Military Emergency Medical Training

Images depict military personnel simulating medical treatment for casualties during training exercises. The mood is focused and serious, showcasing teamwork and medical skills.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conduct combat casualty care on a medical lane during the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 9, 2022. Teams across U.S. Army Europe and Africa test their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

U.S. Soldiers, assigned to 21st Theater Sustainment Command, conduct combat casualty care on a medical lane during the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 9, 2022. Teams across U.S. Army Europe and Africa test their tactical proficiency, communication, and overall cohesion as they compete for the title of Best Squad. Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Bragg, North Carolina later this year.

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.

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with the Maritime Special Purpose Force (MSPF), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provide aid to a simulated casualty during a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) course at Fort Eustis, Virginia, Jan. 13, 2023. The VBSS course is designed by Expeditionary Operations Training Group to train MSPF, BLT 1/6, and supporting enablers across the Marine Air Ground Task Force to conduct Maritime Interception Operations in preparation for the Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit (ARG/MEU) deployment.

U.S. Navy hospital corpsman 3rd class Holden Gilbert, a platoon corpsmen with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, puts a pelvic belt onto a simulated casualty during a blood transfusion exercise aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 14, 2022 The blood transfusion exercise was designed to hone lifesaving skills and techniques. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS 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 Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, treat a notional patient during a casualty drill during exercise Native Fury 22 at Yanbu Commercial Port, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Aug. 8, 2022. Native Fury 22 is a biennial exercise focused on the demonstration of the rapid offload and integration of a Maritime Pre-Positioned Force is the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of regional security, crisis response, and contingency operations.

2nd Medical Battalion medical personnel prepare to operate on a surgical suit during a simulated mass casualty event as part of Exercise Carolina Response. The surgical cut suit is owned by Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and is used by various medical units for trauma care training.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Apr. 24, 2022) - Medical personnel, assigned to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Combat Logistics Battalion-13, maintain an airway on a patient injured during a simulated patrol as part of exercise Operation Firebreak. The exercise was part of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Juliets operational readiness evaluation (ORE) and simulated point of injury treatment and transporting casualties to the next level of care. The ORE was conducted at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute and evaluates patient throughput capability, assesses coordination across functional areas, and teamwork. The training supports the Surgeon Generals Tiered Readiness Program and showcases Navy Medicines ability to generate and maintain ready medical forces.

Members of the 16th Medical Group, Hurlburt Field, Florida, treat victims of a ''mock'' fire during the base's Operational Readiness Inspection. The exercise involved several of the 16th Special Operation Wing emergency response teams. Fire department, security police and base clinic personnel played crucial roles in the succesful rescue and treatment of the ''mock'' fire victims. Base: Hurlburt Field State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Guard members from the 181st Brigade Support Battalion take part in a medical evacuation and field hospital exercise during their annual training on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 20, 2022. Nearly 240 Guard members from the 181st are supporting Officer Candidate School Phase III while also training on field craft and strengthen their MOS skill sets.

During Tactical Combat Care Course skills testing scenario three, patient Lt Cori E. Swarbrick, 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, Critical Care Nurse, sustained a fictional gunshot wound to the chest, causing a sucking chest wound. SGT Manasa Kalawailagi, Logistics Support Unit, Medical Company, Fiji Army, left, rushes to her aid during Exercise Cartwheel 2022 (CW22). CW22 strengthens our nations capabilities to respond to crises. CW22 is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (Apr. 25, 2022) - Medical personnel, assigned to Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Combat Logistics Battalion-13, treat a patient injured during a simulated patrol as part of exercise Operation Firebreak. The exercise was part of Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Juliets operational readiness evaluation (ORE) and simulated point of injury treatment and transporting casualties to the next level of care. The ORE was conducted at Naval Expeditionary Medical Training Institute and evaluates patient throughput capability, assesses coordination across functional areas, and teamwork. The training supports the Surgeon Generals Tiered Readiness Program and showcases Navy Medicines ability to generate and maintain ready medical forces.

Hospital Corman 3rd Class Lauren Thomas, the Search and Rescue Medical Technician (SMT) in training attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, performs a single patient trauma scenario on Naval Air Crewman (helicopter) 3rd Class Emmanuel Roldan-Montoya during HSC-5's training at Naval Air Station Fallon. Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 is the offensive air and strike component of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10 and the George H.W. Bush CSG. The squadrons of CVW-7 are Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 143, VFA-103, VFA-86, VFA-136, Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 140, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 121, HSC-5, and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 46.

