Preparing for the Worst through Practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks with pararescuemen from the 212th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, while she visits a patient reception area at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24, during exercise Arctic Chinook. Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Northern Command sponsored exercise which focuses on multinational search and rescue readiness to respond to a mass rescue operation requirement in the Arctic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt, Edward Eagerton/released)

Preparing for the Worst through Practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

Participants of exercise Arctic Chinook load equipment onto an HC-130 King aircraft from the 211th Rescue Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard, at the Ralph Wien Memorial Airport in Kotzebue, Alaska, Aug. 24. Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Northern Command sponsored exercise which focuses on multinational search and rescue readiness to respond to a mass rescue operation requirement in the Arctic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt, Edward Eagerton/released)

Preparing for the Worst through Practice: Exercise Arctic Chinook 2016

A volunteer role-playing as a casualty has makeup applied to simulate an injury during exercise Arctic Chinook, near Kotzebue, Alaska, August 23. Arctic Chinook is a joint U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Northern Command sponsored exercise which focuses on multinational search and rescue readiness to respond to a mass rescue operation requirement in the Arctic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt, Edward Eagerton/released)

Air Guardsmen conduct mass-casualty training on JBER

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, participate in a mass-casualty exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on July 20, 2016. The scenario-based exercise involved security forces personnel who were conducting a patrol, when opposition forces ambushed their patrol, causing multiple casualties.

Air Guardsmen conduct mass-casualty training on JBER

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, participate in a mass-casualty exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on July 20, 2016. The scenario-based exercise involved security forces personnel who were conducting a patrol, when opposition forces ambushed their patrol, causing multiple casualties.

Air Guardsmen conduct mass-casualty training on JBER

Members of the Alaska Air National Guard’s 210th, 211th and 212th Rescue Squadrons and 176th Security Forces Squadron, along with the 163rd Security Forces Squadron from the California Air National Guard, participate in a mass-casualty exercise on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on July 20, 2016. The scenario-based exercise involved security forces personnel who were conducting a patrol, when opposition forces ambushed their patrol, causing multiple casualties.