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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      167AW, ERPS, CCATT, 130AW, Sentry Storm 19190720-Z-LQ742-0026
                        
                        
                        Airmen assigned to the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., secure a simulated patient during a casualty evacuation training for exercise Sentry Storm 19 at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, July 20, 2019. Exercise Sentry Storm is a joint exercise that offers military units real world training while providing domestic rapid response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)
                
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                        Members of the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., transfer a simulated patient to a gurney during a casualty evacuation training for exercise Sentry Storm 19 at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, July 20, 2019. Exercise Sentry Storm brings military assets from around the country to train in West Virginia in areas such as conducting joint aircrew and mobility operations, aeromedical evacuation, personnel recovery and support services readiness training for domestic operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)
                
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                        Members of the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., transport a simulated patient to a holding area during a casualty evacuation training for exercise Sentry Storm 19 at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, July 20, 2019. Exercise Sentry Storm is a West Virginia National Guard-led joint exercise involving 15 separate military and civilian organizations. The exercise is designed to provide military units real world readiness training while providing domestic response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)
                
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                        Members of the 167th Medical Group, Martinsburg, W.Va., transport a simulated patient to a C-130H assigned to the 130th Airlift Wing, McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va., during a casualty evacuation training for exercise Sentry Storm 19 at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, July 20, 2019. Exercise Sentry Storm is a West Virginia National Guard-led joint exercise involving 15 separate military and civilian organizations. The exercise is designed to provide military units real-world readiness training while providing domestic response capabilities to support the World Scout Jamboree. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley)
                
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W.Va. ANG medical personnel conduct joint training during exercise Sentry Storm 19Published July 23, 2019
                    
                    By Master Sgt. De-Juan Haley
                    
                    
                    West Virginia National Guard
            **BECKLEY, W.Va. (AFNS) --**Members of the West Virginia Air National Guard participated in a casualty evacuation exercise during exercise Sentry Storm 19 at the Raleigh County Memorial Airport, July 20.
Exercise Sentry Storm brings military assets from around the country to train in West Virginia in areas such as conducting joint aircrew and mobility operations, aeromedical evacuation, personnel recovery and support services readiness training for domestic operations. Additionally, Sentry Storm overlaps with the World Scout Jamboree, held July 22 through Aug. 2, and offers airlift and medical support to the jamboree should an emergency arise.
Members of the 167th Medical Group and the 130th Airlift Wing’s 167th Aeromedical Squadron practiced the proper procedures to transport a patient to a C-130H Hercules. This involved coordinating with West Virginia Army National Guard and local civilian medical partners.
Capt. Keith Michael, 167th MDG en-route patient staging system team chief and officer in charge, led a group of about 14 members in the training. ERPS can stage patients in the field prior to going on an aircraft for an evacuation mission, in addition to providing the manpower to load patients into the aircraft.
For some members, this training has proven invaluable, as there are many members that are new to the unit.
“We have four members that have never done this type of training before, and a few of them have never flown on a C-130,” Michael said. “So getting their first interaction with AES and how operations are done is a great training experience.”
In addition to working with the ERPS team, AES was able to network and train with the critical care air transport team from the 167th Airlift Wing. A CCATT is used when the military transports critical patients by air. They augment the aeromedical evacuation team by offering a critical care physician, critical care nurse and a respiratory therapist. The Air Force is the only branch to have a CCATT, and the 167th AW recently stood up a CCATT team at the unit.
For Staff Sgt. Loy Nelson, 167th AES aeromedical evacuation technician, it was his first time working with a CCATT team.
“Learning their capabilities and how our two worlds can mesh together to create a higher level of care in the air is an amazing thing,” Nelson said. “With the CCATT being able to take higher acuity patients, that means less time people have to spend downrange trying to stabilize out. We can get them home quicker to facilities that can provide better care.”
Michael noted that the ability to work with state agencies is a great experience for all participants.
“It's great because we get to exercise all the resources available in the state,” Michael said. “This allows us to show our civilian partners the assets that we have and what we can bring to the table in times of emergencies.”CASEVAC 



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