Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

A flight line marshal communicates with hand-arm signals while members of the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron carry a litter-bound patient to an awaiting C-130 Hercules aircraft at Pope Field, N.C. during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

Staff Sergeant Stacie Tindle, an aeromedical evacuation crewmember with the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, evacuates injured Airman and Soldiers to an awaiting C-130 Hercules aircraft during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise at Pope Field, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

U.S. Army and Air Force medical personnel work shoulder-to-shoulder to carry a litter-borne patient during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

U.S. Army medical personnel load a patient into a U.S. Army Light Medium Tactical Vehicle [LMTV] during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

Army Specialist Nicole Cadiente, a health care specialist with the 3274th U.S. Army Hospital, provides immediate life-saving care to Senior Airman Nekeshia Simmons, a public health technician with the 440th Airlift Wing Medical Squadron, during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)

Joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise

U.S. Army and Air Force medical personnel work shoulder-to-shoulder to unload a litter-borne patient from an ambulance during a joint-force mass casualty medical evacuation training exercise at Fort Bragg, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2011. The exercise was geared toward building communication and shared leadership responsibilities between the Army and Air Force medical staffs at Fort Bragg and Pope Field, N.C. It combined simulated injuries and scenarios with real-world assets to replicate in-theater operational conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Peter R. Miller)