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U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Kristina Boettcher, the non-commissioned officer in charge from the 7306th Medical Exercise Support Battalion, yells in pain while being treated by Navy Reserve Sailors during a training exercise at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 12, 2022. The Medical Readiness Training Command conducts Exercise Global Medic as part of the Army Reserve Medical Commands 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.

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

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A U.S. Marine participates in a casualty evacuation drill during the 13th Annual Recon Challenge on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 29, 2022. The Recon Challenge consists of a 25-mile hike on Camp Pendleton that involves a kilometer open-ocean swim, underwater knot tying, casualty evacuation drills, and live-fire marksmanship drills. Participants in the Recon Challenge wear the names of fallen Reconnaissance Marines on their packs to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Cpl. Benjamin Whitehurst)

U.S. Army Pacific soldiers from units across the Island of Oahu practiced emergency operations procedures during a mass casualty exercise as part of a statewide initiative, July 14. The exercise provided TAMC personnel an opportunity to test their emergency operations plan and practice for potential real-world events.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Owens Berry, an infantry Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, acts as a simulated casualty during a mass casualty exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 10, 2024. The mass casualty exercise tested the responsiveness of medical personnel to treat casualties upon arrival. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Marine Corps

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) personnel practice Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC3) during an information exchange with U.S. medics from Task Force Red Dragon, Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, May 27, 2022. The event allowed U.S. and Japanese forces to exchange information on life-saving combat care and improved overall interoperability between the forces.

CORAL SEA (June 27, 2023) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a mass casualty drill in the ships primary triage, while sailing in the Coral Sea, June 27. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Kini Leweni Tuisolia Woi, Logistics Support Unit, Medical Company, Fiji Army, left, and Private Lusiana Likudomole, Territorial Force Brigade, Fiji Army, quickly debate their next move during Tactical Combat Care Course skill test scenario four with SSG Kristy M. Rosado, 402nd Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, simulating a patient who was hit by an improvised explosive device blast causing amputation and massive hemorrhaging. Regular exercises and engagements with our allies and partners are instrumental in cultivating civil-military cooperation, increasing emergency preparedness, and enhancing bilateral response capabilities. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.

U.S. service members conduct medical training during a Joint Emergency Medicine Exercise at Fort Hood , TX on June 6th, 2022. The training was accomplished from 6-10th June 2022 at the Fort Hood Medical Training Simulation Center for all graduating Tri-Service Emergency and Family Medicine residents and multiple medical occupational specialists within Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center, U.S. Army Regional Health Command-Central, U.S. Army Medical Command, and III Armored Corps.

Sailors assigned to the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Fords (CVN 78) medical department treat Command Master Chief Bryan Davis, Fords command master chief, as he simulates a patient during a medical response training exercise in ships medical facility, Oct. 12, 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.

U.S. Army combat medics, assigned to the 404th Aviation Support Battalion, 4th Cavalry Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, participate in a platoon level training exercise held from Aug. 18-26, Fort Carson, Colorado. These Soldiers practiced their skills throughout the training, and used their knowledge to aid in the mission.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class, Andres Rodoni, center, from Dallas, Texas, assigned to Task Force 61/2, moves a simulated casualty with Hellenic Marines with the 32d Marine Brigade during exercise Alexander the Great 22, Greece, May 20, 2022. Alexander the Great 22 strengthens interoperability and force readiness between the U.S., Greece, and Allied nations, enhancing strategic defense and partnership to preserve security and stability in the region.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew LeMay, a 1st Special Operations Medical Group bioenvironmental engineering technician, wraps a pressure bandage around a simulation manikins head wound at Hurlburt Field, Fla., Oct. 27, 2022. Tactical Combat Casualty Care was developed to ensure Airmen are agile and combat-ready.

