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OKINAWA, Japan - Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 35, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and officers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force from mainland Japan, concluded a week-long evolution where they practiced tactical combat casualty care, Feb. 17.
TCCC is an integral part of a corpsman’s job, according to Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Martin, lead instructor for training, 3rd Medical Battalion, CLR 35.
This training will better prepare them for any situation where they must provide medical assistance in a combat situation, he said.
“The three phases to TCCC are care under fire, tactical field care and casualty evacuation,” added Martin.
During the care under fire phase, the corpsmen learn how to gain security through cover and fire power while treating life-threatening wounds to the extremities.
During tactical field care, the corpsmen work together to set up a casualty collection point for more detailed medical assistance. In an ideal situation, this is set up in a building or somewhere out of the direct line of fire for more thorough triage.
For the casualties with the most severe wounds there is immediate casualty evacuation. This is when corpsmen put the wounded in a Humvee ambulance or in a helicopter. Corpsmen are taught how to turn over a patient to the nurse or doctor in the helicopter.
“This training, done right, should make the corpsmen more confident about doing their job and going into a combat environment,” said Martin.
During the last few days, the corpsmen and their Japanese counterparts spent hours learning various patrol operations and other skills Marines are taught during Marine Combat Training, such as room-clearing, buddy rushing, casualty evacuation and casualty care.
On the last day the instructors set up a scenario where the participants rushed to a nearby building, took casualties, set up security, cleared the building and commenced casualty care. Japanese officers with the JGSDF and Japanese representatives were able to watch the corpsmen in action and later participate in the event through the Japanese Officer Exchange Program.
“I think they have learned a lot. They know how to set up a fast perimeter and effectively assess different scenarios,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean Coffey, instructor, 3rd Medical Battalion. “What’s important is that they know what they have to do, and they do it.”
Petty Officer 3rd Class Adedoctun Anjorin, a corpsman with 3rd Medical Battalion, said the information taught was invaluable and will benefit any unit they may support in the future.
“We’ve been learning many different tactics among other invaluable information we would need, to help ourselves and our Marines survive in combat. After doing this training I feel prepared to go in any combat situation and help bring my Marines back – alive.”
| Date Taken: | 02.25.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 02.26.2011 23:56 |
| Story ID: | 66150 |
| Location: | OKINAWA, JP |
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