Medical Training and Casualty Care

Photos of military personnel providing medical care and training during exercises, focusing on realistic scenarios and teamwork in emergency medical situations.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Zach Gibson, a field medical technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treats a simulated casualty during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

BALTIC SEA (Sept. 22, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt. Grace Puglisi practices giving respirations on a simulated casualty during a patient transfer exercise on a landing craft, air cushion aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Sept. 22, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Navy Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treat a simulated casualty during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

220912-N-GF955-1821BALTIC SEA (Sept. 12, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors treat a simulated casualty during medical training drills aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), Sept. 12, 2022. Paul Ignatius is part of the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, under the command and control of Task Force 61/2, on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

030313-F-1404F-021. Base: Krtsanisi Country: Georgia (The Country) (GEO) Scene Major Command Shown: EUCOM

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ronald Robinson, 153rd Medical Group chief of aerospace medicine, assesses a simulated patient's condition during Cope North 24 at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 9, 2024. Agile combat employment capabilities are continually refined by exercising various operations from dispersed, austere locations. Air Force

220405-N-TT639-2149 PACIFIC OCEAN (April 5, 2022) - Aviation Boatswains Mate (Fuels) Airman Enrique Allred, from Miami, left, simulates administering first aid to a fellow Sailor during an aviation fire drill aboard amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7), April 5. Tripoli is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

110531-N-BA263-030MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 31, 2011) Royal Australian Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joel Hissink, left, examines a patient while Israeli navy Lt. Cmdr. Roneu Bar and Capt. Ken Bradshaw observe and Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Bruce Forester secures a leg brace during a simulated mass casualty drill specific to submarine injuries during Bold Monarch. Participants and observers from more than 25 countries take part in NATO exercise Bold Monarch 2011, the worldÕs largest submarine rescue exercise. This 12-day exercise supports interoperability between all submarine rescue units.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Zach Gibson, a field medical technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treats a simulated casualty during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

010330-F-0308N-514. Base: Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AF

050210-F-1631A-016. Base: Green Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Climenti (left), and LT. Kathleen LaBoa, a trauma nurse both with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, being triage on a simulated causality during Medical Reindeer a medical exercise held prior to Nordic Response 24 in Setermeon, Norway, Feb. 14, 2024. Medical Reindeer is a multinational medical exercise in support of field training during Exercise Nordic Response 24 in order to strengthen and improve medical interoperability between NATO Allies and partners within the European theater. Exercise Nordic Response, formerly known as Cold Response, is a NATO training event conducted every two years to promote military competency in arctic environments and to foster interoperability between the U.S. Marine Corps and allied nations. Marine Corps

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Fischer Allie, a battalion surgeon with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, treats a simulated casualty during Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, June 7, 2022. The 13th MEU is currently conducting RUT to enhance the integration and collective capability of the MEUs command, air, ground and logistics elements and prepare the 13th MEU to meet the nations crisis response needs during its upcoming overseas deployment.

060829-N-1577S-073. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) train to transport medical casualties for stretcher bearer training during a general quarters drill aboard the ship in Newport News, Virginia, Feb. 2, 2023. George Washington is conducting a simulated underway to validate shipboard habitability and operational services to ensure the ship meets the final refueling complex and complex overhaul (RCOH) milestones. RCOH is a multi-year project performed only once during a carriers 50-year service life that includes refueling the ships two nuclear reactors, as well as significant repairs, upgrades, and modernization.

060831-N-9865S-007. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

220628-N-TT639-1055 EAST CHINA SEA (June 28, 2022) - Lt. Nicholas Fetters, the dental officer aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), left, and Hospitalman Rubi Perez, from Newark, New Jersey, perform a dental procedure June 28, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 20, 2022) Medical personnel from Royal Australian Navy Canberra-class landing helicopter dock HMAS Canberra (L02) take part in a simulated resuscitation exercise aboard the ships resuscitation bay during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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. (Photo by Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall)

U.S. Navy Petty Officer Third Class Justino Quinteros, a corpsman with 3d Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and Fillmore, Utah native, administers artificial respirations during a mass casualty drill during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 6, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

111115-N-WX059-292 PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 15, 2011) Sailors aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Chafee (DDG 90) participate in a mass casualty exercise during Koa Kai. Koa Kai is an exercise that improves the interoperability, readiness, and the capability of our forces to respond quickly to various crises, ranging from armed conflict to humanitarian assistance.