U.S Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) participate in a mass casualty response exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 27, 2022. The Expeditionary Operations Training Group (EOTG) mass casualty course trained medical personnel from the 26th MEUs Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 6th Marines and Combat Logistics Battalion 22 on casualty response procedures. 26th MEU corpsman worked on perfecting their execution of this complex process with a series of increasingly difficult scenarios over this one-week course. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nayelly Nieves-Nieves)

Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Bradley Canada, assigned to Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS), puts Chief Master-at-Arms Danny Royer in handcuffs during a simulated active-shooter drill as part of the installations Command Assessment for Readiness and Training (CART) at CFAS April 21, 2022. CART is a Commander, Navy Installations Command (CNIC) program that evaluates installations on their response capabilities and ability to train their personnel in various scenarios.

Surgeons and other medical personnel of the U.S. Air Force Spearr (Small, Portable, Expeditionary, Aeromedical, Rapid, Response) Team treat a "victim" during a mass casualty evacuation, Exercise CHILE TCA 2000, in northern Chile. The joint-nation exercise involved personnnel of the California Air National Guard, Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and ERSAM, the air evac unit of the Fuerza Aerea de Chile. Left to right are, US Air Force Captain Marlin Weichel, USAF Major Joel Goldberg, MAJ Steven Venticinque, Chilian Anesthesiologist, and USAF MAJ Craig Ruder. Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Atacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL)

Medical personnel from the 673rd Healthcare Operations Squadron provide treatment to a simulated patient during Cope North 24 at Northwest Field, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 9, 2024. Exercising agile combat employment capabilities enables personnel to be prepared to respond to crisis and contingency situations and employ life-saving care. Air Force

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

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CAMP SHELBY, Miss. (Jul. 18, 2022) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Nicholas Robben from Clearwater, Kan., assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 conducts treats a patient during Operation Turning Point, also known as their Field Training Exercise. Operation Turning Point is an around-the-clock exercise that focuses on constructing advanced bases while maintaining proficiency in tactics and survivability. NMCB 1 is homeported out of Gulfport, Miss. They are conducting an intense homeport training plan to expand their ability to execute construction, humanitarian assistance, and theater operations.

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Hurricane Katrina, (September 2, 2005 New Orleans) -- Patients are loaded on C-130's for evacuation from the New Orleans airport where FEMA's D-MATs have set up operations.

U.S. Navy hospital corpsman 3rd class Holden Gilbert, a platoon corpsmen with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, records the time of treatment of a simulated casualty during a blood transfusion exercise aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 14, 2022. The blood transfusion exercise was designed to hone lifesaving skills and techniques. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS 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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U.S. Air National Guard Airmen of the 185th Air Refueling Wings Medical Group carry a simulated gunshot victim in a litter during a mass casualty exercise at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah, Georgia, on June 24, 2022. The Iowa Air National Guard members are training at the Savannah CRTC as a part of their annual training period.

220831-N-DP708-1245PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 31, 2022) - Sailors, and Marines assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, simulate treating an injured Marine during a medical evacuation exercise in the medical bay of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Aug. 31. Medical evacuation exercises demonstrate the ships ability to process and accommodate personnel safely and seamlessly. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, comprised of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) and amphibious transport docks USS Anchorage (LPD 23) and USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26), is underway conducting integrated training operations with the 13th MEU in the U.S. 3rd Fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment.

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Stephane Coker, right, an in-route care nurse, with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, cares for a simulated causality in the back of a vehicle during a tactical scalable surgical system (TS3) team training exercise on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 26, 2023. The TS3 team from 2nd Medical Battalion exercised damage control surgery, resuscitation and in route care to validate the readiness of the team and to establish a training pathway for future assets.

U.S. Airforce Staff Sgt. Pablo Duran, an independent duty medic assigned to 353rd Special Operations Wing, conducts casualty care on U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Bryan Romero, a mortarman assigned to 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, during Jungle Warfare Exercise (JWX) 23.1 on Okinawa, Japan, Feb.16, 2023. JWX 23.1 is a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuvers, and fires across a distributed maritime environment.

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 13, 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.

U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Manuel Zertuche, an Aerospace Medical Technician, and Lt. Col. James Torsney, an Optometrist, right, of the 185th Air Refueling Wings Medical Group, treat a simulated gunshot wound during a mass casualty exercise at the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center in Savannah, Georgia, on June 24, 2022. The Iowa Air National Guard members are training at the Savannah CRTC as a part of their annual training period.

