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Military Medical Emergency Response

Photos capture military personnel involved in medical training and emergency responses, highlighting teamwork and medical care in field operations.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Abel Carlos assigned to 25th Infantry Division provides aid to the simulated mannequin for the tactical combat casualty care training at Fort Hood, Texas, January 26, 2022, Twenty-two two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Texas to compete in the finals to be named the Armys Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams physical and mental skills. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bradley McKinley)
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Abel Carlos assigned to 25th Infantry Division provides aid to the simulated mannequin for the tactical combat casualty care training at Fort Hood, Texas, January 26, 2022, Twenty-two two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Texas to compete in the finals to be named the Armys Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams physical and mental skills. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Bradley McKinley)
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S95-00353 (12-14 September 1992) --- Several 1992 astronaut candidates brush the sand and gravel off one another following one of several phases of parachute familiarization and survival training at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma. Recognizable in the picture are Wendy B. Lawrence, Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, Chris A. Hadfield, Winston E. Scott and Koichi Wakata. The trainees had just completed an exercise, which required their jumping off a box into a gravel pit, in order to familiarize them the proper way to meet the ground following an emergency parachute drop.
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PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Aug. 9, 2022) Steelworker 1st Class Bret Morrell hammers a nail on Southwest Asia Huts construction project during Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 18s Field Training Exercise (FTX). FTX is designed to analyze a battalions construction capability, expeditionary logistics, and combat operations to support major combat operations, disaster response, and humanitarian assistance.
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000511-F-5009P-008. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD 2000 Base: Thung Song Country: Thailand (THA)
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Lieutenant Colonel Chakart Artsamartsri, Royal Thai Army, teaches U.S. Army soldier how to handle poisonous snakes during a jungle survival class at the Chonburi Royal Thai Army Training Area during the joint U.S./Thai training exercise Cobra Gold '86. Subject Operation/Series: COBRA GOLD '86 Country: Thailand (THA)
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DF-ST-87-07510. Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '86 Base: Twentynine Palms State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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CPL Michael J. Knapp of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) washes his clothes in an ammunition can while assigned to the humanitarian services support base established for Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees in northern Iraq and southern Turkey. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Silopi Country: Turkey (TUR)
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U.S. Marine Corps veterans who served with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (V3/5), 1st Marine Division, rest atop 1st Sgts Hill before constructing a memorial to honor V3/5 Marines who were lost during Operation Iraqi Freedom at Camp San Mateo, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, August 19, 2022. Marine veterans who served with V3/5 reunited with their old squadmates to construct a memorial for their fallen brothers who were killed in action. The hike was conducted as part of a retirement for Maj. Jacob Fernandez, the outgoing assistant operations officer for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit.
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Hired gravediggers exhume remains from a 150 year old cemetery to make way for development in Singapore.
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Bilal Zahran, a scout swimmer with Battalion Landing Team, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes part in amphibious operations during KAMANDAG 6 at Naval Education, Training, and Doctrine Command, Zambales, Philippines, Oct. 7, 2022. This combined interoperability event also involved members of the Philippine Marine Corps, Republic of Korea Marine Corps, and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades shared experiences.
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STAFF SGT. Paul Gowder uses a spychrometer to check the dew point used in determining the radar's refractive index on the San Pedro Joint Surveillance System. The system, operated by the Air Force and maintained by the FAA, detects unauthorized aircraft and manages air traffic control. Base: San Pedro State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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TSGT Marline J. Hobbs, 188th Tactical Fighter Group, checks the blood pressure of SSGT A. Sieminski, 820th Civil Engineering Squadron, during sick-call at the field hospital. They are participating in exercise BRIGHT STAR '80. Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR '80 Base: Cairo West Country: Egypt (EGY)
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U.S. Marines with India Co., 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, play soccer with locals during the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations exercise community day at South Goulburn Island, Australia, Sept. 4, 2022. The community day provided the Marines an opportunity to interact with the island locals, play sports, and show them Marine Corps gear and equipment.
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A U.S. Marine plants blue windmills in support of Child Abuse Prevention Month aboard MarineCorps Recruit Depot San Diego, Calif., April 4, 2023. The blue pinwheel represents innocence and isa national symbol for child abuse prevention.
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Miscellaneous - Coast Guard Operations - 26-HK-434-131. Hurricane Katrina
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Corporal Adam Girouard, USMC, with Marine Wing Support Squadron 273, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)) holds a D1 NATO-standard pressure locking fuel nozzle in front of an Air Force 50,000 gallon fuel bladder located at the Forward Area Refueling Point (FARP) at the Kandahar International Airport, Kandahar, Afghanistan, during OOPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. In the background, right, sits a CH-53 Sea Stallion. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Kandahar International Airport Country: Afghanistan (AFG) Scene Major Command Shown: 26 MEU
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Young soldier on top of tree
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050912-F-0681L-088. Base: Gulport (ANGCRTC) State: Mississippi (MS) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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030118-M-8337G-049. Base: Camp Gonsalves State: Okinawa Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: 3rd Bn 8th Marines
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040303-F-2828D-122. Base: Port-Au-Prince Country: Haiti (HTI)
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011018-F-8006R-003. Subject Operation/Series: ENDURING FREEDOM Base: Camp Freedom Country: Kuwait (KWT)
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Sgt. Vincent Aquino, a wheeled vehicle mechanic on special duty with the 4th Infantry Division, Fort Carson Mounted Color Guard, and his horse, Sgt. Maj. Tank, salute judges of the Regional Cavalry Competition, April 22, 2022, at the Fort Concho National Historic Landmark, San Angelo, Texas. Although this was Aquinos first competition, 18-year-old Tank carried enough competition knowledge and experience for the two of them.
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July 30, 2010 - A soldier with the Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (FADM) holds a buffalo chicken Meal Ready to Eat (MRE). As a part of Exercise Shared Accord 2010, Marines handed out MREs to members of FADM in the city of Moamba. Shared Accord is an annual, scheduled, bi-lateral field training exercise aimed at conducting small unit infantry and staff training with partner nations for the purpose of peace and stability operations.
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Posters are on display during the Vietnam POW/MIA/KIA Remembrance Ceremony at the Biloxi National Cemetery, Biloxi, Mississippi, March 29, 2023. The ceremony was in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day.