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F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo.-- On Sept. 4, 2025, 90th Medical Group personnel conducted Operation Snow Angel, a mass casualty medical exercise preparing staff to be able to complete life-saving duties in case dedicated medics are unavailable.
Airmen from the 90 MDG gathered outside the building in the early morning hours and after a briefing, split up into teams and went to their dedicated locations both inside classrooms and outside the building for hands-on activities.
“It's basically leaning into the whole ‘multi-capable airman,’” said Tech Sgt. Phillip Salmans, Operational Medical Flight chief. “There's 52 different wartime readiness skills that they have to check off every year, and this is basically our culminating event for the year. We're going through testing what we have taught them on all the different training days and making sure that they're proficient in all the skills that they've learned.”
Operation Snow Angel’s focus was preparing personnel to be qualified and capable of taking on large workloads and a large amount of casualties simultaneously.
The scenario posed for the exercise was a train derailment on the train tracks running through F.E. Warren AFB, however, many of the specific injuries treated could also be applicable in a wartime scenario.
The hands-on activities included checking and treating a range of simulated injuries, monitoring patient vital signs, using IVs, readying a deceased body and other classroom material.
Airmen from around the base volunteered to dress in realistic moulage and simulate various injuries to allow for a real human element when treating patients.
Many of the subjects and scenarios presented to 90 MDG personnel have been repeatedly taught to certify readiness and effectiveness when it may mean the difference between life and death.
“We are retouching on subjects that we've already learned about in previous training,” said Airman Bryan Santiago, 90 MDG dental assistant. “We are just getting that muscle memory down in case there would be an emergency.”
| Date Taken: | 09.15.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 09.19.2025 17:33 |
| Story ID: | 548810 |
| Location: | F.E. WARREN AFB, WYOMING, US |
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