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-112. Hurricane Katrina

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Volunteers portraying injured Huey II helicopter crew members are assisted by NASA Fire Rescue personnel in support of the aviation safety exercise during Emergency Response Safety Training at the Shuttle Landing Facility, Runway 33, at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida.The simulated helicopter mishap exercise was conducted to evaluate emergency response and mishap investigations of aircraft at Kennedy. Participants included Air Rescue Fire Fighters, Flight Operations, Disaster Preparedness, Security, and Safety. NASA mandates simulated aviation safety training take place every two years.

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) air department, triage simulated victims of a mass casualty drill on the flight deck, Oct. 14, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group is deployed in the Atlantic Ocean, conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict-free Atlantic region.

AQABA, Jordan - Members of the Royal Jordanian Navy work on a simulated patient during a search and rescue exercise as part of Exercise Eager Lion 22 at the Royal Jordanian Naval Base, Jordan, September 8, 2022. Eager Lion 22 is a multilateral exercise hosted by the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, designed to exchange military expertise, and improve interoperability among partner nations, and considered the capstone of a broader U.S. military relationship with the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Jordan is one of U.S. Central Commands (USCENTCOM) strongest and most reliable partners in the Levant sub-region.

San Diego native, Army Spc. John Cordova a medic with the 66th Military Police Company stationed out of Fort Lewis, Wash., treats a local Afghan suffering from head and leg injuries after a vehicle accident outside Camp Torkham 21 Aug.

A "critically wounded victim" of a simulated air disaster is medevaced to a local hospital by a University Medical Center helicopter during a joint DMAFB & Tucson M.A.R.E. that tested the coordinated efforts of Tucson Emergency Services and DMAFB disaster response. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Two fishermen who were seriously injured in an accident that sank their boat more than a thousand miles off the coast of Mexico are safe today after pararescuemen from the 129th Rescue Wing, California Air National Guard, jumped from an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft Friday night to reach them and provide medical assistance.The injured fishermen and two dozen other passengers of the sunken vessel were aboard another boat when they were treated. They were taken to Socorro Island, a remote island nearly hundreds of miles off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, for further transport to a hospital.Members of the 129th left Moffett Air National Guard Base in Mountain View Friday for the flight south with mid-air refueling support from the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base.

A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile pilot conducts a pre-flight inspection prior to a training flight in preparation for storm response operations Sept. 28, 2022 in Mobile, Alabama.Coast Guard assets are being staged outside of the predicted path of Hurricane Ian at Aviation Training Center Mobile Alabama.

DN-ST-88-03276. Base: Nav Ordnance Station Indian Head State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DART Exercise 2002 'Response to Terrorism'

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Emergency crew members help an injured astronaut after removing him from the orbiter crew compartment mock-up during a Mode VII” emergency landing simulation at Kennedy Space Center. The purpose of the Mode VII is to exercise emergency preparedness personnel, equipment and facilities in rescuing astronauts from a downed orbiter and providing immediate medical attention. This simulation presents an orbiter that has crashed short of the Shuttle Landing Facility in a wooded area 2-1/2 miles south of Runway 33. Emergency crews are responding to the volunteer astronauts who are simulating various injuries. Rescuers must remove the crew, provide triage and transport to hospitals those who need further treatment. Local hospitals are participating in the exercise.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, volunteers portraying astronauts are transported to helicopters as part of a Mode II-IV exercise that allows teams to practice an emergency response at Launch Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The exercise involves NASA fire rescue personnel, volunteers portraying astronauts with simulated injuries, helicopters and personnel from the Air Forces 920th Rescue Wing and medical trauma teams at three central Florida hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

220510-N-UP745-2175 CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 10, 2022) Operations Specialist Seaman Alexandra Pacheco, from Lagrange, Ky., shoots an M9 pistol during a practical weapons course, aboard Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), in the Central Mediterranean Sea, May 10, 2022. Jason Dunham is a part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., allied and partner interest in Europe and Africa.

001015-N-6097C-012. Base: Naval Station, Norfolk State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers prepare rucksacks for the Red Empire Apprenticeship Program (REAP), a culminating 12-hour team event at Camp Bull Simons, Fla. Aug. 25, 2022. REAP helps prepare personnel interested in trying to become a green beret by putting them through a very intense physical training program, obstacle course preparation and land navigation training

NASA Kennedy Space Center's Flight Operations team reviews procedures before beginning a rehearsal of a helicopter crash-landing to test new and updated emergency procedures. Called the Aircraft Mishap Preparedness and Contingency Plan, the operation was designed to validate several updated techniques the center's first responders would follow, should they ever need to rescue a crew in case of a real accident. The mishap exercise took place at the center's Shuttle Landing Facility.