120718-O-ZZ999-002JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (July 18, 2012) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force sailors assigned to the minesweeper tender JS Bungo (MST-464) practice dive casualty emergency procedures with Royal Australian and U.S. Navy divers during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2012 exercise. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3, in and around the Hawaiian Islands. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2012 is the 23rd exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Brazilian marines perform a simulated casualty evacuation during a surgical training event during exercise UNITAS LXIII in Marambaia, Brazil, Sept. 10, 2022. The training event consisted of a medical equipment presentation, a field surgery, and a CASEVAC via a Brazilian armored personnel carrier. UNITAS is the worlds longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility.

U.S. Army squads from across III Armored Corps compete for the title of the corps Best Squad during a head-to-head competition at the III Armored Corps Best Squad Competition 2022 at Fort Hood, Texas, Jun. 23, 2022. On day two of the competition, the squad representing 89th MP raced against the clock during a tactical field care simulation. Spc. Kole Vigilancia applies bandages to a combat dummy. The III Armored Corps pulled only the best from across its divisions and separate brigades to compete in this years inaugural competition. The best squad goes on to compete in the U.S. Army Forces Command competition at Fort Hood in August.

Tech. Sgt. Blaytin Southerly, 4th Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant, treats Senior Airman Dylan Reddish, 4th Logistics Readiness Squadron equipment accountability element technician and simulated victim, during an active-shooter exercise at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Nov. 7, 2022. This was the second active-shooter exercise conducted in 2022.

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 25, 2021) Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Kayla Seim, assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides medical care to a simulated casualty during a mass casualty exercise aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52), March 25, 2021. U.S. Navy and Marine Corps integration training provides the Essex Amphibious Ready Group/11th MEU its first opportunity to plan, brief, execute multiple mission packages. The Essex ARG is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

From left to right, U.S. Air Force Maj. Richard Wood, Staff Sgt. Karla Williams, and Senior Airman Conner Gerry, medical responders assigned to the 673d Medical Group, are coached on the proper Tactical Combat Casualty Care techniques for military working dogs during a mock K-9 rescue by U.S. Army Capt. Patrick McFadden, a senior veterinarian from Fort Wainwright, Alaska, at the medical training facility on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 1, 2022. The 673d Medical Group held its first-ever Joint Tactical Combat Casualty Care-K-9 course geared toward exposing military emergency providers, doctors, and independent medical technicians to basic emergency medical care for military working dogs. Students of the course split into two groups during the hands-on portion of the course, which provided them with shock treatment and respiratory distress scenarios for training.

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Ryan Stelter, a Fort Worth, Texas, native and corpsman with 2d Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2d Marine Division, demonstrates how to transport a casualty in a combat lifesaver class during a deployment for training (DFT) at Joint Forces Training Center Camp Shelby, Mississippi, June 6, 2022. The purpose of this DFT is to validate the battalion's ability to conduct force deployments in support of contingency operations and tactically improve warfighting proficiency in preparation for major combat operations.

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.

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

Soldiers with the Arizona Army National Guard Medical Detachment and medical professionals with Phoenix Childrens Hospital evaluate an actor patient in a joint staffed medical tent with both Guardsmen and civilian medical professionals June 29. The joint military and civilian mass-casualty exercise fulfilled the Medical Detachments training requirement to provide 24-hour field care as well as built relationships with partner civilian agencies in the Phoenix metro area.

U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron fill out a tactical combat casualty care card during a simulated rescue and recovery of isolated pilots at Kadena Air Base, Japan, June 30, 2023. TCCC provides lifesaving care to injured combatants, limits the risk of further casualties and helps the unit achieve mission success.

