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Mass-casualty exercise trains, produces real stress for soldiers
Casualty carry blood
Simulated wounded soldiers are moved to a triage point by soldiers from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division during mass-casualty training in Poland Saturday during exercise Anakonda 16. - photo by Photo by Cailtin Kenney
Cailtin Kenney
Updated: Jun 14, 2016, 11:29 PM
Published: Jun 14, 2016, 11:38 PM
DRAWSKO POMORSKIE TRAINING AREA, Poland — Several explosions kicked up dirt and sand as spectators looked on from an old bunker on a hill above a military range. In the distance, figures immediately started moving, running or carrying injured soldiers to a green mound on the open, dusty range. This mass-casualty exercise was hosted by the 30th Medical Brigade, U.S. Army Europe, based in Sembach, Germany, and supported by soldiers from 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, as well as from Albania, Sweden and Poland.
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Armies find accord in Gabon
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Soldiers from the Republic of Congo sing and dance after a successful training exercise in Ayeme, Gabon, on June 23 during U.S. Army Africas Central Accord 16 exercise. - photo by Photo by Cailtin Kenney
Cailtin Kenney
Updated: Jul 23, 2016, 9:58 PM
Published: Jul 23, 2016, 10:01 PM
This summer, U.S. Army Africa held its largest, most complex exercise yet on the African continent, in Gabon. Exercise Central Accord 16 had participants from 14 countries, including the United States, Germany, Netherlands, Gabon, Cameroon, Chad and the Republic of Congo, as well as the United Nations. As U.S. Army Africa’s regionally allocated force, soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division provided training and logistical support during the June exercise.
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