050211-N-6665R-019. State: Sumatra Country: Indonesia (IDN)

970205-F-2829R-502. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Sarajevo Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Marine Safety Unit - 26-HK-133-233. Hurricane Katrina

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-224. Hurricane Katrina

Supplies - 26-HK-269-57. Loading Water. Hurricane Katrina

Corpsmen from Fleet Hospital 5 prepare to carry a soldier from a U.S. Army UH-60A Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter during Operation Desert Shield. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia(SAU)

DF-ST-85-01792. Subject Operation/Series: COPE THUNDER 83-7 Base: Clark Air Base State: Luzon Country: Philippines (PHL)

Rescue team members successfully remove a "victim" from an automobile as the IG team members observe and grade the participants. The Inspector General Team tested the ability of the base to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robberies, terrorism, and communication problems. Subject Operation/Series: Operational Readiness Inspection, 90th Space Wing, 11-25 Mar Base: Francis E. Warren Air Force Base State: Wyoming (WY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DART Exercise 2002 'Response to Terrorism'

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-157. Hurricane Katrina

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group and medical personnel with the Saudi Red Crescent Authority transfer care of a simulated causality during a medical drill in a Logistics Support Area established in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during exercise Native Fury 22, Aug. 13, 2022. Native Fury 22 is vital for strengthening the United States long-standing relationship with Saudi Arabian Armed Forces. The Exercise enhances combined tactics, maritime capabilities and promotes long-term regional stability.

Two sailors help a member of a repair party remove his protective coveralls near the conclusion of a firefighting drill in the reactor spaces aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

Search and Rescue Operations - 26-HK-260-59. Hurricane Katrina

California Air National Guard (ANG) Pararescueman MASTER Sergeant Larry Hiyakumoto of the 129 Air National Guard Unit, Moffett Federal Airfield, California makes a final adjustments to Technical Sergeant John Saftners parachute inside a MC-130 Combat Shadow aircraft. The unit is preparing to conduct a training rescue operation in the Pacific Ocean. Base: Moffett Federal Air Field State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060907-N-3946H-018. Base: USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63)

Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 3, Detachment 6 Marine Mammal Systems, San Diego, California, and members from the 58th Air Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, unload "Luma" a trained dolphin also from the Navy Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit 3, Detachment 6 Marine Mammal Systems. The doplhins are here in Ketchikan, Alaska, to participate in Exercise NORTHERN EDGE 2001. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2001 Base: Ketchikan State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-120-78. Hurricane Katrina

Airmen assigned to the 19th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package Search and Extraction element, Indiana National Guard provide medical assessment and first aid to victims in a simulated disaster site during a pre-external evaluation sustainment year collective training event at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind., Aug. 11, 2022. Airmen from the 181st Medical Group are embedded with S&E teams to provide immediate on-scene emergency medical support during the search and extraction phase of emergency and disaster incidents. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. L. Roland Sturm)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Grant D. Zebley, a temporary officer selection assistant for Recruiting Station Sacramento, and an officer candidate with Officer Selection Team Sacramento, Recruiting Station Sacramento, clean up branches with Team Rubicon at the Sacramento Marina in Sacramento, California on Jan. 24, 2023. Team Rubicon is a veteran owned non-profit organization that specializes in disaster response. U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Daniel Bowers, the recruiting support officer for Recruiting Station Sacramento and the director of emergency management for the city of Sacramento, organized the clean up event to address severe weather impacts to the city.

030325-F-6701P-009. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Quartermaster Seaman James Nightingale, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61), prepares flags prior to a sea and anchor evolution as part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, Oct. 5, 2022. The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is on its inaugural deployment conducting training and operations alongside NATO Allies and partners to enhance integration for future operations and demonstrate the U.S. Navys commitment to a peaceful, stable and conflict free Atlantic region.

