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U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Courtney Kalb, 624th Aerospace Medicine Flight, Clinical Nurse gives instructions on how members should load simulated patients onto stantions on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sep. 06, 2024.

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Courtney Kalb, 624th Aerospace Medicine Flight, Clinical Nurse gives instructions on how members should load simulated patients onto stantions on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Sep. 06, 2024. The training provided 36th MDG Airmen with hands-on training of airlift and aeromedical evacuation tactics. (Airman 1st Class Manasseh Demissie, U.S. Air Force)

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- On Sept. 6, 2024, the local 36th Medical Group teamed up with the 437th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, to conduct hands-on training of airlift and aeromedical evacuation tactics with multiple groups of 36 MDG personnel. This training allows Andersen Airmen to support missions requiring rapid global mobility by being prepared to respond to humanitarian or wartime requests assisting with preserving and safeguarding lives.

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