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Helicopter exercise tests JTF-B rescue capabilities
U.S. Army Master Sgt. Melinda Gates, Joint Task Force – Bravo Medical Element NCO-in-charge of EMT, creates simulated wounds on participants of a search and rescue exercise May 21, 2019, in Comayagua, Honduras. Members from various units on Joint Task Force – Bravo participated in the exercise that simulated a HH-60 Blackhawk crashed during a routine flight carrying personnel. The exercise practiced notification, recall, search and rescue, on-scene medical care, recovery of personnel from low and high angle austere terrain, and medical care once the injured returned to base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

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