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Knauth (blue), a 29-year-old native of Centennial, Colo., and Petty Officer 2nd Class Dustin Koch, a 26-year-old native of Las Cruces, N.M., corpsmen with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, place reassuring hands on the shoulder of an Afghan National Policeman while examining his injuries in the battalion aid station here following an attack by a suicide bomber in Helmand provinceÄôs Garmsir district, April 19, 2012. The 3/3 corpsmen treated eight injured Afghan policemen after being faced with a mass casualty situation following the attack on an ANP precinct headquarters in GarmsirÄôs Lakari region. Ten of the 18 total ANP casualties died from wounds sustained in the attack. After initially being stabilized by three 3/3 corpsmen at Combat Outpost Sharp, eight casualties were transported to FOB Delhi and treated by a team of 28 Navy personnel. Medical evacuation helicopters later transported six ANP casualties to Camp DwyerÄôs Casualty Sup

U.S. Sailors with the Expeditionary Medical Facility Jackson from Dallas, Texas, simulate treating causalities during a Mass Casualty exercise in support of the Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 17, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase scenario driven exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. The exercise enables Commanders to focus on mission essentials warrior tasks and drills.

070104-A-4746S-004. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Echo Country: Iraq (IRQ)

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 16, 2022) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force medical team and U.S. service members work together during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) scenario aboard helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183), during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, three 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. (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kikuchi Takanori)

A National Guard Soldier performs first aid on a simulated casualty during the Army Warrior Tasks portion of the National Guard Region V Best Warrior Competition at Camp Gruber Training Center, Okla., May 17, 2022. The annual competition brings together top-tier soldiers to challenge them on a variety of Army warrior tasks. The contest consists of eight events that promote soldier readiness in their war fighting skills and recognizes individuals who embody the Army Values. (Oklahoma National Guard photo by Spc. Danielle Rayon)

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) triage simulated victims during a mass casualty drill on the flight deck, Oct. 14, 2022. The Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG) 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.

During Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7), the crew of the USS John P. Murtha simulate transporting an astronaut from a test version of the Orion capsule onto the ship on Nov. 1, 2018. The test is one in a series of tests to verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. Orion will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.

010330-M-2343V-010. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ 2001 Base: Uss Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Scene Major Command Shown: 1ST Marine Expeditionary Force

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- On Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, members of an emergency escape training team perform a simulated evacuation exercise in the bunkers behind the slidewire basket landing site.For several days, volunteers portraying astronauts, take part in training exercises which allow teams to practice emergency response procedures, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. Training normally involves NASA fire rescue personnel, personnel from the Air Force's 920th Rescue Wing, and medical trauma teams from central Florida hospitals, and is required every 18 months to certify Fire Rescue and Closeout Crew personnel.

030915-F-3838S-011. Complete Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CPT) David Delang (right center), Doctor, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron (AES), Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany, monitors as sensors from a heart and lung monitor are applied to US Marine Corps (USMC) Corporal (CPL) Antwone Boyd, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). USAF CPT Delang is treating USMC CPL Boyd for Malaria aboard a USAF C-130 Hercules, 123rd Airlift Wing (AW), Louisville, Kentucky (KY), during a medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) from Liberia to Naval Air Station (NAS) Rota, Spain, during JOINT TASK FORCE LIBERIA. USMC CPL Boyd will be transferred to another aircraft and continued to the Landstuhle Regional Medical Center (LRMC), Germany, for complete treatment. Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030813-F-2021H-003. Base: Ellsworth Air Force Base State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Arizona Army National Guard Spc. Chris Rodriguez, 996th Area Support Medical Company, combat medic, administers the COVID-19 vaccination in Camp Verde, Ariz., on the Yavapai-Apache Nation, April 6, 2021. More than 900 Arizona National Guardsmen continue to assist at vaccination sites, testing locations and food banks throughout Arizona.

220521-N-BI507-1104 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 19, 2022) A Sailor prepares an IV line for a casualty during a mass casualty drill in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations.

