Medical Training for Casualty Response

Medical teams perform simulated casualty treatments, emphasizing collaboration and emergency response skills during mass casualty exercises.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

070221-A-6854T-039. Base: Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240205-N-EJ843-2010 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Feb. 5, 2024) - Hospital Corpsmen 2nd Class Jacob Wenk, assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), conducts CPR training, Feb. 5, 2024. Delbert D. Black is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by the U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., Allied, and partner interests. Navy

060517-N-1745W-009. Base: USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)

021015-F-4649H-014. Subject Operation/Series: NORTHERN WATCH Base: Incirlik Air Base, Adana Country: Turkey (TUR)

010520-F-2352G-012. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2001 Base: Phitsanulok Country: Thailand (THA)

040109-F-2167L-324. Base: Tallil Air Base State: Dhi Qar Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

Army Reserve Spc. Angela Seliski, a practical nursing specialist applies a simulated combat wound to the arm of Pfc. Deltann Pape, a nutrition care specialist assigned to the 256th Combat Support Hospital, in preparation for a medical event as part of Exercise Global Medic training exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, June 13. The Medical Readiness Training Command executes Exercise Global Medic as part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's larger mission to provide trained, equipped, and combat-ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefields of today and tomorrow.

030414-F-4806N-005. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM)

060830-N-1755G-001. Base: Fort Lewis State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

050831-N-3932G-002. Base: Jacksonville State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Morgan Little with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), instructs a Combat Life Saver (CLS) course on Camp Lejeune, September 28, 2022. CLS is taught to increase proficiency in life saving measure and improve the survivability of those wounded or injured in combat.

120105-A-TF780-343ANTIGUA, Guatemala (Jan. 5, 2012) Cmdr. Garry Wright, right, mission commander of Southern Partnership Station 2012, and Maj. Ivan Acosta, an Air Force officer embarked aboard High Speed Vessel (HSV 2) Swift, adjustment a wheelchair at the Hope Haven Guatemala facility in Antigua. Service members embarked aboard Swift put together wheelchairs donated through Project Handclasp. Swift is in Guatemala for Southern Partnership Station 2012, an annual deployment of U.S. ships to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with 1st Marine Division conduct a Valkyrie blood transfusion under the supervision of evaluators during an Expeditionary Medical Integration Course (EMIC) on Camp Pendleton, California May 5, 2022. Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) conducted EMIC to lay a foundation of skills and knowledge required for MEU medical personnel to provide the highest levels of health service support capability in any operational environment.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Elijah Noel, a native of Punta Gorda, Florida, with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, assesses a casualty during a mass casualty drill as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 10, 2022. This type of training evolution is a culminating event designed to formally evaluate a unit's combat readiness and operation abilities.

060327-A-5745M-087. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Camp Liberty State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 10TH MTN DIV

041104-F-1698M-004. Base: Lajes Field State: Azores Country: Portugal (PRT)

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Calina Coronado, clinical nurse specialist with 3d Medical Battalion, looks on as a local nurses practice splinting techniques during a community health engagement in Rizal, Cagayan, Philippines, March 31, 2022 as part of exercise Balikatan 22. Balikatan, Tagalog for shoulder-to-shoulder, is a longstanding bilateral exercise between the Philippines and the United States highlighting the deep-rooted partnership between both countries. Balikatan 22 coincides with the 75th anniversary of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation and a shared commitment to advancing peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Belize Minister of health and services receives tour of medical event hosted by Joint Task Force Bravo and Tradewinds medical teams for local community May 18, 2022 at Carmalita Government School in Orange Walk District in Belize for Tradewinds 2022. Tradewinds 2022 is a multinational exercise designed to expand the Caribbean regions capability to mitigate, plan for, and respond to crises; increase regional training capacity and interoperability; develop new and refine existing standard operating procedures (SOPs); enhance ability to defend exclusive economic zones (EEZ); and promote human rights and adherence to shared international norms and values; fully integrate women into defense, peace and security missions; and increase maritime domain awareness to deter illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing activities.

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Matthew Montera, assigned to 64th Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, gives a thumbs up as he prepares to get his blood drawn during a walking blood bank training at Skwierzyna, Poland, Aug. 10, 2022. The 3/4 ABCT is among other units assigned to the 1st Infantry Division, proudly working alongside NATO allies and regional security partners to provide combat-credible forces to V Corps, America's forward-deployed corps in Europe.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 290th Joint Communications Support Squadron practice cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) Feb. 11, 2023, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan. The Airmen are learning CPR as part of their annual training.

060318-A-0527A-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar Airfield Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

Tech. Sgt. Michael Riederer (left), 142nd Medical Group, inspects the ear of a student from St. John Fisher School during a tour of Portland Air National Guard Base, Portland, Ore., Jan. 10, 2023. The public tour gave local students an opportunity to see the 142nd Wing's mission up close and familiarize themselves with the various jobs that encompass the Wing's mission.

