COLUMBUS AFB, Miss. - The 14th Medical Group (MDG) partnered with soldiers from the 223rd Engineer Battalion of Mississippi Army National Guard (MNG) in a joint readiness exercise May 18.
The exercise focused on refining casualty evacuation abilities and familiarizing Airmen with medical contingency operations in a joint environment.
The capstone event of the exercise showcased the interoperability of both teams utilizing their newly sharpened skills to efficiently recover, evaluate and load patients into ambulatory Humvees to simulate operations in a deployed environment.
“In previous deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the 14th MDG trained "our Air Force needs very well," but when the unit landed "it was all about operating in the joint environment,” said Col. James Weinstein, medical commander.
“We asked our medics to do things that we never trained for, like getting on and off a helicopter and loading patients into helicopters and Army ambulances.
Weinstein focused on developing those joint skills for the 14th MDG to ensure they were prepared for future deployments.
The exercise likely won't be the last for the two groups, since both are planning to continue their partnership with ambitions for more training opportunities later in the summer. (CAFB 05/30/23)
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