111010-N-GC412-458ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 10, 2011) Hospital Corpsman Seaman Tommy Maez, left, assists Lt. Cmdr. Julie Dierksheide with a suture after an abdominal surgery aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

041221-F-8946M-006. Base: Camp Victory, Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

040912-A-2912C-017. Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Two captains from the 39th Tactical Airlift Squadron assist a wounded soldier that has been airlifted from Grenada during Operation Urgent Fury. Subject Operation/Series: URGENT FURY Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Tech. Sgt. Haley Bass, 4th Medical Group flight medicine NCO in charge, secures an aviator mask onto Capt. Karen Rodriguez, 4th MDG flight surgeon at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 23, 2022. The 4th MDG flight medicine unit supports all aircrew by determining flight fitness, detecting medical hazards and managing medicine programs.

Members of the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Det. 1 and 13th Air Force surgeon general's office transport a critically ill patient out of the rear of a C-17 Globemaster III May 22, 2011, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The patient was aeromedically evacuated from Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center in Pago Pago, American Samoa, after he aspirated following a seizure that left him completely reliant on a ventilator to breathe. After arriving in Hawaii, the patient was transferred to Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.

220525-N-TT639-1022 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 25, 2022) - Sailors practice providing first aid to a simulated casualty during a medical training drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), May 25, 2022. Tripoli is conducting routine operations in U.S. 7th Fleet.

1004 U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Charles with the Expeditionary Medical Facility - Jacksonville Reserve Component, safely removes dressing from patients wound patient during a medical training exercise in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 15, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

220516-N-UJ411-1060 PHILIPPINE SEA (May 16, 2022) Sailors aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) checks vital signs of Fireman Jarin Meyer, from Piqua, Ohio, during a training evolution in conjunction with 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.

ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 11, 2012) Sailors move a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21). New York is part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group with the embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) and is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. The U.S. Navy is reliable, flexible, and ready to respond worldwide on, above, and below the sea. Join the conversation on social media using #warfighting.

Medical staff from the 379th Expeditionary Air Evacuation Squadron and 379th Expeditionary Medical Group tend to patients on board an MC-130J Commando during an exercise Aug 4, 2022 at Al Udeid Airbase, Qatar. The Airmen operated in low light conditions to maintain their readiness.

Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau visits Sgt. E.H. Pittman, 45th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Oklahoma Army National Guard, at Norman Regional Hospital. Sgt. Pittman was injured during the May 20th, 2013, tornado that devastated Moore, Okla.

060411-A-6365W-372. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Forward Operating Base Gabe Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST

020320-F-9032T-009. Base: RAF Lakenheath State: East Anglia Country: England / Great Britain (ENG) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

040215-F-9871C-022. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Baghdad International Airport Country: Iraq (IRQ)

U.S. Navy Corpsmen and members of the Northern Army, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in joint emergency medical training and patient transport to a Japanese field hospital during exercise Resolute Dragon 22 at Yausubetsu Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-421-1. Hurricane Katrina

040716-F-7152S-009. Base: Toledo Angb, Swanton State: Ohio (OH) Country: United States Of America (USA)

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Apr. 24, 2022) - Medical personnel, assigned to Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Juliet, review a patients records in the intensive care unit during EMF Juliets operational readiness evaluation (ORE). The ORE was conducted at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute and evaluates patient throughput capability, assesses coordination across functional areas, and teamwork. This training supports the Surgeon Generals Tiered Readiness Program and showcases Navy Medicines ability to generate and maintain ready medical forces.

020520-F-1644L-016. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Bagram Airfield State: Parwan Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

110709-N-NB544-022ARABIAN SEA (July 9, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Davien Fields, left, from Savannah, Ga., and Lt. Frederick Rumford, from Northbridge, Mass., conduct a dental exam aboard the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Ronald Reagan and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 14 are deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting close-air support missions as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

060107-F-2729L-001. Subject Operation/Series: LIFE LINE Base: Muzaffarabad Country: Pakistan (PAK)

Members of a repair party check on a simulated casualty during a firefighting drill aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (CVN-72). The LINCOLN's crew is receiving refresher training under the supervision of personnel from Fleet Training Group, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Country: Caribbean Sea

Photos from Aviation Training Center, Mobile - 26-HK-424-30. Pictures from the media. Hurricane Katrina

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a Mode II-IV exercise is underway at Launch Pad 39A, involving 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 Pad 39A, including helicopter evacuation to local hospitals. The Space Shuttle Program and U.S. Air Force are conducting the emergency simulation.

