Navy Medicine ensures readiness, strengthens partnerships at Northern Lights

Training for emergencies and battlefield injuries cannot be done enough. It's a far cry difference dealing with the real deal, than during the training. But if enough training is done, it should come natural on the battlefield. Most of the time, I found out, it took common sense to do triage on the way to the hospital. Check the airway, stop the bleeding, listen for a pulse, talk to them. Tell them it's not as bad as it looks or some kind of BS to get them to settle down, and relax as much as possible. What little first aid I learned in AIT, did help me to stay calm and do my job. If we were taking rounds, I remember I never knew it, because I was so involved with the grunts injuries.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Recently, Sailors from 4th Medical Battalion and Expeditionary Medical Facilities Great Lakes One and Bethesda are participated in Combined Support Training Exercise Northern Lights at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

The annual exercise provides a simulated combat environment to measure service members' effectiveness in providing combat support.

FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Recently, Sailors from 4th Medical Battalion and Expeditionary Medical Facilities Great Lakes One and Bethesda are participated in Combined Support Training Exercise Northern Lights at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin.

The annual exercise provides a simulated combat environment to measure service members' effectiveness in providing combat support.