Story by Flavia Hulsey | Medical Readiness Command, Pacific | 05.15.2019
Members of the Regional Health Command-Pacific team recently executed virtual health capabilities testing with partner agencies during the U.S. Army's largest annual joint-multinational live exercise. The medical capabilities testing was a part of the Joint Warfighting Assessment 2019, or JWA 19, which took place April 23 to May 10 at Yakima Training Center and Joint Base Lewis-McChord in......
Story by Staff Sgt. David Chapman | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 09.21.2012
Medical professionals call it the “golden hour,” that valuable time after a serious injury when how fast the treatment is received could be the decider between life and death. Because of a small team of surgeons, this vital and short time frame can be maximized to shift the balance to save a life....
Story by Sgt. Mark Cloutier | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.01.2012
The Army has a saying: Train as you fight. Each year, thousands of members of the Joint Task Force – Civil Support converge on Camp Atterbury, Ind., to give their all, during the Vibrant Response training exercise hosted by Army North, United States Northern Command, the Department of the Army, and other inter-governmental agencies....
Story by Sgt. Mark Cloutier | 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 04.19.2012
All military units take their training seriously, but when the 758th Forward Surgical Team sets up a local training exercise, they conduct real surgical procedures, which means that for the patient, it’s not training. And for the type of medical aid they are capable of providing, the FST works as efficiently as many NASCAR programs....