Major John Marshall (Right), of the U.S. Air Force SPEARR (Small, Portable, Expeditionary, Aeromedical, Rapid, Response) Team works with Comandante de Eswadrilla Alger Rodo (Left) of the Fuereza Aerea de Chile using a portable ultrasound on a "patient" during a mass casualty exercise staged in the Adacama Desert of Chile. The portable ultrasound, the smallest in the world, is a major improvement in battlefield medical treatment. This mission is in direct support of Exercise CHILE TCA 2000. Subject Operation/Series: CHILE TCA 2000 Base: Adacama Desert Country: Chile (CHL)

U.S. Airmen participate in medical readiness tactical combat casualty care training with a simulated patient at David Grant USAF Medical Center, Travis Air Force Base, California, April 29, 2022. The all-service member TCCC course replaces the self-aid buddy care courses. The all-service member TCCC program replaces the self-aid buddy care courses. The Department of Defense has established the use of standardized trauma training platforms for all designated service member augmentees.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Fleet Surgical Team 3 and NASA affiliates inspect the Orion Crew Survival Systems training suit in the hangar bay aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22) during Underway Recovery Test 11, Feb. 22, 2024. In preparation for NASAs Artemis II crewed mission, which will send four astronauts in Orion beyond the Moon, NASA and the Department of Defense will conduct a series of tests to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures, and hardware used in recovery operations for crewed lunar missions. The U.S. Navy has many unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including its amphibious ships with the ability to embark helicopters, launch and recover small boats, three-dimensional air search radar and advanced medical facilities. Navy

A Norwegian Army medic MAJ Piquet (French Army), seated in the foreground, various medical equipment stored inside a Norwegian Army SISU XA-185 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) ambulance. The Norwegian Medical Company (NorMedCoy) stationed at the "Blue Factory," located near Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, uses this APC ambulance. The Norwegians are in Bosnia as part of the Nordic-Polish (NORDPOL) Brigade in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, which is a peacekeeping effort by a multinational Implementation Force (IFOR), comprised of NATO and non-NATO military forces, deployed to Bosnia in support of the Dayton Peace Accords. Subject Operation/Series: JOINT ENDEAVOR Base: Tuzla Country: Bosnia And/I Herzegovina (BIH)

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Central Biological Chemical Weapons Defense Unit soldiers demonstrate decontamination procedures during a joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear demonstration, April 21, 2022, at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The study was a two-day event involving familiarization briefings from Airmen assigned to the 374th AW and a demonstration of the skills utilized in a CBRN rescue for mass causalities from aircraft such as the C-130.

Members of the 185th Air Refueling Wing Medical Group, Staff Sgt. Kyle Sauter and Airman 1st Class Luke Lyon treat a patient during a mass casualty exercise at the Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center in Savanah GA. On June 24, 2022. The Iowa ANG Airmen are training at the CRTC in Savannah as part of their annual training. U.S. Air National Guard photo Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot

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.

U.S. Navy hospital corpsman 3rd class Holden Gilbert, a platoon corpsmen with Battalion Landing Team 2/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures the legs of a simulated casualty during a blood transfusion exercises aboard Amphibious Assault Ship USS Tripoli (LHA-7), in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 14, 2022. The blood transfusion exercise was designed to hone lifesaving skills and techniques. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Assault Ship USS 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.

Federal Firefighters and U.S. Army soldiers prepare to load a casualty onto a UH-60 Blackhawk during Exercise Lethal Breeze 2022, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 23, 2022. The exercise was an aircraft mishap response scenario, which included entities from on and off the installation, an opportunity to increase interagency response capabilities.

U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) James Collins, an emergency room doctor assigned to the 1st Special Operations Support Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., treats a critical patient in the surgical a tent during Emerald Warrior, March 3, 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.

CAMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti -Members of the Camp Lemonnier Emergency Medical Facility (EMF) and combat medics assigned to Task Force Red Dragon take part in a mass casualty (MASCAL) drill held at Camp Lemonnier, July 13, 2022. By having MASCAL drills, members of the EMF and combat medics are better prepared when an actual emergency takes place on base. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Randi Brown).

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Claire Stampley assigned to Shock Trauma Platoon, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), portrays a simulated patient during joint medical training with Finnish Navy combat medics from Logistics Company, Medical Platoon in Upinniemi, Finland, Aug. 15, 2022. The training was held to increase proficiency and strengthen mission readiness between U.S. Navy Corpsmen and Finnish Navy medics. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd MEU, 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.

A competitor assigned to the 44th Medical Brigade performs Tactical Field Care during the Expert Field Medical Badge (EFMB) competition at Fort Bragg, NC, Oct 25, 2022. Stages of the EFMB include warrior and field medic tasks that challenge participants both mentally and physically to ensure that badge holders are capable of performing at an expert level.

