A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew medevacs a mariner from the freight ship Rhine in the Gulf of Mexico, July 20, 2013. The man was transported to awaiting emergency medical More
Army of the Republic of Macedonia soldiers assist U.S. Task Force Medical Soldiers offload a simulated patient during a test flight of the new medical evacuation agreement between Kosovo forces and Republic of More
Soldiers with the 901st Minimal Care Detachment out of Fairmont, W.Va., work with Navy corpsmen and airmen to remove patients from a UH-60 Black Hawk during joint training operation on Forward Operating Base Yo More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 201st Brigade Support Battalion, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, load a casualty onto a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a simulated medical evacuation training at Forward Oper More
U.S. Army soldiers train in rescue hoist operations near the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal in New Castle County, Del., Aug. 4, 2013. The servicemen are with Company F, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (Ai More
Personnel from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, Ore., transfer two injured men to personnel from the Warrenton, Ore., Fire Departmentat Air Station Astoria, after conducting a medevac from a commercial vessel i More
A U.S. Army UH-72 Lakota helicopter lands during a joint operational access exercise at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La., Aug. 9, 2013. Soldiers with the U.S. Army Air Ambulance Detachment, More
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Maneuver Enhancement Brigade; the 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Indiana Army National Guard; and the 1st Battalion 214th Aviation Regiment, prepare to move simulated More
The Coast Guard medically evacuates a 60-year-old man experiencing symptoms of decompression sickness after a dive near the southwest side of Molokai, Aug. 29, 2013. The man was hoisted into an MH-65 Dolphin he More
"Marines and sailors prepare a mock casualty for transport during medical evacuation training Aug. 31 at the Ojojihara Maneuver Area. The training was in preparation for the live-fire artillery scheduled to tak More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew R. Wilson, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Houston, helps bring a possible stroke victim into the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013 More
Sgt. David Calderon, a crew chief and aviation mechanic in the California Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, paints fluorescent pink CAL FIRE More
Spc. Matthew Hammond, an aviation mechanic in the California Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Company F, 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, performs flight-line maintenance on an UH-60 More
A crew chief runs out of the UH-60 BlackHawk medevac chopper to meet Marines carrying a patient out to the helicopter at patrol base Tobak, Sept 8. The helicopters ability to quickly travel is why it is a vital More
Soldiers from Charlie Company, 2-238th MEDEVAC both their heads during the chaplain's invocation at the beginning of a transfer of authority ceremony held at Camp Buehring in Kuwait. Soldiers are from both the More
Two U.S. Army HH-60M Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters, crewed by Soldiers of Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion (General Support), 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, taxi to the patient drop More
U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Milbury (center), of Sandwich, N.H., a crew chief, and Sgt. Aaron DeAnglis (right), of Concord, N.H., a standardization instructor, both with the Medevac Platoon “Dustoff,” Company C, 3rd More
U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Milbury, left, a crew chief, and Sgt. Aaron DeAnglis, right, a standardization instructor, both with the Medevac Platoon Dustoff, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, T More
U.S. Army Spc. Trevor Milbury, center, a crew chief, and Sgt. Aaron DeAnglis, right, a standardization instructor, both with the Medevac Platoon Dustoff, Charlie Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, More
A Coast Guard Air Station MH-65 helicopter aircrew on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico prepares to medevac a man 60 miles south of Terrebonne Bay, Sept. 18, 2013. The man was then taken to West Jefferson More
Staff Sgt. Jose Pantoja, medic, hoists an evacuee to safety as part of Colorado flood evacuation operations. Army Medicine MEDEVAC crews from 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment (2-4 GSAB) stationed out of For More
A soldier with 2-244th Airfield Operations Battalion, Louisiana National Guard, gives a thumbs-up following his ascent on a jungle penetrator to a UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter assigned to Task More
From left, U.S. Army Maj. Lance Kunz, D.O., 10th Combat Aviation Brigade flight surgeon, assesses U.S. Army Sgt. Clayton Cantrell and U.S Army Spc. Jordan Filler, flight medics assigned to C Company DUSTOFF, 3r More
Army and Navy first responders exercise a mass casualty component of Exercise Capital Shield 2014 at Davison Army Airfield Oct. 1 by providing initial treatment to a simulated patient before moving her to a wai More
A man is loaded into an ambulance at Naval Joint Reserve Base Belle Chasse after being medevaced by the Coast Guard, Oct. 12, 2013. The man was reportedly suffering from cardiac problems and was airlifted from More
