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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      A group of Airman hold an CPR dummy while receiving instructions from another Airman.Air Force Airmen lift a CPR mannequin in a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to Thompson Field Air National Guard Base, Mississippi for Operation Foremost Endeavor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Feb. 20, 2019. The goal of the exercise was to give officials, observers, media personnel and players from participating organizations information they need to observe or participate in a National Disaster Medical System hospital evacuation, aeromedical evacuation and patient reception exercise. The exercise focuses on participants’ emergency response plans, policies and procedures as they pertain to a medical surge incident resulting from a disaster in the state of California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)
                
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        A 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron patch sits on an Airman's flight suit. in front of three Airmen.Air Force Airmen assigned to the 183rd Air Evacuation Squadron prepare for Operation Foremost Endeavor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 20, 2019. The exercise was a simulated earthquake in southern California where casualties were air lifted and brought to Nellis AFB for initial care then taken to the appropriate hospitals to treat their injuries. (U.S. Air Force photo Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)
                
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        An Airman holds an open folder while speaking to a civilian.An Air Force Airman assigned to the 99th Medical Group speaks to a volunteer near the conclusion of Operation Foremost Endeavor at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 20, 2019. Majority of the volunteers for the exercise were Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students where they were given different levels of injuries and tested the Veterans Affairs and 99th MDG personnel to quickly and efficiently diagnose the patients and send them to the appropriate hospital. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)
                
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Interagency exercise boosts medical readinessPublished Feb. 27, 2019
                    
                    By Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie
                    
                    
                    99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
            **NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. (AFNS)  --**The 99th Medical Group, Department of Veterans Affairs and Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps took part in Operation Foremost Endeavor, an exercise where injured individuals in a simulated disaster were airlifted to Nellis AFB, Nevada, Feb. 19. The exercise was intended to give officials, observers, media personnel and participants information they need to observe or participate in a National Disaster Medical System hospital evacuation, aeromedical evacuation and patient reception exercise. “This exercise was a wonderful opportunity to showcase the national disaster and medical system and how the different federal entities support one another and overall support our nation in the event of a tragic national emergency,” said Col. Wade Adair, 99th Medical Group administrator.Operation Foremost Endeavor focuses on participants’ emergency response plans, policies and procedures as they pertain to a surge of medical incidents resulting from a disaster in California. The exercise simulated an earthquake in southern California that caused a multitude of different injuries that had personnel and victims airlifted from the scene of the disaster.Felix Acevedo, VA Medical Center North Las Vegas emergency preparedness coordinator, said we’ll never know when the next human-created or natural disaster will happen so anytime they get an opportunity to work with the Department of Defense, Federal Agencies and the community, it makes everyone more resilient and prepared. A multitude of different units participated in the exercise including a team from Mississippi.A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172d Airlift Wing and a team of Aerospace Medical Service Airmen assigned to the 183th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from the Mississippi Air National Guard at Thompson Field ANG Base, Mississippi, flew here for their first Federal Coordination Exercise at Nellis AFB. Approximately 60 simulated patients were given different levels of injuries ranging from minimal wounds to critical care needed. The 99th MDG and VA personnel were tested on how quickly and efficiently they could in-process, assess and get them to the hospital for their appropriate injury.Operation Foremost Endeavor is the first Federal Coordination Exercise here in eight years.veterans affairs 



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