Camp Zama medics sharpen skills in mass casualty exercise

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – As a surge of incoming patients were triaged, Spc. Duy Nguyen and several other medical personnel quickly practiced treating them as part of an earthquake disaster drill here Thursday.

The mass casualty exercise aimed to overwhelm the BG Sams U.S. Army Health Clinic with more than 20 volunteers portraying patients with everything from minor to serious injuries.


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Camp Zama youth shares inspiration behind winning essay on veterans

CAMP ZAMA, Japan — A few years ago, Maribel Sikes went with her family to see a smaller, touring replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall as it made its way to Georgia.

Maribel, 15, whose family now lives at Camp Zama, recalled searching for people to add to her prayer list from the names of more than 58,000 American service members etched into the memorial.

As she wrote down names, one of the veterans traveling with the wall approached her and asked if she could remember his best friend, U.S. Navy Capt. Frank Fullerton, an A-4F Skyhawk pilot who never returned from a mission over North Vietnam.

With tears in her eyes, Maribel agreed and penned his name at the top of her list. The moment touched her so much that she later recounted the story for an audio essay contest held by the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization.


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First FLRAA Soldier Touch Point Successful

Program Executive Office, Aviation conducted a Future Long Range Assault Aircraft Soldier Touch Point the last week of November at the Bell Flight Research Center in Arlington, Texas.


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Alaska firefighters learn ice-rescue skills

 

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, AK, UNITED STATES

12.21.2023

Photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens 

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Public Affairs    

U.S. Air Force fire protection specialists assigned to the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron, finish conducting ice-rescue training as a part of an ice rescue technician certification course at Sixmile Lake on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Dec. 21, 2023. The JBER firefighters were certified as ice-rescue technicians after having learned and practiced the skills needed to conduct ice-rescue and recovery efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Julia Lebens)

Biden Orders Strike on Iranian-Aligned Group After 3 US Troops Injured in Drone Attack in Iraq

President Joe Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. servicemembers were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq.


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