Medical personnel with Regional Command (Southwest) and the Afghan National Army 215th Corps screen patients for transfer in the medical clinic at Camp Shorabak, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2013. Si More
A Coast Guard air crew, from Air Station Detroit, involved with a medevac of a 57-year-old man transfers the patient to paramedics at the Windsor, Ontario Airport. Oct. 27, 2013. The aircrew assisted Joint Resc More
Staff Sgt. Sampson Inman of C Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion conducts hoist training off of U.S. Army Vessel SP/4 James A. Loux (LSV-6) in the Arabian Gulf. The specialized tr More
San Diego emergency services personnel meet a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew at Coast Guard Sector San Diego to transport a man who may have suffered a possible stroke while aboard a tanker to a loca More
An HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter from Charlie Company DUSTOFF, 3rd Battalion (General Support), Task Force Knighthawk, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, banks as it makes its approach at Forward Operating Base Fenty More
The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter prepares to transfer an injured 56-year-old Filipino man to a Kodiak City Fire ambulance crew for further transport to meet a commercial medevac service plane More
U.S. Army Cpl. Scott Walters and U.S. Army Spc. Andrew Ferrazzoli, medics with the U.S. coy, load a simulated casualty into an ambulance during the Camp Novo Selo Force Protection and mass casualty exercise Nov More
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter lands at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, Dec. 6, 2013, after medically evacuating a woman experiencing internal bleeding while aboard a cruise ship nearly 600 miles south of More
U.S. Army Sgt. Tristen Starr, a medic with the Forward Command Post and a native of Columbus, Ga., inserts an intravenous catheter into the vein of a Moroccan soldier during the four-day first responder course More
Spc. Jacob Grubbs, an AH-64 Apache helicopter Armament/Electrical/Avionics System repairer assigned to B Company, 277th Aviation Support Battalion, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, Task Force Phoenix, secures equi More
A UH-60 Medevac Black Hawk operated by C Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Air Ambulance, now under the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade, lands on the USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49), U.S. Navy, during a deck landing quali More
Spc. Christopher Jayne, a flight medic with Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, performs CPR on a critically injured Afghan Army soldier during an unpartnered medical evacu More
Medevac does not stop for snow as Spc. Jimmy Rop, top, and Spc. James Verlander, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chiefs with Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepare to More
An aircrew from U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego transfers an injured woman to emergency medical personnel after medically evacuating her from a cruise approximately 150 miles west of San Diego, Jan. 23, 2014. More
A Black Hawk medevac helicopter from the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion at U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, Republic of Korea, lands during a medevac and dust-off scenario as part of Operational Readiness More
Tech. Sgt. Danielle Lantz, 51st Aerospace Medicine Squadron independent duty medical technician, ventilates a mock casualty using a bag valve mask during a medevac and dust-off scenario as part of Operational R More
An anxious crowd, and a poster referencing the viral pop hit “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepsen, await the arrival of California Army National Guard Sgt. Cody Weaver and other members of Charlie Company, 1-168 More
Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay pass an injured man to Menominee, Wis., Fire and Rescue members completing a medical evacuation of an injured passenger aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq, Feb. More
Georgia Army National Guard’s Detachment 1, Charlie 1-111th General Support Aviation Battalion trains to provide aero-medical Evacuation support throughout the week under day, night and night vision conditions More
A Coast Guard rescue air crew from Air Station Traverse City, Mich., transfers a woman from a MH-65C Dolphin helicopter to crew of emergency medical services at the air station, after medically evacuating the w More
Three crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Houston pose for a photo at the Scholes International Airport in Galveston, March 1, 2014, after completing a medevac case. The crew rescued a man from a survey v More
U.S. Army soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment, pose with Hungarian and Portuguese Army medics after completing combined medevac and rescue hoist procedures, March More
A Coast Guard boat crew from Station Mayport in Atlantic Beach, Fla., medically evacuated an injured Carnival Fascination cruise ship passenger near Atlantic Beach Saturday, March 22, 2014. The 56-year-old man More
Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, and the 2-3 General Support Aviation Battalion, 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade, Fort Stewart, Ga. - both part of the 3rd Infant More
Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Grantham, an aviation maintenance technician at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., prepares for an interview with local media, Wednesday, April 4, 2014, at the station More