A U.S. Air Force Airmen attending the Advanced Ready Training - Outside the Wire course, places a chest seal on a training mannequin during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Feb. 6, 2024. The ART-OTW course is a pre-deployment requirement to gain experience in specialized tactics and techniques through strenuous training scenarios. Air Force

020429-F-0981H-121. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN EDGE 2002 Base: Port Of Valdez State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operators with the 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Florida, perform medical care on a simulated patient during a humanitarian disaster relief exercise as part of Emerald Warrior 22.1 at Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, May 9, 2022. Emerald Warrior is the largest joint special operations exercise involving U.S. Special Operations Command forces training to respond to various threats across the spectrum of conflict.

DF-ST-87-09733. Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Chongju Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

030708-F-6844O-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

U.S. Marines, with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hone their tactical combat casualty care skills on a simulated casualty aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli, in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 24, 2022. TCCC keeps Marines in the fight and gets them back home. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

221115-N-IX644-1107 ADRIATIC SEA (Nov. 16, 2022) Hospitalman Kiersten Poteet, from Morgantown, North Carolina, assigned to Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command Sigonella, sets up an x-ray on Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter Tactical) 3rd Class Angel Santiago, aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), Nov. 16, 2022. NMRTC Sigonella Sailors embarked aboard George H.W. Bush to provide specialty training and medical examinations to the crew. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

A U.S. Marine, with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, hone their tactical combat casualty care skills on a simulated casualty aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli, in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 24, 2022. TCCC keeps Marines in the fight and gets them back home. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

220507-N-DO281-1228 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 7, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Alvin Dervisevic, right, places a tourniquet on Ensign Adam Ricci during a mass casualty drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117), May 7, 2022. Paul Ignatius is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations in support of U.S., Allied and partner interest in Europe and Africa.

KUWAIT CITY - U.S. Army Maj. Sheryl Lizotte simulates the symptoms of a medical emergency during an exercise at Al Adan Hospital May 18, 2022. This exercise allowed U.S. and Kuwaiti medical teams to strengthen the nations' partnership by sharing techniques and experience.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joseph Charles (Left) and Hospitalman Eduardo Sanchez (Right) with the Expeditionary Medical Facility - Jacksonville Reserve Component, makes sure the patient receives proper medical treatment for burns during a medical training exercise in support of Golden Coyote Training Exercise at Camp Rapid, South Dakota, June 15, 2022. Golden Coyote is a three-phase, scenario-driven training exercise conducted in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming, which enables commanders to focus on mission essential task requirements, warrior tasks, and battle drills.

220622-N-AU520-1066TUY HOA, VIETNAM (June 22, 2022) - Captain Timothy Quast, Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy's (T-AH 19) commanding officer, tours Phu Yen Provincial Center for Disease Control during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

DN-SC-87-05292. Base: USS Nimitz (CVN 68)

020528-M-9902V-090. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

220405-N-TT059-1063 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Apr. 05, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Tristan Storrs teaches CPR to Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Bryan Mathews during CPR and tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) training aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92). USS Momsen is assigned to Commander, Task Force 71/Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy's largest forward-deployed DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet's principal fighting force, and is underway supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Community search and rescue team in Kathmandu, Nepal.

New recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, arrive aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Apr. 3, 2023. During their first night aboard the depot, recruits will make a phone-call home, receive their first recruit haircut, be issued their uniforms and complete initial administrative processing.

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Aug. 10, 2018) Operations Specialist 2nd Class Alexandra Allen monitors air activity in the combat information center aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) during a general quarters drill. Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

040401-M-7842H-093. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Butler State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN)

Lance Cpl. Gary Munro, a 27-year-old combat engineer from New Haven, Ind., takes a break from paint fumes after painting a classroom Aug. 3, 2010, in support of exercise SHARED ACCORD 2010. The 27-year-old Marine is working with other Marines with Bravo Company, 4th Marine Logistics Group, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, and soldiers with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM) to rebuild a school for Mozambican children.

