Ballistic Badger 22

Airmen filled roles that expanded outside of their career field to include doing par sweeps, assisting with aeromedical evacuations, assisting in building tents, filling in for manpower spots, and performing Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

“We need Airmen who can do multiple jobs,” explained Livie. “We can't possibly put a team of every function into every location across the Pacific and expect to be agile at the same time. We need to figure out what makes sense for their career field, and be able to augment other career fields. That's what is necessary to accomplish the mission.”

In addition, Airmen role played as casualties with realistic moulage to assist with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who provided emergency care to hundreds of patients with a wide range of injuries. Patients were loaded onto litters and into ambulatory buses where they received further care before being transported onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft back to their home station. This portion of the exercise took some by surprise because these losses were not replaced or “went back to work.”  

Staff Sgt. Kelly Pope, 375th AES technician, said, “Our mission is to take care of patients as quickly and as efficiently as possible. We had big patient loads, patient injuries, and patient illnesses. I would say this exercise was accurate training for what we could potentially see in a near-peer environment.”

Staff Sgt. Kelly Pope, 375th AES technician, said, “Our mission is to take care of patients as quickly and as efficiently as possible. We had big patient loads, patient injuries, and patient illnesses. I would say this exercise was accurate training for what we could potentially see in a near-peer environment.”

Also interesting to this deployment was a “Forward Operating Site”, set up by the 375th Civil Engineer Squadron as a secure location, temporary in nature to aid in the capability to perform tactical operations. Airmen at the FOS were required to maintain the infrastructure, augment defenders on patrols, and provide support in a firefight with the 375th SFS, all while operating in and out of chemical warfare dress levels for multiple hours.

In addition, Airmen role played as casualties with realistic moulage to assist with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who provided emergency care to hundreds of patients with a wide range of injuries. Patients were loaded onto litters and into ambulatory buses where they received further care before being transported onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft back to their home station. This portion of the exercise took some by surprise because these losses were not replaced or “went back to work.”  

Airmen filled roles that expanded outside of their career field to include doing par sweeps, assisting with aeromedical evacuations, assisting in building tents, filling in for manpower spots, and performing Tactical Combat Casualty Care.

“We need Airmen who can do multiple jobs,” explained Livie. “We can't possibly put a team of every function into every location across the Pacific and expect to be agile at the same time. We need to figure out what makes sense for their career field, and be able to augment other career fields. That's what is necessary to accomplish the mission.”

In addition, Airmen role played as casualties with realistic moulage to assist with the 375th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron who provided emergency care to hundreds of patients with a wide range of injuries. Patients were loaded onto litters and into ambulatory buses where they received further care before being transported onto a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft back to their home station. This portion of the exercise took some by surprise because these losses were not replaced or “went back to work.”  

Staff Sgt. Kelly Pope, 375th AES technician, said, “Our mission is to take care of patients as quickly and as efficiently as possible. We had big patient loads, patient injuries, and patient illnesses. I would say this exercise was accurate training for what we could potentially see in a near-peer environment.”