Members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from the 403rd Wing secure a 'patient' on a litter to the litter stantion sets during training on the newest Air Force air refueler, the KC-46A Pegasus, flown by the 77th Air Refueling Squadron from the 916th Air Refueling Wing, August 16-19, 2022. Aeromedical personnel are required to train on all airframes that can carry patients, from the loading and unloading, the setup of the litter stantions, to knowing where medical equipment plug ins are located, to the emergency evacuation procedures from the aircraft while on the ground, and prior to this four-day training session, only six members of the squadron had been trained on the KC-46A Pegasus.

060530-N-3931M-102. Base: Zamboanga Country: Philippines (PHL)

050720-A-1566H-012. Subject Operation/Series: SWARMER Base: Samarra State: Salah Ad Din Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION (AA)

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

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Lemy Davenport, 18th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron aerospace medical service technician, warrior operational medicine clinic from Goldsboro, California was selected as the 18th Wings Airman of the Week at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The Airman of the Week program is an opportunity for outstanding Airmen to be recognized by KAB leadership as well as showcase these young leaders to their peers.

061129-N-5416W-004. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

Multi-Division North Headquarters conduct a medical training operation in order to rehearse the medical deployment and augmentation portion of a program entitled CONPLAN Mars II at the Nordic Polish Brigade in Bosnia-Herzegovina on December 6, 1997. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARD Base: Camp Dobal Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

110818-M-IA102-002CAMP JOHNSON, N.C. (Aug. 18, 2011) Sailors assigned to Field Medical Training Battalion East participate in a blood drive at Camp Johnson, N.C., as part of the Armed Services Blood Program.

Hospital Corpsman Second Class Giovanni Madrigal, staff education and training from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, applies simulated blood to a mock wound in preparation for a medical training exercise, May 12, 2022, on Yokota Air Base, Japan. The 374th Medical Group provided oversight and instruction for Tactical Combat Casualty Care as their part in training multi-capable Airman concepts across the base.

220909-N-JO823-1013 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Sep. 9, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Mark Forrey, from Boise, Idaho, administers a Covid-19 vaccine to Aviation Boatswains Mate (Equipment) Airman Micah Dayoub, from Lancaster, California, aboard the U.S. Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Sep. 9. 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.

021016-F-8425S-005. Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

030320-F-9629J-028. Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF

040726-F-5964B-249. Base: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

990626-M-5696S-001. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT GUARDIAN Base: Serbian Village State: Kosovo Country: Yugoslavia (YUG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26th Marine Expedtionary Unit

DF-ST-87-08505. Subject Operation/Series: BRIM FROST Base: Fort Greely State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

061116-N-5627R-607. Base: USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2021) Sailors with Fleet Surgical Team 7 conduct a laparoscopic appendectomy aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) in the Pacific Ocean, July 10, 2021. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is operating aboard ships of the America Expeditionary Strike Group 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 stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

220904-N-XH769-1247 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sep. 4, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors conduct a medical exercise aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) Sep. 4, 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.

Exercise victims wait to be transported out of the C-130 aircraft by members of the 59th Medical Wing manpower team during a National Disaster Medical System exercise at Port San Antonio, Texas.

030121-F-7203T-031. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Aroki State: Kapisa Country: Afghanistan (AFG)

970626-N-4724B-001. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ '97 Base: Uss Tarawa (LHA 1) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC) Scene Major Command Shown: USS TARAWA (LHA 1)

020520-F-1705S-005. Subject Operation/Series: BEVERLY BULLDOG 02-02 Base: Osan Air Base Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)

050210-F-1631A-011. Base: Green Zone State: Baghdad Country: Iraq (IRQ)

041103-M-0095Z-003. Base: Al Diwanyah State: Al Qadisiyah Country: Iraq (IRQ)

061129-N-5416W-001. Base: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)

The 45th Medical Group held a Readiness Training Day Rodeo at Patrick Space Force Base, Fla., July 15, 2022. During the training, medical personnel rotated through four stations: litter-carries, mock code blue, radio etiquette, and active shooter. (Space Force photo by Senior Airman Dakota Raub)

Stockholm, Sweden Oct 9, 2024 Military personel show off a doll training dog to train in medcial emergencies during a seven country Nato training mission.

LT. GEN. Carl E. Mundy, deputy commander, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, congratulates Private 1ST Class Cammalleri after presenting him with the Purple Heart for wounds received while serving during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT STORM Base: Portsmouth Naval Hospital State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

970626-M-2111R-0012. Subject Operation/Series: KERNEL BLITZ Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 3d MAW

060415-N-0411D-005. Base: Camp Lemonier Country: Djibouti (DJI) Scene Major Command Shown: Combined Joint Task Force : Horn

Combat Life Saver Instructor Staff Sgt. Kasey Culverson demonstrates to 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Soldiers how to apply neck junctional pressure dressing during Combat Life Saver (CLS) training May 17, 2022 on Camp Bull Simons, Fla. Soldiers learned how to identify medical supplies, wounds and their treatment, and apply junctional dressings. This annual class helps increase combat effectiveness by testing their knowledge in skills they have trained for as if it were a real world mission.

