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Air Force Medical Service

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

A C-17 Globemaster sits on the runway as a patient load exercise is performed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exericse at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Lt. Col. Terri Trillo, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, waves patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th AES to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

A member of the 46th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, waves a bus full of patients behind a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th AES to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

Members of the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron work to load patients onto a C-17 Globemaster during a monthly patient load exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 10. The 446th ASTS performed a patient load exercise to practice loading critically wounded members onto the C-17 for evacuation. The ASTS works closely with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to accomplish the mission of loading patients and caring for them in flight. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet)

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Medical Reservists conduct patient-transport exercise

Published Jan. 11, 2016
By Staff Sgt. Daniel Liddicoet
446th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. --

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exericse at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM

C-17 patient load exercise at JBLM