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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Israeli medics transport U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, through a corridor at Sheba Medical Center near Beer Sheba, Israel, May 20, 2014, during a simulated medical evacuation. The medical exercise tested both nations' ability to communicate and track transportation of a simulated patient from the scene of an injury to a hospital and to a U.S. military aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. Army Soldiers wait for the beginning of simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. U.S. military personnel will be participating in JC14 from within Israel and in a variety of locations in Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Lital Dan, an Israeli medic, applies makeup to a U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 exercises both countries’ interoperability while maintaining and improving Israel’s defensive capacity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Lital Dan, an Israeli medic, applies makeup to the face of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 exercises both countries’ interoperability while maintaining and improving Israel’s defensive capacity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Lital Dan, an Israeli medic, applies makeup to a U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 exercises both countries’ interoperability while maintaining and improving Israel’s defensive capacity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, poses after having medical makeup applied to his face during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 exercises both countries’ interoperability while maintaining and improving Israel’s defensive capacity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. Army Private 1st Class Jessica Galindo, a generator mechanic assigned to the 317th Support Maintenance Company at Baumholder, Germany, and Liberal, Kans., native, checks up on Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, after the start of a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. Army Sgt. Tiffany Kolmerten, a medic assigned to the 557th Medical Company and Fort Wayne, Ind., native, simulates treating Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 is driven by the regional dynamics of the Middle East but is not related to any specific current incident or development. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

A U.S. medic treats simulated wounds on an electronic medical dummy during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. The medical exercise tested both nations' ability to communicate and track transportation of a simulated patient from the scene of an injury to a hospital and to a U.S. military aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Israeli and U.S. military medics treat the simulated wounds on U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. Approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and civilians stationed in Europe and the United States traveled to Israel to participate in JC14 as a training audience or exercise evaluators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Three Israeli medics treat the simulated wounds on U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Willie Morgan, a generator mechanic assigned to the 10th Army and Missile Defense Command at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise at Hatzor Air Base, Israel, May 20, 2014. Approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and civilians stationed in Europe and the United States traveled to Israel to participate in JC14 as a training audience or exercise evaluators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Chen Michael, a Magen David Adom medic, tends to U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, while onboard an ambulance during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise in Israel, May 20, 2014. Approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and civilians stationed in Europe and the United States traveled to Israel to participate in JC14 as a training audience or exercise evaluators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Chen Michael, a Magen David Adom medic, tends to U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, while onboard an ambulance during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise in Israel, May 20, 2014. Approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and civilians stationed in Europe and the United States traveled to Israel to participate in JC14 as a training audience or exercise evaluators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Amit Michael, a Magen David Adom special medic, glances in the rearview mirror of his ambulance during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise in Israel, May 20, 2014. JC14 will have minimal environmental impact as U.S. and Israeli forces participating in JC14 have been instructed to take all measures to protect the environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Chen Michael, a Magen David Adom medic, uses a blood pressure pump to check the status of a patient while onboard an ambulance during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise in Israel, May 20, 2014. Approximately 2,000 U.S. service members and civilians stationed in Europe and the United States traveled to Israel to participate in JC14 as a training audience or exercise evaluators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Israeli medics tend to simulated injuries of U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, during a simulated medical evacuation at Sheba Medical Center near Beer Sheba, Israel, May 20, 2014. The medical exercise tested both nations' ability to communicate and track transportation of a simulated patient from the scene of an injury to a hospital and to a U.S. military aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Marine Attias, a Magen David Adom paramedic, puts away medical equipment as U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, reviews his heart rate on a monitor while onboard an ambulance during a simulated medical evacuation as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise in Israel, May 20, 2014. The goal of JC14 is to exercise both nations’ active defense forces and to improve their combined ability to defend against missile attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Israel medics assist U.S. Army Private 1st Class James Black, a multi-channel radio operator maintainer assigned to the 44th Signal Battalion at Grafenwoehr, Germany, and Atlanta native, out of a wheelchair-stretcher during a simulated medical evacuation on the flightline of Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 20, 2014 as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise. The medical evacuation represented the first time the U.S. military relied on a host nation to provide virtually all medical care for American service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. service members and Israeli medics pose for a photo in front of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft and two Israeli ambulances after a simulated medical evacuation on the flightline of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 20, 2014 as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise. The medical exercise tested both nations' ability to communicate and track transportation of a simulated patient from the scene of an injury to a hospital and to a U.S. military aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

U.S. Air Force Capt. Jason Carter, medical readiness flight commander assigned to the 86th Medical Support Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Rockford, Ill., native, left, shakes the hand of Amit Michael, a Magen David Adom special medic, right, in front of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft and two Israeli ambulances after a simulated medical evacuation on the flightline of Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 20, 2014 as part of the Juniper Cobra 14 defense training exercise. JC14 is part of a long-standing agreement between U.S. European command and the Israeli Defense Force to hold bilateral training exercises on a regular basis in order to promote and sustain regional stability, and to ensure Israel’s qualitative military edge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

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Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

Published May 28, 2014