News>Lakenheath medical personnel participate in Shared Resilience 2012
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CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Participants of Shared Resilience 2012 attach side arches of an Alaskan tent during the Expeditionary Medical Support course here, May 30, 2012. During the course, instructors from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, taught more than 50 U.S. military members how to set up and operate a medical facility in a deployed environment. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in SR12, an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries.
CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Javier Amaya, a Boynton Beach, Fla., native from the 48th Medical Operations Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, inserts a pin to secure an arch pole of an Alaskan tent during the Expeditionary Medical Support course here, May 30, 2012. During the course, instructors from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, taught more than 50 U.S. military members how to set up and operate a medical facility in a deployed environment. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in SR12, an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries.
CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Participants of Shared Resilience 2012 move the top of an Alaskan tent during the Expeditionary Medical Support course here, May 30, 2012. During the course, instructors from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, taught more than 50 U.S. military members how to set up and operate a medical facility in a deployed environment. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in SR12, an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries.
CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Participants of Shared Resilience 2012 move Alaskan tent arch poles during the Expeditionary Medical Support course here, May 30, 2012. During the course, instructors from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, taught more than 50 U.S. military members how to set up and operate a medical facility in a deployed environment. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in SR12, an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries.
CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina - Airman 1st Class Courtney Peterson, a Washington, D.C., native from the 48th Inpatient Operations Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England, throws a rope over an Alasken tent during the Expeditionary Medical Support course here, May 30, 2012. During the course, instructors from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, taught more than 50 U.S. military members how to set up and operate a medical facility in a deployed environment. More than 500 military members from nine nations are participating in SR12, an annual U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored exercise, May 28 - June 8. The goals of the exercise are to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in crisis response and disaster management, and validate the readiness of deployable military medical and humanitarian assistance teams. The exercise, in the spirit of partnership for peace, directly supports U.S. European Command's theater cooperation efforts and strategy for active security with European countries.
by Senior Master Sgt. Dwayne Gordon
48th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
5/30/2012 - CAPLJINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina -- More than 50 personnel from the 48th Medical Group are participating in Shared Resilience 2012, an annual medical training exercise, May 28 - June 8.
The goal of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise is to strengthen interoperability, facilitate training in disaster management and crisis response, and validate the readiness of deployable multinational medical and humanitarian assistance teams.
Participating nations include Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Montenegro, Norway, Slovenia, Serbia and the U.S.
"Training is very important," said Col. Robert Marks, SR12 co-director. "Shared Resilience 2012 allows the United States and our partner nations to train together in order to be a more effective medical community later. We're exchanging ideas and techniques at the multinational level to speed coordination and ultimately save lives."
During the first week RAF Lakenheath medical personnel learned important deployment training by attending the Expeditionary Medical Support course taught by U.S. Air Force cadre from Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.
"We are learning how to set-up the EMEDS basic package, which is a rapid deployable expeditionary package that contains surgical, [emergency room] and command and control capabilities," said Senior Master Sgt. Alvin Holland, 48th Medical Support Squadron and EMEDS superintendent. "The course teaches real-world readiness skills to deployable medical personnel."
The course is a combination of classroom lectures and hands-on training.
"The hands-on portion is great," said Airman 1st Class Courtney Peterson, 48th Inpatient Operations Squadron labor and delivery technician and EMEDS student. "I have never deployed before, so I think it is very helpful for us to learn how to set-up the tents and equipment prior to arriving at a deployed location."
After completing the week-long EMEDS course, Team Lakenheath will join forces with the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and other multi-national SR12 participants in a crisis exercise that will demonstrate the interoperability between the U.S. military and its partner nations.
