Photo by Staff Sgt. Gene Arnold | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
Two paramedics prepare to lift an injured passenger on a gurney from the make shift casualty control point located on Patton Airfield, as a test for emergency services personnel during a mass casualty exercise, Feb. 5 located on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The injured are placed in the casualty collection point awaiting transfer U.S. Army Health Clinic for further care by awaiting hospital staff.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gene Arnold | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
A firefighter carries one of the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew members to safety after extinguishing the “flames’ caused during refueling which is the source of the mass casualty exercise Feb. 5 on Patton Airfield, located at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. This was an exercise that tested the standard operating procedures of the emergency management plan for interagency emergency services. (U.S.......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gene Arnold | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
A fire truck extinguishes the “flame” of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter after its rotary blades shatters and sends shrapnel across the airfield injuring nearby passengers during a mass casualty exercise on Patton Airfield, Feb. 5 located on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. This was an exercise that tested the standard operating procedures of the emergency management plan for interagency emergency......
Photo by Staff Sgt. Gene Arnold | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
A casualty lays on the ground with an open lower extremity wound caused by the shrapnel of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter rotatory blade which shattered during a “refueling” mishap that injured several others as part of the mass casualty exercise on Patton Airfield, Feb. 5 on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. The exercise was a multiple platform training event that executed the emergency management and......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
Combat lifesaver trained Soldiers assist firefighters and paramedics with the injured during a mass casualty exercise on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 5. In the scenario, a fuel truck clipped the Black Hawk’s rotor causing a fire and sending shrapnel to nearby personnel waiting to load the aircraft. The exercise was the largest the base has held in the last 10 years and involved multiple......
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
A combat lifesaver Soldier and emergency medical technician evaluate an injured UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew member during a mass casualty exercise on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 5. In the scenario, a fuel truck clipped the Black Hawk’s rotor causing a fire and sending shrapnel to nearby personnel waiting to load the aircraft. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua S. Brandenburg)...
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Brandenburg | 13th Armored Corps Sustainment Command (13th ESC) | 02.05.2015
Firefighters with the Area Support Group-Kuwait, fire and emergency services department simulate spraying an “on fire” UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a mass casualty exercise on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Feb. 5. The exercise was the largest the base has held in the last 10 years and involved multiple departments from across the base. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua S. Brandenburg)...
