A 1-230th Aviation Regiment Soldier helps load a simulated patient into an ambulance alongside Blount County Global Medical Response team members and Blount County Rescue personnel in Townsend, Tennessee, August 19, 2026. Multiple Tennessee National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters conducted tactical aeromedical movements before landing to work with emergency response partners.
This MEDEVAC exercise or medical evacuation, focused on validating medical competencies, field-care proficiencies and interagency patient handover procedures. The Tennessee National Guard annually utilizes training opportunities like these as they support both federal combat missions and wilderness search-and-rescue operations.
| Date Taken: | 08.19.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 08.25.2026 16:06 |
| Photo ID: | 9885805 |
| VIRIN: | 260819-Z-FR339-1005 |
| Resolution: | 6016x4016 |
| Size: | 3.89 MB |
| Location: | TOWNSEND, TENNESSEE, US |
| Web Views: | 3 |
| Downloads: | 1 |
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