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Military Medical Training Exercises

Images depict military personnel administering medical aid in training scenarios, showcasing teamwork and medical procedures in field settings.

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines participate in the Global Medic exercise at Fort McCoy WI, Aug. 9-12, 2022. The exercise is part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's mission to provide trained, equipped and combat ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines participate in the Global Medic exercise at Fort McCoy WI, Aug. 9-12, 2022. The exercise is part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's mission to provide trained, equipped and combat ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark
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Hawaii Army National Guard Soldiers assigned to 297th Engineer Detachment, Firefighting Team, 103rd Troop Command participate in a training from Capt. Matt Kaeo, captain of the Pohakuloa Training Area Federal Fire Department, Hawaii, June 13, 2022. The training showed them how to provide rescue for a down firefighter scenario and how to utilize their gear for support.
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Hawaii Air National Guard medical professionals conduct trauma treatment and care training with U.S. Coast Guardsmen, Jun. 6, 2022 at U.S Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe.The training focused on water rescue and survival skills, trauma treatment, and involved subject matter expert exchanges with U.S. Coast Guard members.
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220725-N-QI593-1177 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (July 25, 2022) Ensign Joseph McLean, from Franklin, Massachusetts, conducts a secondary search during an anti-terrorism force protection drill aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) in the Mediterranean Sea, July 25, 2022. Bainbridge 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.
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040309-F-5646C-016. Base: RAF Fairford State: Gloucestershire Country: England / Great Britain (ENG)
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U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct a quarterly mass casualty training at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, Feb. 29, 2024. This training familiarized Marines and Sailors with proper casualty evacuation procedures. Marine Corps
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Lance Cpl. Taylor Sullivan, left, a loadmaster with and Lance Cpl. Matthew Morris, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, both with 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, load luggage onto a KC-130J Hercules prior to taking on evacuees in Djerba, Tunisia, March 5, 2011. 26th MEU was directed by the Department of Defense to help evacuate Egyptians, who fled to the Tunisian border from Libya, get back to Egypt.
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U.S. Airmen from the Idaho Air National Guards 124th Medical Group, Soldiers from the Idaho Army National Guards Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion Medical Detachment, active duty Airmen from the 366th Medical Group, Mountain Home Air Force Base, and Navy Reserve counterparts from the Navy Operational Support Center conduct Tactical Combat Casualty Care on the battlefield during a mass casualty combat exercise, Feb. 1-4, near Gowen Field. Air National Guard
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A US Army member of the 52nd Medical Evacuation Battalion, Camp Humphries, South Korea, takes part in a medical evacuation exercise during FOAL EAGLE 2000, on October 26th, 2000. FOAL EAGLE is the largest joint and combined field training drill conducted annually in South Korea, running from 25 October to 3 November. About 25,000 U.S. troops will take part in the drill, including active duty, Reserve and National Guard troops from bases in the United States and elsewhere in the Pacific. The exercise demonstrates U.S. and South Korean military cooperation. Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000 Base: Camp Humphreys State: Gyeonggi-Do Country: Republic Of Korea (KOR)
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An evaluator inspects Readiness Challenge VIII participants from Air Mobility Command's Travis Air Force Base, California, as they take part in a firefighting rescue event April 18, 2022, at the Silver Flag Training Site, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The Department of the Air Force CE event is hosted by the Air Force Civil Engineer Center. After a 20+ year hiatus, the challenge, a premier event for Department of the Air Force civil engineers, is back. This year's Readiness Challenge is the initial operating capability event before the challenge reaches full operating capability within the next two years. At this year's event, which runs through April 22, eight teams representing major commands and U.S. Space Force are facing off in about 20 events showing myriad of CE capabilities from emergency airfield lighting and water purification to building a guard shack from the ground up and firefighting and EOD operations.
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040624-A-2262B-055. Base: Ba'Qubah State: Dilaya Country: Iraq (IRQ) Scene Major Command Shown: Task Force Danger
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Airmen assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing fill sandbags at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 9, 2022. The sandbags are to be dispersed throughout Osan in preparation for flooding caused by heavy rainfall during South Koreas monsoon season.
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US Air Force AIRMAN Lee Lyles, Air Force Material Command, frisks US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN Deryck Schnee during a simulated flight line intrusion in the Base Response event during DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in 24 events six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE '00 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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050702-A-9144B-107. Subject Operation/Series: IRAQI FREEDOM Country: Unknown Scene Major Command Shown: 1/11 ACR
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Notional victims await decontamination at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa. July 26, 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”.
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Combat Medic Specialists of the Forsyth-based 2nd Battalion 121st Infantry Regiment support local hospitals where they conduct routine patient care, screen patients and visitors and administer EKG scans so that the doctors and nurses at these facilities can spend more time with those most in need. Pictured here are Pvt. Justin Gill (left) and Spc Tristan Walker (right) at the Tift Medical Center in Tifton, Ga. April 10, 2020.
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Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Lauren Thomas, the Search and Rescue Medical Technician (SMT) in training attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, right, 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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Air National Guard STAFF Sergeant Andi Peck of the 115th Security Forces Squadron, Madison, Wisconsin searches SENIOR AIRMAN Deryck Schnee, who portrayed an intruder, during Exercise DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland AFB, Texas. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense, and policing skills over a period of six days. Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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990204-M-8467B-O09. Base: Yuma State: Arizona (AZ) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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When the Inspector General's ORI team stages an armed robbery at the base Shoppette, a simulated gunshot victim was the result. The 21st Medical Group, STAFF Sergeant Kevin R. Bradley (orange vest) and AIRMAN 1ST Class Mark Sherwin, tried to revive the simulated victim. The 21st Space Wing's Operational Readiness Inspection was conducted at Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and Peterson AFB, Colo., 13 to 17 February 1996. The Inspector General's Team tested their ability to respond to battle conditions, power outages, mobility deployments, aircraft and automobile accidents, hostage situations, bomb threats, armed robbery, terrorism, and communication disruptions. Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Military Photographer of the Year Winner 1998 Title: Defender Challenge Category: Picture Story Place: Honorable Mention Picture StorySecurity Forces members showcase their talents and capabilities during the Air Force wide competition Defender Challenge 98 Lakeland AFB, Texas Nov. 2, 1998. Country: Unknown
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Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Division carry a tire more than 300-pounds over a container wall during the Utah Beach event at Fort Carson, Colorado, May 23, 2022. The Utah Beach PT event consists of eight obstacles that challenges Soldiers to use persistence and teamwork while they carry their equipment over a two mile long course to simulate the June 6, 1944 D-Day Utah Beach Landings. (U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Lumagui)