Surrounded by Army firefighters in Turnout Gear, a simulated patient lies in agony while an Egyptian medical officer asks his American counterparts questions on how they apply medical attention to the patient. The event is part of a mass-causality simulation during BRIGHT STAR at Mubarak Military City, Egypt. The simulation was a five-ton truck flipping while carrying 12 passengers and having both Egyptian and American armed forces respond for emergency attention. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional...
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[Complete] Scene Caption: Surrounded by Army firefighters in Turnout Gear, a simulated patient lies in agony while an Egyptian medical officer asks his American counterparts questions on how they apply medical attention to the patient. The event is part of a mass-causality simulation during BRIGHT STAR at Mubarak Military City, Egypt. The simulation was a five-ton truck flipping while carrying 12 passengers and having both Egyptian and American armed forces respond for emergency attention. BRIGHT STAR is a multinational exercise involving more than 74,000 troops from 44 countries that is designed to enhance regional stability and military-to-military cooperation among the US, our key allies, and our regional partners. It prepares US Central Command to rapidly deploy and employ the armed forces to deter aggressors and, if necessary, fight and win side-by-side with our allies and regional partners.
Subject Operation/Series: BRIGHT STAR 01-02
Base: Mubarak Military City
Country: Egypt (EGY)
Scene Camera Operator: SRA D. Myles Cullen, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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