HONIARA, Guadalcanal (July 23, 2015) – Royal Solomon police officers and firefighters place a simulated casualty into an ambulance during a medical drill July 23. Service members attached to Pacific Partnership worked alongside the Royal Solomon Police Force and Fire Department to provide first aid training over the course of two weeks culminating in a mass casualty drill. Task Force Forager, embarked aboard the Military Sealift Command joint high speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) is serving as the secondary platform for Pacific Partnership, led by an expeditionary command element from the Navy’s 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30 NCR) from Port Hueneme, Calif. Now in its 10th iteration, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multilateral humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. While training for crisis conditions, Pacific Partnership, missions have provided medical care to approximately 270,000 patients and veterinary service to more than 38,000 animals. Additionally, Pacific Partnership has provided critical infrastructure development to host nations through the completion of more than 180 engineering products. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by combat correspondent Sgt. James Gulliver/Released)
Australian navy medic Ayesha Sweeny applies fake blood to a simulated casualty during a medical drill July 23.
Royal Solomon police officers and local firefighters carry a simulated casualty during a medical drill July 23.
Australian Navy Medic Ayesha Sweeny instructs local firemen and police officers on how to move a simulated casualty during a medical drill
