The 374th Medical Group hosted American and Japanese medical professionals for a Tactical Combat Casualty Care Combat Medic Course at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 18-26.
The weeklong course brought together Airmen from the 374th MDG, soldiers from the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity Japan, and medical personnel from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as well as the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. For the first time, thirteen JGSDF members trained alongside their JASDF counterparts at Yokota.
The TCCC-CMC trains participants to provide more advanced prehospital casualty care than the All Service Members (ASM) or Combat Lifesaver (CLS) courses, including instruction on advanced medical equipment and the management of...
Inside the 613th Air Operations Center at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where screens flicker with flight paths across the Pacific, and every decision shapes operations thousands of miles away, Royal Australian Air Force Wing Commander Ashley Hill works side by side with U.S. counterparts to ensure operational readiness across the Indo-Pacific.
Hill’s assignment as an exchange officer to the AOC at JBPHH is part of a longstanding...