Medical Soldiers participate in CSTX-19-04

Photo By Sgt. Joseph Black | U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Heika Bergmann (right), a licensed nurse practitioner with the 912th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, provides simulated care to Zachary Julson (left), a mock patient for a combat support training exercise, August 17, 2019. CSTX-19-04 is a U.S. Army Reserve training exercise that brings Multinational and U.S. Forces from across the globe to Fort McCoy, Wis., which provides realistic training aimed at honing soldier skills. CSTX ensures the U.S. Army Reserve is the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal Federal Reserve force the United States has ever seen. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Cpl. Joseph Black)  

WI, UNITED STATES

08.17.2019

Story by Spc. Joseph Black 

304th Public Affairs Detachment

FORT McCOY, Wis. – Soldiers from across the U.S. Army Reserve participated in a combat support training exercise at Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin, Aug. 07 – 21. The exercise combined units from across the U.S. to include Tennessee, Kentucky, Washington, and more.
Among those units were the 933rd and 936th Forward Resuscitation Surgical Teams. An FRST provides life-saving treatment to include triage and emergency surgery at the most forward position, said 1st Lt. Jacob Jackson, a field medical assistant with the 933rd FRST.
CSTX-19-04 is a U.S. Army Reserve training exercise that brings Multinational and U.S. Forces from across the globe to Fort McCoy, Wis., which provides realistic training aimed at honing soldier skills. CSTX ensures the U.S. Army Reserve is the most capable, combat-ready, and lethal Federal Reserve force the United States has ever seen.
“We pride ourselves on being able to rapidly set up and treat patients,” said Jackson, an executive officer of the Kentucky based unit.
The FRST is the first stop for service members injured on the battlefield, and with mobile units that can be placed close to the front lines; precious time can be saved when dealing with life-threatening injuries., said Army Reserve Sgt. Brandyn Petty, a combat medic with the 933rd.
“We are a vast 20-man team with anything from surgeons to nurses, to (certified registered nurse anesthetists), combat medics and surgical technicians,” said Petty, who recently returned from a deployment with the 933rd to Afghanistan.
Petty also explained that though they are a medical unit, they are a second-echelon facility, with the first being combat medics in the field, and the third being a field hospital where patients are transported to after they receive care at the FRST.
The CSTX provides an opportunity for Reserve Soldiers to receive hands-on training that they may not be able to receive during the rest of the year, said 2nd Lt. Kimberly Calhoun, a field medical assistant with the 936th FRST.
“It’s nice to have this training,” said Calhoun. “It’s one thing to sit in a classroom and talk about procedures, but it is another to actually have the patients (mock patients portrayed by live subjects).”

• Date Taken: 08.17.2019
• Date Posted: 08.18.2019 19:44
• Story ID: 336347
• Location: WI, US