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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Airmen, Marines and Nepalese army soldiers transport an earthquake patient from an MV-22 Osprey for medical care at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. The Joint Task Force-505 members worked with the Nepalese army to triage, treat and transport patients after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the region, following a 7.8-magnitude quake that devastated the nation April 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White)Nepalese army, Joint Task Force 505 treat victims after second quake rattles Nepal
                        
                        
                        Airmen, Marines and Nepalese army soldiers transport an earthquake patient from an MV-22 Osprey for medical care at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. The Joint Task Force-505 members worked with the Nepalese army to triage, treat and transport patients after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the region, following a 7.8-magnitude quake that devastated the nation April 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White)
                
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        Tech Sgt. Honorata Fernandez, a 36th Contingency Response Group independent duty medical technician, helps Nepalese army soldiers splint an earthquake victim's leg at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. Joint Task Force-505 members worked with the Nepalese army to triage, treat and transport patients after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the region, following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated the nation April 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White)Nepalese Army, Joint Task Force 505 treat victims after second quake rattles Nepal
                        
                        
                        Tech Sgt. Honorata Fernandez, a 36th Contingency Response Group independent duty medical technician, helps Nepalese army soldiers splint an earthquake victim's leg at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12, 2015. Joint Task Force-505 members worked with the Nepalese army to triage, treat and transport patients after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the region, following a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated the nation April 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White)
                
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        An Airman with Joint Task Force-505, along with rescue and medical personnel, provide aid to an earthquake victim at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude-earthquake struck the country, May 12, 2015. JTF-505, along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations have been providing aid after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25. At Nepal's request the U.S. government ordered JTF-505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson)U.S., Nepalese Troops rush to rescue casualties of second Nepal quake
                        
                        
                        An Airman with Joint Task Force-505, along with rescue and medical personnel, provide aid to an earthquake victim at a medical triage area at Tribhuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, after a 7.3 magnitude-earthquake struck the country, May 12, 2015. JTF-505, along with other multinational forces and humanitarian relief organizations have been providing aid after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country, April 25. At Nepal's request the U.S. government ordered JTF-505 to provide unique capabilities to assist Nepal. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Staff Sgt. Jeffrey D. Anderson)
                
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Joint Task Force-505, Nepalese army treat earthquake victimsPublished May 18, 2015
                    
                    By Staff Sgt. Melissa White
                    
                    
                    Joint Task Force-505 Public Affairs
            **KATHMANDU, Nepal (AFNS) --**U.S. service members assisted officials, from the Government of Nepal and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with providing medical care for earthquake victims at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 12.Airmen, Marines and Sailors transported, triaged and provided minor medical care to approximately 44 patients who were evacuated to the airfield from remote, outlying villages after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rattled the region just more than two weeks after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake devastated the nation.The joint-service team worked together to transport the patients arriving on Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys and UH-1Y Huey helicopters. Patients were transferred on litters to a flightline aid station where they were triaged and given minor medical care. After they were stabilized, the teams loaded the patients onto ambulances for further transport to a local Nepalese army hospital."It's amazing how we can all work together when it comes down to it," said Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Gomez-Hickman, a Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 corpsman. "Whatever uniform we wear doesn't matter right now, and the Nepalese army soldiers really helped out with translating to expedite the process."The teams at the aid station received the first patients approximately 30 minutes after the earthquake hit. The station was originally capable of hosting four patients in a tent with additional cots set up in direct sunlight for overflow. Airmen from the U.S. Air Force’s 36th Contingency Response Group, assigned to Joint Task Force-505, came to the site shortly thereafter and increased the aid station capability to approximately 15 protected patient treatment areas by providing and setting up tents and cots.Gomez-Hickman said she was thankful for the improved facility which helped expedite the processing of patient care while, also providing, a safer environment and protection from the sun and weather for those affected by the earthquake.The 36th CRG Airmen originally deployed to Nepal on May 5 from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to help the Government of Nepal and USAID with airfield operations, but the second earthquake changed their primary mission."This was not what we originally came here to do," said Tech. Sgt. Honorata Fernandez, a 36th CRG independent duty medical technician. "I wasn't expecting another earthquake to hit after we got here, but I'm glad my skills can be used to help people during this difficult time."earthquake 



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