JBER partakes in exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 Published March 15, 2023 By Sheila deVera JBER Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- The U.S. Transportation Command kicked off exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023’s field training portion with key players from 673d Medical Group and Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Alaska National Guard at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13. The primary goal of this exercise is to evaluate the capabilities of and provide field training to aeromedical evacuation, critical care air transport teams, and medical staging systems: reception and onward movement function for global patient movement. JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230313-Z-PB632-1003 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230313-Z-PB632-1002 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. Photo Details / Download Hi-Res SLIDESHOW | images | 230313-Z-PB632-1001 JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Maj. Christen Chandler, flight commander of group education and training of the 673d Medical Group Staff, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 1 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Joshua Eaton, 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron chief of aerospace medicine, speaks with Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d OMRS clinical nurse, regarding the treatment of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets providing expedited patient-movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 2 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Capt. Andrea Quinton, a 673d Operational Medical Readiness Squadron clinical nurse, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 3 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Justin Kirk, a medical technician assigned to the 673d Health Care Operations Squadron, assesses the health of a simulated patient during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 exercises U.S. Transportation Command’s ability to scale up forces and deploy sufficient medical assets to provide expedited patient movement and critical care, as well as assess reception and staging requirements as patients are safely transported to care within the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 4 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zoie King, the 673d Inpatient Operations Squadron non-commissioned officer in charge, and Tech. Sgt. Alexandra Sanders, an inventory management section chief assigned to the 673d Medical Support Squadron, review data from simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 emphasizes interoperability in bringing together all elements of the global patient-movement enterprise in peacetime to be prepared for any crisis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 5 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res JBER partakes in Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 23 U.S. Senior Airman Juyeon Park, a medic assigned to the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, waits to be processed as one of the many simulated patients during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus (UC23) on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 13, 2023. UC23 is designed to exercise inter-theater patient movement and United States-based patient distribution, testing the ability of the U.S. Transportation Command to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: JBLM, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class J. Michael Peña) 6 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1003 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, departs after transferring a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 7 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1002 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, transfers a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 8 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res 230313-Z-PB632-1001 An Alaska Army National Guard HH-60M Black Hawk Helicopter assigned to Golf Company, Detachment 2, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, prepares to land and transfer a notional casualty to Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska, March 13, 2023. The AKARNG aviators conducted Black Hawk medevac training during Exercise Ultimate Caduceus. Exercise Ultimate Caduceus 2023 is a U.S. Transportation Command-led annual patient-movement field-training exercise designed to simulate transporting injured troops from outside the continental U.S. and moving them to long-term and advanced care centers in the U.S. The Alaska Army National Guard’s General Support Aviation Battalion routinely trains with all branches of the military as well as civilian agencies to increase its operational interoperability and to be ready for a wide range of federal and state missions. 9 of 9 Photo Details / Download Hi-Res UC23 is an annual patient-movement exercise to test the ability of USTRANSCOM to provide medical evacuation. The field training operation spans four locations: Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; Boise, Idaho; Portland, Oregon; and JBER. “The exercise is to test our ability to move patients in volume,” said USTRANSCOM Surgeon General Air Force Col. Rudolph Cachuela, UC23 exercise director. “We brought patients from [JBLM], and [JBER] is testing its ability to receive patients, keep them overnight, then reload patients to [the aircraft] and bring them back to JBLM.” USTRANSCOM oversees moving medical patients from outside the United States to hospitals in the United States. It is the Department of Defense’s single manager for global patient movement. UC23 will improve this ability by using rotary and fixed-wing aircraft to move patients to and from regional medical facilities and federal coordinating centers. “It’s great to see the entire team of [JBER] coming together to enable this part of the exercise to happen,” said Cachuela, who is based at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. “It is very important that we exercise this type of patient-movement activity because what we do here in a training environment just makes us sharper if we have to do it for real.” While a similar exercise was conducted nine years ago here at JBER, this is the first medical air transport exercise. To make the aeromedical evacuation work, it takes a total-force team and to execute the whole continental United States base distribution method, it takes an entire government effort. “We have the Department of Veterans Affairs, local federal government center, and Alaska National Guard all coming together so we can execute this mission. We can do it efficiently and move our patients through the system,” Cachuela added. The UC23 uses a simulated scenario to create a realistic crisis that prompts a military-patient movement response from the Indo-Pacific theater. “The exercise is intended to simulate encounters where we receive large numbers of casualties who, due to an overwhelmed system, must be moved to other medical facilities such as the DOD, VA, or civilian agencies across the country,” said the medical emergency manager Air Force 1st Lt. Colin Cooley, 673d Medical Group medical readiness plans and programs officer-in-charge. “This shows our unity of effort while using the whole-government approach.” Cooley said the exercise gives participants hands-on experience for possible real-world events and the ability for key agencies that might have to interface now, before an emergency happens. “This was a great opportunity to validate our interoperability with our active-duty mission partners,” said U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Nicholas Fussner, an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter pilot with G Company, 2-211th GSAB. “This type of exercise helps to improve our core mission - to support the nation and our fellow Alaskans.” This year, more than 400 military and civilian personnel from the joint and total forces are participating in the exercise. These include medical representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Defense Health Agency.