Story by Lance Cpl. Thomas Sheng February 22, 2023 at 04:27AM CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – U.S. Marines partnered with local Japanese fire and police departments for a bilateral air mishap exercise, simulating a rescue from a burning aircraft accident at the fire training facility on Camp Hansen, Feb. 9, 2023. This training tasked participants with extinguishing two fires from an accident that split a rotary wing aircraft into two pieces. While some tended to the fires, the remaining responders pulled any simulated casualties from the scene and treated their wounds accordingly. Casualties who needed additional medical treatment were airlifted to the U.S. Naval Hospital Okinawa.