SPC Vilayphone Sisouphanthong obtains 3 units of blood from an ultra low temperature freezer at the Camp Carroll Frozen Blood Depot in Republic of Korea, Nov. 1, 1998. Sisoupanthong, of Alpha Company, 16th Medical Logistics Battalion, is preparing to send blood to a battlefield exercise in support of Foal Eagle '98. Foal Eagle is a deployment exercise that takes place once a year in Korea. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE '98KOREA CD Base: Camp Carroll, Taegue State: Waegwan Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

Disaster Assistance Response Teams (DART) - Marine Safety Office St. Louis - 26-HK-121-40. Hurricane Katrina

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - "Astronauts" were safely and successfully recovered from a "downed" Space Shuttle in a Mode VII contingency simulation led by Don Hammel, NASA Landing and Recovery Director. KSC Fire/Rescue and Emergency Medical workers, along with Johnson Space Center and Patrick Air Force Base personnel, participated in the drill. Mode simulations are held periodically at KSC to ensure contingency response forces are well prepared to respond to a wide variety of potential emergency situations.

021023-F-6701P-021. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AETC

031209-F-1798W-020. Base: Kirkuk Air Base Country: Iraq (IRQ)

The Minnesota National Guards 55th Civil Support Team(CST) conducts a Collective Lanes Training, at the Columbia Heights Membrane Plant in Columbia Heights, Minnesota, September 20, 2022. Army North observed the exercise to provide feedback before the unit's Training Proficiency Evaluation next year. (Minnesota National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Mahsima Alkamooneh)

041216-F-3177P-106. Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020613-M-1132B-009. Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd Med BN

220524-N-XS877-4978 NAPLES, Italy (May 24, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Stephanie Kitchen prepares a mock wound on Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Katrina Smith during the joint mass casualty training exercise onboard Naval Support Activity (NSA) Naples Support Site in Gricignano, Italy, May 24, 2022. The training was conducted by U.S. Naval Hospital Naples and NSA Naples Fire and Emergency Services. NSA Naples is an operational ashore base that enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to be where they are needed, when they are needed to ensure security and stability in the European, African, and Central Command areas of responsibility.

MAJ Lun Yan (left), flight physican, 51st Medical Group, Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, teams up with 51st Civil Engineers and Firefighters, 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)

220511-N-LI114-1075 PACIFIC OCEAN (May 11, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Tyler Domingue simulates checking a simulated casualty for breathing during a mass casualty drill in the hangar bay of the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76). Mass casualty drills are designed to simulate a mass casualty event where firefighting and medical response teams train in unison to keep the ship mission ready. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region.

PHILIPPINE SEA (June 21, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class David Salazar, left, from San Antonio, Texas, provides comfort to Fireman Jarin Meyer, from Piqua, Ohio, during search and rescue drill in main medical 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.

During Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Justin Stewart, 40th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMDS) prepares to X-ray USAF SSGT Zachary King's fingers to ensure that there are no breaks. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

Philadelphia firefighters water-transport notional victims to the 140th Chemical Company, California National Guard, during a mass casualty decontamination exercise at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa., July 27, 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.

220730-N-VJ326-1387 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 30, 2022) - Sailors carry a simulated casualty during a mass casualty drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), July 30, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

030302-F-5611J-006. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Savannah International Airport State: Georgia (GA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ANG

221028-N-VQ841-1187 PUERTO BARRIOS, Guatemala (Oct. 28, 2022) Guatemalan Red Cross and first responders practice putting a person on a stretcher for emergency evacuation as part of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) training at the Marine Infantry Brigade Airfield in Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, Oct. 28, 2022. Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Man dead by Gaddafi troops in Bengazi

Members from the 35th Civil Engineer Squadron water and fuel system, unload the Water and Fuel Expedient Repair System during setup for the annual Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force training at Misawa Air Base, Japan, June 13, 2022. The system enables expedient or semi-permanent repair of mission essential water and fuel distribution lines and storage systems that support airbase resiliency.

220911-N-RF885-106 MIAMI (Sept. 11, 2022) Chief Selects from left, Cryptologic Collection 1st Class Valarie Smith, from Crystal Lake, Ill., and attached to Navy Reserve Joint Intelligence Operations Center (NR JIOC) SOUTH 0174; Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Shayna Middleman of Hollywood, Fla., with NR JIOC SOUTH 0174; Cryptologic Technicians Networks 1st Class Chaunta Morales of Atlanta, with U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM); Personnel Specialist 1st Class Jessica Aguirre of Lake Worth, Fla., with NR JIOC SOUTH 0174; and Intelligence Specialist 1st Class Suzanne Davis of Pembroke Pines, Fla., with NR JIOC SOUTH 0174, pose with a Miami-Dade Country K9 Unit squad car after a 9/11 memorial ceremony they presented at Navy Reserve Center, Miami.

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