030708-F-6844O-003. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Base: Kirkuk Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: CENTCOM

010330-F-0308N-555. Base: Houston State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AF

040608-F-1646R-005. Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

031210-F-6701P-003. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

While on duty at the station hospital, Hospital Corpsman Joshua Alvarez immobilizes an injured sailor's head and neck with a cervical collar. Base: Nas, Roosevelt Roads State: Puerto Rico (PR) Country: United States Of America (USA)

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 23, 2022) U.S. Army Capt. Katie Harper, from Tyrone, Ga., right, instructs U.S. Army Soldiers and U.S. Navy Sailors using an ultrasound for vascular access aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022, July 23, 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.

060814-N-3931M-043. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

060719-N-3097P-001. Base: USS Boxer (LHD 4) Country: Pacific Ocean (POC)

DF-ST-87-00816. Base: Miami State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Soldiers of 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) participate in Combat Life Saver (CLS) training May 17, 2022 on Camp Bull Simons, Fla. Soldiers learned how to identify medical supplies, wounds and their treatment, and apply junctional dressings. This annual class helps increase combat effectiveness by testing their knowledge in skills they have trained for as if it were a real world mission.

U.S. Air Force Enzo, a military working dog with the 378th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron K9 Unit, relaxes on a 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron gurney as he has his blood pressure taken by a U.S. Army veterinarian with 169th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services, during a canine EKG training at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, June 7, 2022. USCENTCOM Airmen and Soldiers eat, play and work together all across PSAB. The joint force partnership fosters, advances and augments each branch's mission capabilities in the Southwest Asia theater. (U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Noah J. Tancer)

DA-SC-88-02772. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

060407-N-4015L-003. Base: USS George Washington (CVN 73)

221017-N-GK686-1019 NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Italy (Oct. 17, 2022) Logistics Specialist 1st Class Steve Akpaka receives the influenza vaccine from Hospitalman Caryssa Grivette, from Lake Port, Calif., during a seasonal shot exercise on Naval Air Station Sigonella, Oct. 17, 2022. NAS Sigonellas strategic location enables U.S., allied, and partner nation forces to deploy and respond as required, ensuring security and stability in Europe, Africa and Central Command.

U.S. Army Cpl. Jeremy Burnham, Public Health Activity Rheinland-Pfalz animal care specialist, explains training aid functions for K9 emergency care simulations during U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africas European-African Military Nursing Exchange conference at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 10, 2022. The EAMNE targets the formation of partnerships and fosters a sharing culture among partners and Allies.

Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk

050718-F-7564C-043. Base: Volk Field State: Wisconsin (WI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AMC

Jason Layne with Arnold Air Force Base Security Forces practices applying a tourniquet during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training Aug. 15, 2022, at the Arnold AFB Medical Aid Station, Tennessee. TCCC trainees are taught lifesaving techniques, strategies and procedures, allowing those who have been trained to provide best practice trauma care both on and off the battlefield. Layne was part of the first TCCC class at Arnold. The first level of TCCC training is required by all Department of Defense service members by April 2023.

DA-SC-86-02994. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

020528-M-9902V-079. Country: Indonesia (IDN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3 MEF

Two athletic man posing in soldier and medic costume isolated

A new U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, receives a haircut during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Oct. 17, 2022. The recruits were checked for contraband, given a haircut, made a phone call home, and issued gear.

030725-F-0209C-002. Base: Ramstein Air Base State: Rheinland-Pfalz Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

030415-F-6449C-001. Base: Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base Country: Romania (ROM) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFE

221118-N-VQ41-1252 CARTAGENA, Colombia (Nov. 18, 2022) Gustavo Petro, president of the Republic of Colombia, speaks to U.S. and Colombian service members and officials during a closing ceremony signaling the end of the Colombia portion of Continuing Promise 2022 on the pier next to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Nov. 18, 2022. Comfort 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.

A U.S. Army soldier from the 426th Civil Affairs, Upland, CA, conducts a class for grade school students, from a nearby village, on infant care during OPERATION BALIKATAN '92, the 12th year U.S. Army and Filipino service members have worked side by side to "shoulder the load together," the Tagalog interpretation of "balikatan." Medical as well as other aid such as engineering and construction is given the Filipino villagers. Subject Operation/Series: BALIKATAN '92 Country: Philippines (PHL)

060815-N-9076B-086. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19)

DA-SC-86-02999. Base: Fort Hood State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

DF-ST-85-03480. Base: Myrtle Beach Air Force Base State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Stipp of Avon, Ind., after presenting him with two Purple Hearts Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where the soldier is recovering from wounds suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House

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