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Marissa Mayor, a general surgeon with 2nd Medical Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII poses for a picture on a UH-1Y Venom with her surgical instruments while aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) during a surgical training event during exercise UNITAS LXIII in the Atlantic Ocean, Sept. 17, 2022. The training event consisted of Marines patrolling, taking simulated casualties, and simulated lifesaving surgery. UNITAS, which is Latin for unity, was conceived in 1959 and has taken place annually since first conducted in 1960. This year marks the 63rd iteration of the worlds longest-running annual multi-national maritime exercise. Additionally, this year Brazil celebrated its bicentennial, a historical milestone commemorating 200 years of the countrys independence.

U.S. Navy recovery team members practice bringing an astronaut aboard the USS John P. Murtha, using a dummy, during Underway Recovery Test-7 (URT-7) on Nov. 5, 2018. NASA's Recovery Team, along with the U.S. Navy, are practicing recovery of a test version of the Orion in the Pacific Ocean. URT-7 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.

A U.S. Naval Academy candidate prepares to have blood drawn during their in-processing at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland, June 29, 2022. U.S. Naval Academy in-processing began today for midshipman candidates for the Class of 2026 who came directly from the fleet, attended the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS), or are international students. The NAPS and prior-enlisted midshipmen candidates provide midshipmen candidates mentorship and guidance to their classmates during Plebe Summer, the demanding six-week indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life.

Spc. Amoury Carabello, left, a medic with the Puerto Rico Army National Guards 1013th Sapper Company and Spc. Nicole Roper of the Wisconsin Army National Guards 724th Engineer Battalion, treat a notional “casualty” during a mobilization training exercise at Fort McCoy, Wis., April 3. The 1013th has been attached to the 724th for its upcoming deployment to Iraq. 112th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

CORAL SEA (June 27, 2023) Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6) and Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct a mass casualty drill in the ships primary triage, while sailing in the Coral Sea, June 27. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navys largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

An Ivy Soldier shows Joint Civilian Orientation participants a way to collect blood from a person if finding a vein is not possible during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care Lane during the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference visit, Oct. 25, 2022, at Fort Carson, Colorado. All Ivy Soldiers recognize that standards save lives, they know them, adhere to them, and enforce them.

More than 30 firefighters from seven different countries within U.S. Southern Commands area of responsibility train and compete during CENTAM SMOKE 22-2 Aug. 8, 2022, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. The five-day event organized by the 612th Air Base Squadron involves firefighting tactics and techniques, rope rescue training, aircraft firefighting, structural fire training, motor vehicle extrication, as well as friendly competitions including the firefighter challenge course and demonstrations. This event strengthens partnerships and builds trust between the participating countries ensuring efficient interoperability during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief events. (U.S. Air Force photos by Tech. Sgt. Amber Carter)

Medical personnel from the 633d Medical Group render aid to simulated-victims during an aircraft-mishap exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, Mar. 28, 2023. In the event of a plane crash, the accuracy and efficiency of medical responders is vital in providing care to the injured.

US Air Force Captain Darrell Dunn, U-2 pilot, 363rd Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, gets suited up before his flight with the help of USAF SENIOR Airmen Cindy Nakoski and USAF SENIOR AIRMAN John Harry, of physiology support. CPT Dunn, SRA Nakoski, and SRA Harry are part of the coalition force here to support Operation Southern Watch, a military effort to enforce the no-fly and no-drive zone in Southern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: SOUTHERN WATCH Base: Prince Sultan Air Base Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

U.S. Airmen from the Idaho National Guards 124th Medical Group Critical Care Air Transport Team work with pilots and medevac Soldiers from the 1st of the 168th Aviation Regiment to stabilize casualties onboard a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, while flying through simulated combat zones until they reached a higher echelon of care during a mass casualty combat exercise, Feb. 1-4, near Gowen Field. Air National Guard

Personnel from the 39th Medical Group, 39th Civil Engineer Squadron, and the Turkish air forces 10th Tanker Base Command prepare to transport a simulated injured pilot during a crash, damaged, or disabled aircraft recovery (CDDAR) exercise at Incirlik Air Base, Türkiye, Jan. 8, 2024. Interoperability and shared capabilities are key to Turkish and U.S. military cooperation in their roles to defend NATOs southern flank.

