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HONGCHEON - Eighth Army, 2nd Infantry Division, 65th Medical Brigade, 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade and designated subordinate commands, worked together in a combined/joint patient evacuation Dragon Lift exercise Aug. 30 at Hongcheon to assess ROK/US Heath Service Support and medical evacuation capabilities.
Hongcheon was the first point of insurgent for the combined medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) exercise where ROK and US health service support treated and transported the casualties by Ground and Air MEDEVAC from Hongcheon to various locations to include a ROK landing ship tank, Osan Air Base, USAG Humphreys, and Daegu Airbase.
The combined training operations that included the Army, Airforce, Navy and ROK Army was to show the ability to treat, transport, evacuate and take care of patients as soon as possible from the Korean Theater of Operations.
“As a casualty, I feel good, the medics were friendly and informative and I felt comfortable the whole time,” said Sgt. Dario Brandt, assigned to 2ID 579th Forward Support Company, who was an acting casualty during the exercise. “This is very important training because it brings two Armies together to show our capabilities.”
ROK and U.S. observers were at each location during the exercise to assess and evaluate this evolution and address any unforeseen requirements as needed. “We have showed we can take care of Soldiers any way we can and save lives,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Perry the 2ID Brigade Surgeon. “We have a medical team behind you ready and trained to fight tonight.”
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| Date Taken: | 08.30.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 01.25.2018 02:15 |
| Story ID: | 263175 |
| Location: | KR |
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