U.S. medical personnel carry Sammy, an injured Haitian boy, on a stretcher from a UH-60 Black Hawk (Blackhawk) helicopter to the 5th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Fort Bragg, NC, where he will be reunited with his mother. Sammy was injured in a grenade attack last week. The medical personnel and helicopter are part of Operation Uphold Democracy. Exact Date Shot Unknown. Subject Operation/Series: UPHOLD DEMOCRACY Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Logistic Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Vitali Toptchenko, NSA Naples Lead Fire Inspector Hanz Christian, and Italian national firefighters Maurazio Patrone and Alessio Storto load a pallet of firefighting equipment destined for Russia to help combat wildfires on August 11, 2010, in Naples, Italy. The U.S. Navy routinely provides foreign humanitarian assistance in times of crisis, in the same manner as many nations around the world.

Emergency responders from Commander Navy Region Japan (CNRJ) Fire and Emergency Services Sasebo fire department and U.S. Naval Hospital Yokosuka, Branch Health Clinic Sasebo treat casualties in a triage station during a Typhoon Ready/Reliant Gale 22 at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo May 11, 2022. Typhoon Ready/Reliant Gale is an annual exercise designed to test and evaluate an installations level of emergency preparedness, personnel accountability, and evacuation and recovery operations during a natural disaster.

Katrina Operations - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-361-170. Hurricane Katrina

040501-F-1830P-003. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTAF

Search and Rescue Operations - Helicopter - 26-HK-261-123. Hurricane Katrina

010322-A-5975H-008. Base: Fort Mccoy State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: FORSCOM

Disaster and civil defense exercise

EASA emergency exercise at BER Airport, emergency services rehearsed an emergency in the aviation security area. The airport company rehearsed for an emergency together with the federal police and fire brigade as part of an emergency exercise, 11 October 2022

U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, respond to a simulated aircraft engine fire during a partner nation Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear response exercise at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 29, 2022. The exercise was purely simulation, no chemical, explosive or fire hazards were present during the training. The 378th ECESs Emergency Management flight, also known by many as CBRN, is responsible for working with RSAF to build and establish response and recovery actions for a wide variety of scenarios.

Supplies - 26-HK-269-14. Hurricane Katrina

NAVAL AIR STATION FALLON, Nev.(March 13, 2013) Kaiden Lambert, 7, exits an SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopter used by the Naval Air Station Fallon search and rescue team during his visit to the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC). Kaiden and his family are at NSAWC as a part of the Make-a-Wish program, which provides wishes for children with severe health problems. Kaiden is interested in the Fighter Weapons School, known as TOPGUN. NSAWC is the U.S. Navy's center of excellence for aviation, training and tactics development.

During a training exercise, a patient in a wrap-around stretcher is hoisted through an opening in the floor, using a tripod hoist, by peronnel from the 169th Fighter Wing, South Carolina Air National Guard and 102nd Fighter Wing, Massachusetts Air National Guard Fire/Rescue Departments. McEntire Air National Guard Base, South Carolina, 27 July 1999. Base: Mcentire Ang Station State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

ZUSHI, Japan (April 24, 2013)- Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuel) 3rd Class Brent Fritchman explains the status of casualties from a simulated typhoon disaster to a firefighter assigned to the Commander, Naval Forces Japan Fire Department during a Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness exercise. The event is part of Exercise Reliant Gale, designed to maintain Fleet Activities Yokosukas level of emergency preparedness, personnel accountability, and evacuation and recovery operations during a natural disaster.

A firefighter with the Directorate of Emergency Services Fire Department dive team practices an ice rescue scenario Jan. 11, 2023, at a frozen Big Sandy Lake on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. Several firefighters with the team took their turn getting in a suit, strapping an air tank and full-face mask, and diving into the depths of Big Sandy Lake under the ice on Fort McCoys South Post. The divers were covering depths of up to 15 feet or more completing several types of rescue scenarios under the guidance of fellow firefighters. Divers took turns going in and out of the same hole that was cut in the ice. Each diver was tethered with a connecting line that included a communications connection. This is an annual requirement for dive team members to maintain their abilities.

060319-A-7969G-001. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Summerall State: Salah Ah Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AB DIVISION

Commander Dan Taylor - Rescue - 26-HK-281-88. Hurricane Katrina

Soldiers from the 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Utah National Guard, were dispatched in support of the Utah County Sheriff's Office Search & Rescue efforts to find a missing 65-year-old motorcyclist in and around Mapleton Canyon, May 9, 2022. A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter and crew members transported search and rescue volunteers up Mapleton Canyon where they were dropped off to begin their search efforts and later returned back to the incident command center. The Black Hawk crew also conducted search efforts from the air. Local search and rescue support demonstrates Utah National Guard readiness and strengthens partnerships with local civilian agencies.

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