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News: Red Dragon trains soldiers and civilian health care professionals

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Army Reserve soldiers and staff from Northwest Community Hospital, the fifth largest hospital in Illinois, train together in order to prepare for the future. The training was done as a part of Exercise Red Dragon which is a military exercise that puts an emphasis on joint operations between civil authorities, local authorities and the military.

Units from the Army Reserve conducting their annual training alongside some staff from the Northwest Community Hospital worked together in order to prepare for emergency operations.

Soldier played patients who have just been rescued from a tornado while hospital staff tried their best to assess, evaluate and help heal all the people they could.

This training was a part of Exercise Red Dragon which is an exercise that emphasizes joint operations between soldiers, local authorities and civil authorities.


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Date Taken:06.10.2011

Date Posted:06.11.2011 16:01

Location:ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL, USGlobe

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