220924-N-GF955-1036BALTIC SEA (Sept. 24, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) respond to a simulated casualty during a general quarters drill, Sept. 24, 2022. Paul Ignatius, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, 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.

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (June 19, 2022) Sailors assigned to Navy Reserve-Expeditionary Medical Facility (NR-EMF) Bethesda, perform care on a simulated military working dog 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.

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

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, learn how to conduct Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. The class was taught to inform soldiers what to do in case of an emergency where CPR would be needed.

Holly Watts, a simulations technician with General Dynamics Information Technology instructs Army Reserve medical personnel on how to operate the Advanced Canine Medical Trainer in preparation for their role in the 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.

Soliders assigned to Prince Sultan Air Base transfer a training casualty to a medical litter, during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oct. 20, 2022. During the TCCC training, Soliders practiced combat life saving techniques during a simulated casualty scenario.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Anteco McNary, a firefighter with the 378th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, treats a bullet wound on 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 Capt. Ryan Knapp, 41st Rescue Squadron scheduling officer, simulates an injured aircrew during a Major Accident Response Exercise in Echols County, Georgia, April 19, 2022. A MARE is an annual wing requirement to test the response and capabilities of agencies across base.

120718-N-ER662-115 OKINAWA, Japan (July 18, 2012) Sailors attends to a simulated amputee victim during a mass casualty drill on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85). McCampbell is forward deployed to Yokosuka, Japan, and is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joshua Earhart, with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, aids physicians with the Batanes Department of Health as part of a Valkyrie training event during KAMANDAG 6 in Basco, Batanes, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2022. Valkyrie training practices the skills to efficiently collect whole blood and perform blood transfusions for casualties in a field environment. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust and shared cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Lt. Col. Charles Scronce and Lt. Col. Lisa Reeves of the 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron help transport a patient from the Lower Keys Medical Center in Florida to a North Carolina Air National Guard C-130 Hercules for evacuation prior to the arrival of Hurricane Irma, while at the Key West Naval Air Station, Key West Florida, Sept. 6, 2017. Hurricane Irma is a category five storm that is expected to cause catastrophic damage to the regions it makes landfall. The 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of the North Carolina Air National Guard provides medical care for wounded individuals while transporting them to alternate locations for further care.

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) from Czech Republic and the U.S. discuss Close Air Support (CAS) procedures during Exercise Ample Strike 22 in Czech Republic, Sept. 9, 2022. The exercise is a regular Czech Republic JTAC-led exercise focused on advanced air and land training, strengthening U.S. and NATO Allies capabilities, and defending against adversaries in the European Theater.

A U.S. Naval Academy candidate receives an immunization during their in-processing at Alumni Hall in Annapolis, Maryland, June 29, 2022. U.S. Naval Academy in-processing began today for midshipman candidates for the Class of 2026 who came directly from the fleet, attended the U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS), or are international students. The NAPS and prior-enlisted midshipmen candidates provide midshipmen candidates mentorship and guidance to their classmates during Plebe Summer, the demanding six-week indoctrination period intended to transition the candidates from civilian to military life.

U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force personnel load a simulated patient into an ambulance during a mass casualty and aeromedical evacuation scenario in support of Exercise Pacific Angel at Kuantan Air Base, Malaysia, Aug. 18, 2022. Pacific Angel was a week-long multilateral exercise that brought together 370 participants from six countries to foster cooperation and interoperability during humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations.

220625-N-TI693-1049INDIAN OCEAN (June 25, 2022) Sailors assigned to the Role Two Light Maneuver Team prepare intravenous fluid bag during a walking blood bank drill aboard the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4), June 25, 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.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Nicholas Felton, 458th Airlift Squadron, loads deployment equipment into a bag on Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, July 20, 2022. The process is designed to take the stress and strain of a movement off of the personnel so they can focus solely on the mission.

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Andrew Hiller, from Moreno Valley, California, left, and Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Justin Willis, from Lemoore, California, demonstrate how to control a hemorrhage during a trauma response training course with local first responders at Hell's Point 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia

061121-N-2636M-015. Base: USS Bataan (LHD 5) Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

030329-F-1131H-006. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown

PACIFIC OCEAN (July 15, 2022) Patients are transported aboard Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Izumo (DDH 183). 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)

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