Spc. Katie Lane (right), a military dog handler with the 100th Military Working Dog Detachment, waits with her dog, Beny, as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter comes in to hover at Camp Bondsteel, April 2. To Lane’s More
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., is shown aboard the HMCS Halifax, a Royal Canadian Navy frigate, in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 30 miles east of Wachapreague, More
Sgt. Lisa A. Rodriguez, a flight medic with Company C, 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, trains Pfc. Jeremy K. Williams, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter r More
U.S. Air Force Maj. John Kitsteiner, 65th Medical Operation Squadron physician, prepares to administer medical care to a patient during a medical evacuation mission here, April 11, 2014, Lajes Field, Azores. A More
Two Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews prepare to conduct multiple medevacs from the 587-foot cargo vessel Copacabana approximately 200 miles south of Kodiak, Alaska, April 21, 2014. An Air Stati More
Coast Guard aircrews, Coast Guard Fire and Rescue personnel, Kodiak Fire Department and LifeMed Alaska personnel transfer one of three injured men from a Coast Guard helicopter to a gurney and ultimately a Life More
Coast Guard aircrews at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, prepare two MH-60 Jayhawk helicopters to take off to conduct a medevac of three injured crewmen from the 587-foot cargo vessel Copacabana around 200 miles sou More
Two runners are splashed with color as they cross the 1-kilometer lap mark for the Dustoff “Splash Dash” 5k aboard Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, April 19, 2014. The medical evacuation squadron known as the “Dustof More
Zorismaely Ortiz (left) watches as Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, demonstrate the proper way to ap More
First Sgt. Brian McKay, from Somersworth, N.H., of C Company, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment (MEDEVAC), of the New Hampshire National Guard, shares a laugh with Sen. Kelly Ayotte during a Freedom Salute More
Sgt. Chris Bignami, a flight paramedic for Company F, 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment, split based between Johnstown, Pa., and Fort Knox, Ky., watches as his HH-60M Medevac helicopter starts up on May 6, More
Soldiers from Maine Army National Guard’s Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment fly the Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer, a mobile aviation simulator system for their annual training. B More
Medevac crews from the 28th Combat Aviation Brigade conduct hoist training at Muir Army Airfield located at Fort Indiantown Gap, May 9, 2014. This training helps crews maintain proficiency to respond to emergen More
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans stops to refuel at a rig May 10, 2014. The helicopter crew was performing the medevac of a 36-year-old male who was reported to be suffe More
Army Staff Sgt. Cody L. Schmidt, project manager for clinic construction site in Vincente Noble, Dominican Republic, briefs soldiers of the 358th Engineer Company out of New Cumberland, Pa., about their role as More
Members of Coast Guard Station Sandy Hook's rescue boatcrew assist members of the cruise ship Celebrity Summit with placing an ill passenger into a strecher, before she is transfered to the units 47-foot motor More
Members of the 1-169th Det. 1, Company C. Aviation Regiment (Medevac) prepare to conduct hoist extraction training at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ben More
Soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 159th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (ARB), 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), conduct aviation life support equipment training in preparation for a personnel recovery exercise la More
A Jordanian Armed Forces SA-330 Super Puma helicopter returns to a training area after completing a medical evacuation rehearsal in support of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit during Exercise Eager Lion 2014 More
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala, adjutant general of the Delaware National Guard, speaks to Soldiers with the 1st Battalion of the 126th Aviation Regiment during the unit’s deployment ceremony at the Army Avia More
Virginia Army National Guard aviators provide aviation support during a National Disaster Medical System Full Scale Exercise held June 7, 2014, at the Chesterfield County Airport. The exercise included approxim More
Multinational Battle Group-East (MNBG-E) Soldiers load simulated patients onto a MEDEVAC helicopter during force protection training on Camp Bondsteel, June 17. The events tested troops on their ability to reac More
Chief Warrant Ray Smith, a UH-60 Black Hawk pilot with Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Air Ambulance, 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), prepares his aircraft for take-off before a personnel recovery exercise More
Soldiers of the 42nd Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB) work with Army watercraft operators during a personnel recovery exercise with the 42nd CAB's Company C, 1st Battalion, 214th Air Ambulance, iJune 26, 2014, in More
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Matthew Reines and Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Vaughn carry an ailing man from a skiff during a medevac 27 miles northwest of Sitka, Alaska, June 26, 2014. The man was transpor More
Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Gerent, Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Paliotti, Lt. Amanda Harris and Lt. A.D. Wallace stand in front of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City, New Jersey, after More
An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., transfers a man to local emergency medical services personnel, at the air station, July 15, 2014. The aircrew medevaced the man from a fish More
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew lands at Sector after medically evacuating an ailing fisherman from a vessel approximately 30 miles south of San Diego, July 15, 2014. The crew of th More
Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and Kodiak Fire Department personnel carry an injured mariner from an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter to a waiting ambulance in Kodiak, Alaska, July 19, 2014. A Coast Guard aircrew medev More
Atlantic Beach, N.C., Fire Dept. EMT (left) and Coast Guard Station Fort Macon crewmembers aboard a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat (MLB) provide medical assistance for a woman suffering from seasickness south of Atlant More
Coast Guard and Navy crewmembers assist a 37-year-old man from a Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot Response Boat after mooring at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, July 21, 2014. The man was medically evacuated More
U.S. Army Spc. Robert Moher, 159th Combat Aviation Brigade crew chief, stands by to deliver blood in Afghanistan, July 2014. Moher, a Harlem, N.Y. native, is deployed from Fort Campbell, Ky. Joint Theater Traum More
A woman is loaded aboard a life flight helicopter after a Coast Guard Station Port O'Connor, Texas, boatcrew medevaced the 49-year-old woman and brought her back to the station Tuesday, July 22, 2014. The boat More
U.S. Army 159th Combat Aviation Brigade members deliver blood in Afghanistan, July 2014. Blood up to 42 days old may be transfused. However, fresher blood results in better outcomes, so Joint Theater Trauma Sys More
Spc. Kristopher Stovall, a flight medic from the 2nd Battalion, 4th Aviation Regiment, General Support Aviation Battalion, and native of Weatherford, Texas, looks out a window of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter d More
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City medevaces a 4-year-old boy and his mother Monday, July 28, 2014 from a cruise ship approximately 100 miles southeast of Atlantic City, More
A Coast Guard rescue boat crew medevaced a 55-year-old fisherman suffering from a diabetic symptoms, 8 miles offshore of Port Aransas July 28, 2014. The 45-foot response boat crew from Coast Guard Station Port More
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jason Hughes a pararescueman also known as PJ (para-jumper) assigned to the (Pararescue/Guardian Angels) from Davis-Monthan AFB provides medical treatment to a patient during simul More
Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Vilardi, an aviation survival technician, assists in carrying an injured woman by litter out of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter at the Kodiak, Alaska municipal airport, Aug. 1, 2014. I More
The crew of an Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter work together to carry an injured woman to emergency medical personnel at the Kodiak Municipal Airport in Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 1, 2014. Kodiak Police D More
Medics of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Battalion, stake down a landing zone marker during medical evacuation training at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 3. The Soldiers practiced More
A Lakota helicopter from D Company, 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, out of Grand Island, Neb., approaches for landing at Crisis City, Salina, Kan., during Vigilant Guard 20 More
U.S. Army Capt. Jonathan Glasscock (right) demonstrates the “move ahead” hand and arm signal during a casualty evacuation class at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., Aug. 8, 2014. Glasscock is an OCS platoon trainer More
Soldiers from Detachment 1 F Company, 1/126th Aviation, a medical evacuation unit now with the 34th Combat Aviation Brigade, conduct a personnel recovery exercise Aug. 10, 2014, on the Arabian Gulf. The detachm More
Crew members from Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City, Mich., transfer an injured woman to emergency medical services in Houghton, Mich., Aug. 11, 2014. The crew airlifted the woman from Isle Royale National More
Army Reserve military police Soldiers provide security during an urban training event at Camp Blanding, Florida, located near Jacksonville. The Soldiers are assigned to the 724th Military Police Battalion, base More
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Oyedeji Oyesina with the 128th Signal Company, 39th Signal Battalion, carries Sgt. Jacob Marble, also with 128th, as the unit practices medical procedures during commander's prime time trainin More
A man suffering from a head injury walks toward an ambulance after being medevaced from a South Korean icebreaker by a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew to Barrow, Alaska, Aug. 20, 2014. The Jayhawk cre More
Eight flight medics from 2/3 Avn. Regt., 3rd CAB, stand with their department lead and primary instructor after completing a six-month paramedic course in Savannah, Aug. 28, adding to the Army’s commitment to i More
Coast Guard personnel from Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, transfer a 36-year-old man to emergency medical flight services after he was injured in a motorcycle accident in Chignik Lagoon Sept. 17, 2014. Commercial More