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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California – Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion-13, I Marine Expeditionary Force, teach members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force their Tactical Combat Casualty Care and Combat Life Saver procedures during Exercise Iron Fist 15 aboard Camp Pendleton, Feb. 9-12, 2015.
Exercise Iron Fist 15 is an annual bilateral training exercise between U.S. and Japanese military forces that builds their combined ability to conduct amphibious and land-based contingency operations. IF15, currently in its tenth iteration, is scheduled from Jan. 26 to Feb. 27, 2015 in southern California.
“We put together a four-day course consisting of PowerPoint slideshows, practical application and a final casualty simulation exercise,” said Petty Officer 1st Class Clarence Perry, a hospital corpsman with CLB-13. “We usually teach TCCC and CLS to Marines and Sailors, but we’ve been doing an exchange of medical experience and knowledge with the [JGSDF] on how we operate in a combat environment.”
The four-day course included classes on treatment of life threatening hemorrhage, applying ace bandages, gauze and tourniquets, and a detailed portion on how to improvise when lacking supplies. The final day was their culminating event that consisted of a four-station casualty simulation course to see how much they’ve learned and how they can apply what they’ve learned.
“We had the Japanese forces sprint between stations because we wanted them to experience being tired and uncomfortable and still being able to perform their job,” said Perry.
The Japanese soldiers had to run across camp to treat the first patient, pull the second patient out from an obstacle, replenish fluids by giving the third patient an intravenous drip and last, they had to carry about 200 lbs. of sandbags on a litter for about 100 meters.
Throughout the classes and the casualty simulation course, the Japanese soldiers were anxious to learn more about Navy medicine and they enjoyed practicing medicine that they haven’t had the opportunity to try, said Petty Officer 2nd Class Rogelio Saldana, a hospital corpsman with CLB-13.
“We were kind of speechless by how engaged they really were,” said Saldana. “They were really eager to learn what we do with Navy medicine and how we interact with Marine Corps units.”
The Japanese forces and hospital corpsmen with CLB-13 came together to exchange knowledge, personal experiences and medical procedures. Through this training they strengthened their ties as allies and it better prepared them to work together in the future.
“I thought that it was a great opportunity to work with them,” said Perry. “I hope that they take this knowledge we’ve exchanged and train their personnel, and that they come back soon so we can do this again.”
| Date Taken: | 02.12.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 02.18.2015 00:00 |
| Story ID: | 154693 |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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