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  • U.S. Army Spc. Manuel Paulino, Area Support Group Kuwait – Directorate of Emergency Services – K-9 Unit military working dog handler, and MWD Jerry, wait to board a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during medical evacuation training at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, Sept. 13, 2019. Phase three of the exercise involved military working teams boarding the aircraft and going for a familiarization ride around the base to acclimate MWDs to changes in altitude and speed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mozer O. Da Cunha)

    U.S. Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, team up for joint MEDEVAC exercise

    Military working dog liaison officers with the 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, Airmen with the 386th Expeditionary Medical Group and Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 159th General Support Aviation Battalion, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, conducted joint medical evacuation and UH-60 Black Hawk acclimation training with over 15 U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force MWD teams in the Central Command area of responsibility at Ali Al Salem Air Base, September 9.
  • Instructors and students interact over a ‘wounded’ training mannequin during the Tactical Field Care phase of the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington, Sept. 12, 2019. In a continued effort to save lives, the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General has mandated that all personnel quickly become TCCC certified. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Lackey)

    International medics tackle Tactical Combat Casualty Care

    Nearly two hundred medics from the U.S. Air Force and Army, as well as partner countries Australia, New Zealand and Canada, underwent Tactical Combat Casualty Care training during Exercise Mobility Guardian 2019, Sept. 12-15.
  • U.S. Builds Bonds in Papua New Guinea during Pacific Angel 19-4

    U.S. builds bonds in Papua New Guinea during Pacific Angel 19-4

    Approximately 70 U.S. and 20 multilateral service members participated in Pacific Angel 19-4, enhancing Papua New Guinea defense force’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities while providing medical outreach services.
  • Staff Sgt. Aaron Wooton, 22nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron operational medical technician, and Airman 1st Class Ruben Toledo-Bravo 22nd Medicine Support Squadron health services management apprentice, participate in an Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo Aug. 22, 2019, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The rodeo consisted of medical technicians armed with paintball guns enduring a simulated combat scenario while trying to identify and perform combat care tactics. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexi Myrick)

    McConnell's first EMT Rodeo

    McConnell’s 22nd MDG held its first Emergency Medical Technician Rodeo, which provided medical personnel an opportunity to practice different types of tactical combat casualty care techniques.
  • Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Rob Johnston, an instructor assigned to Navy Reserve Navy Medicine Education and Training Command and selected for the rank of chief, evaluates U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mariela Rodriguez tending to a simulated casualty during a tactical combat casualty care (TCCC) class for exercise Tropic Halo 2019 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 7, 2019. Tropic Halo is designed to enhance Operational Hospital Support Unit Bremerton's medical and mission capabilities on several levels: increase TCCC and trauma nurse core course readiness rates while minimizing overall training costs; promote intra-service cohesion with collaborative training in a joint service environment and leverage Navy and Air Force command assets to generate better training opportunities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Riley)

    Operational Hospital Support Unit Bremerton trains with Air Force

    Activated Reserve Sailors assigned to Operational Health Support Unit (OHSU) Bremerton were joined by their Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) counterpart for joint exercise Tropic Halo alongside U.S. Air Force 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron (ASTS) members at Joint Base Lewis McCord in Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 5-15, 2019.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Josh Tyler, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Institute for Defense Robotic Surgery Education director, and Maj. Scott Thallemer, 81st MSGS InDORSE robot coordinator, pose for a photo in the Clinical Research Lab on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 27, 2019. InDORSE is a program created by Tyler and Thallemer to provide surgeons with training on the DaVinci Xi surgical robot. Keesler AFB was the first hospital to have the DaVinci Xi in the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly L. Mueller)

    Robotic surgery training takes on 100th surgical team

    The Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education program celebrated a significant milestone, training the 100th team on robotic surgery at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, on July 23. This milestone is significant for Keesler’s InDORSE program, showing how far the curriculum has come since the program first stood up in March 2017 with just one robot. Now, InDORSE has acquired a second robot, allowing them to train more military surgical teams across the Department of Defense (DoD), as well as Department of Veteran’s Affairs (VA).
  • Then-Capt. Jason Mommaerts (center), U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa International Health Specialist, teaches a class of 25 Romanian Land Forces medics on the different types of training objectives at a military medical center in Cluj Napoca, Romania, December 11, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Co. Peter Vekszler)

    NATO-IHS collaboration proves valuable for building partner capability and interoperability

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa International Health Specialist team has partnered with the NATO Center of Excellence for Military Medicine to improve interoperability with partner nations and increase force readiness. Since 2017, the two organizations have collaboratively produced a First Responder Train-the-Trainer program designed to navigate language barriers between trainers and trainees. The FRTT course provides medical personnel with the skills needed to train others at varying levels to administer emergency medical care as first responders.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kelley McLean, 104th Medical Group aerospace medical technician, performs a DNA test at Barnes Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, May 18, 2019. McLean recently received her Community College of the Air Force degree in Aerospace Medicine after taking classes at Holyoke Community College. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Randy Burlingame)

    104th Medical Group Airmen further their education, expertise

    Staff Sgt. Kelley McLean, Staff Sgt. Jonathan Duncan, Senior Airman Daniela Rizzari and Senior Airman Ana Decarvalho, 104th Medical Group aerospace medical technicians, recently graduated college with degrees related to the medical career field. The training the four aerospace medical technicians received through the Air National Guard helped prepare them for their studies, and their desire to further their education helps make them more confident and competent with their ANG medical duties.
  • Col. Madian Mohamamed Said, medical doctor and director of the Ah-Bashir Military Hospital talks to his staff and the contingent from the Kentucky National Guard during the planning meeting for the two-day mass casualty exercise held at the Ah-Bashir Military Hospital in Djubouti, Africa, as part of the states partnership program, March 30, 2019. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Crane)

    Kentucky medical staff share knowledge with Djiboutian hospital

    Soldiers and Airmen from Kentucky National Guard medical units joined together to offer their expertise to the military medical staff at the Ah-Bashir Military Hospital March 29-Apr. 4 as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program. Several times a year Kentucky Guardsmen visit the small African country building rapport and share training opportunities with the local nationals.
  • Civilian first responders from Romania participate along with Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in a multinational medical exercise.

    Medical logistics Airmen enable enhancement of lifesaving skills at NATO exercise in Romania

    Approximately 50 Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived April 3 at Cincu Military Base, Romania, to participate in the NATO-led medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 19.
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