59th MDW medics prepare for national emergencies with Texas A&M’s Disaster Day exercise Published March 13, 2023 By Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux 59th Medical Wing Public Affairs JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The 59th Medical Wing participated for the first time in Texas A&M University’s Disaster Day exercise at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Medical teams from across the 59th MDW came together and worked through real-world scenarios utilizing a Texas Air National Guard C-130J Super Hercules and Texas A&M’s Engineering Extension Service’s Disaster City training grounds. “This is a complex exercise with multiple moving parts, which is exactly how we like it,” said Master Sgt. Douglas Gissendanner, 59th Medical Wing operational medicine senior enlisted leader. 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-1488 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-1139 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-1047 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-1760 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-1965 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-2084 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-2131 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-2258 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-2338 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230303-F-JG587-2387 230303-F-JG587-1139 Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing prepare a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise on Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 1 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1488 Airmen from the 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transport a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 2 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1760 1st Lt. Catherine Parchinski, 959th Medical Group critical care nurse, checks a mannequin simulated patient’s vitals during a national disaster response exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field Annex, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 3 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1965 Airmen from 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron neonatal intensive care unit, monitor vitals for a neonatal mannequin simulated patient during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 4 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2084 Airmen from the 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team monitor vitals for a high-fidelity mannequin during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 5 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2131 Airman from the 59th Medical Wing work together to manage multiple mannequin simulated patients during a national disaster response exercise inflight to College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 6 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2258 Students from the Texas A&M University work as Pharmacists on Disaster Day for multiple field hospitals to care for simulated emergency patients during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. 7 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2338 A student from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provides care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 8 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-2387 Students from the Texas A&M University on Disaster Day provide care to a simulated emergency patient during a national disaster response exercise in Disaster City at College Station, Texas, March 3, 2023. Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years and, for the first time, collaborated with the 59th MDW. Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. 9 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230303-F-JG587-1047 Capt. Edward Duffer (left), 959th Inpatient Operations Squadron critical care extracorporeal membrane oxygenation nurse, and Senior Airman Oliver Feind, 959th Medical Operations Squadron respiratory care practitioner, assemble a Special Medical Emergency Evacuation Device during a national disaster response exercise at Camp Bramble at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, March 3, 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Melody Bordeaux) 10 of 10 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res Training consisted of multiple exercises where members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets participated as simulated ambulatory patients that were cared for by Ground and Air Ready Medics inflight. The 559th En Route Patient Staging Squadron transported simulated patients to and from the aircraft, while the Critical Care Air Transport Team and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit cared for other simulated patients inflight. “This is medical readiness,” Gissendanner said. “It’s a mindset and that mindset is actively looking for ways to provide sustainment training to our populace.” Texas A&M University has been conducting emergency response training for 15 years helping medics to prepare for real-life emergencies at a national level. This year’s emergency simulation was a mass hurricane exercise. Details of the exercise were kept secret until the very last minute in order to have the most realistic response. “If there’s a natural disaster, the governor or the state could say, ‘We're going to activate the Air National Guard to help us relocate patients,” Gissendanner said. “This is not an uncommon thing that happens in national disasters and that’s what we're simulating.” Being able to train inflight and utilize Disaster City by collaborating with Texas A&M gives medics a way to hone their skills, prepare for national emergencies and remain ready medics. “It was really vital for me to volunteer for this experience because I don’t usually have the opportunity to see the changes that trauma patients or burn victims would have to go through while also going through those turns that a plane experiences,” said Senior Airman Chynna Stewart, 559th Medical Squadron flight and operational medical technician. “At the end of the day, we’re all there with a common goal of making sure that we do everything we can to make sure that patient sees tomorrow and gets the proper care they need.” Maintaining a military to civilian relationship is vital to be prepared in any emergency. “We don't exist in silos,” Gissendanner said. “When something bad happens, whether it's here in the continental United States or overseas, we all come together as a team to get everything done. So this just further strengthens that bond between the two organizations.”