Role 2

Capt. Jonathan Haines, 557th Area Medical Support Company Commander, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, meets with Bundeswehr medical personnel during 30th Medical Brigade's MEDSHOCK‬ on McCully Barracks, More

Armenian soldiers work with the United State Army's 173rd Battalion Support Brigade to lift a notional casualty into medevac during Saber Junction 16 at the Hohenfels Training Center, in southeastern Germany. L More

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Expeditionary Medical Unit – Gulf construct a tent during operations to establish a forward surgical unit at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Oct. 1, 2016. This is the first naval More

NORFOLK (Jul. 27, 2017) Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Sean Miles briefs students on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course at the Center for Security Forces Learning More

NORFOLK (Jul. 27, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course tour a landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) at Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 headquarters. The course is designed to build a mobile un More

NORFOLK (Jul. 27, 2017) Students are given a briefing on a rigid-hull inflatable boat during the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course at the Center for Security Forces Learning Site, Little Creek Waterborn More

NORFOLK (Jul. 28, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course simulate carrying a patient to a safe location during a tactical combat casualty care evolution. The objective of the pilot cour More

NORFOLK (Jul. 28, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course simulate carrying a patient to a safe location during a tactical combat casualty care evolution. The objective of the pilot cour More

NORFOLK (Jul. 31, 2017) Instructors observe Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Magajna, a student from the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course, as he simulates inserting an external interosseous needle. The objective of t More

NORFOLK (Jul. 31, 2017) Students from the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course participate in a combat surgery exercise. The objective of the pilot course at Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) East, More

NORFOLK (Jul. 31, 2017) Instructors evaluate students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course during a combat surgery exercise. The objective of the pilot course, which is held at Surface Warfare Medic More

NORFOLK (Jul. 31, 2017) Lt. Cmdr. Patrick Magajna, a student of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course, participates in a focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) familiarization exercise. Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 01, 2017) Instructors watch as students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course participate in a combat surgery training exercise. The objective of the pilot course at Surface Warfare Med More

NORFOLK (Aug. 02, 2017) Instructors watch as students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course participate in a combat surgery training exercise. The objective of the pilot course at Surface Warfare Med More

NORFOLK (Aug. 02, 2017) Instructors watch as students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course participate in a combat surgery training exercise. The objective of the pilot course at Surface Warfare Med More

NORFOLK (Aug. 03, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course attend an underwater egress brief. The objective of the pilot course at Surface Warfare Medical Institute (SWMI) East, a More

NORFOLK (Aug. 04, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course attend a familiarization tour aboard the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24). The objective of the pilo More

NORFOLK (Aug. 04, 2017) Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Diaya Jenkins, a student of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course, participates in underwater egress training drills. The objective of the pilo More

NORFOLK (Aug. 04, 2017) Lt. Michelle Miller, a student of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course, crosses the quarterdeck following a familiarization tour aboard the amphibious transport dock ship More

NORFOLK (Aug. 04, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course approach the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) for a familiarization tour. The objective of the pilot course More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 07, 2017) Students of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course participate in a shipboard combat surgery training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84). Th More

NORFOLK (Aug. 09, 2017) Cmdr. Michael Johnston, a student of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver course, simulates treating a patient during a combat surgery training exercise using a mannequin. The objectiv More

NORFOLK (Aug. 10, 2017) An instructor, center left, looks on as U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael Johnston, a student of the Navy's first Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) course, uses a mannequin to simulate treating a patie More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2017) U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 3 and medical department personnel assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty e More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 22, 2017) U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team (FST) 3 and medical department personnel assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty e More

U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team - 3 (FST-3) and USS Essex (LHD 2) medical department personnel triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty evacuation drill between the Essex and the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) du More

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 27, 2017) General surgeon Cmdr. Michael Johnston and emergency medicine physician assistant Lt. Michelle Miller, assigned to Role 2 Light Maneuver (R2LM) Navy Adaptive Trauma Team (NATT) 1, More

U.S. Navy corpsmen carry a medical tent in preparation for the Role II capabilities display Nov. 26, 2018 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set up v More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jon-Michael Vangent provides constructive feedback on how the corpsmen could improve their techniques after a mass casualty drill at a Role II medical facility on Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of T More

U.S. Navy Hospitalman Mitchell Bromley simulates losing his hand during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 2019. Corpsmen with Bravo Company, 3rd Medica More

Lt. Cmdr. J. Michael Van Gent and Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Chi practice surgical procedures on simulated patients during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 20 More

Spc. Juan Saenz, an East Stroudsburg native and Pfc. Bradley Hoyt, a resident of Bangor, Pa., combat medic specialists assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylva More

Combat medic specialist Sgt. 1st Class Jason Unger, a resident of Hegins, Pa., works to alleviate the chest wound on a “trauma patient” played by his commander, Maj. Christopher Jones, a resident of Hatboro, Pa More

Cpt. Kyle Nielsen, an emergency medicine physician from the 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade, conducts Role 2 Prolonged Field Care training during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) at the Grafenwoehr Training More

U.S. service members assist a simulated patient at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, March 3, 2020. U.S. and German physicians demonstrated the process they use to most efficiently treat incoming More

BAHRAIN (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Navy CDR Rafal B. Banek, assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade performs enroute critical care on a simulated casual More

Soldiers from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment; 250th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team; and 466th Medical Company, Area Support, receive instructional t More

Spc. Mezghan Akbar, left, a medical laboratory specialist with the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, draws blood from Spc. Denise Gonzalez, a human resources specialist with the 42nd More

U.S. Army Capt. Valerie Valerie, left, Role 2 officer-in-charge from the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, administers a flu shot on the arm of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jason Dees, More

Staff Sgt. Norbeto Barreto, 557th Area Medical Support Company, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, ground guides a Humvee after dropping off tents to set up the Role I medical asset at the 30th Medical Br More

An Armenian military surgeon gets ready to perform notional medical procedures for a training exercise held during Saber Junction 16 at the Hohenfels Training Center, in southeastern Germany. Large-scaled exerc More

U.S. Navy Sailors, Expeditionary Medical Unit – Gulf, treat simulated patients during a mass casualty exercise at Qayyarah West Airfield, Iraq, Oct. 10, 2016. The base-wide drill simulated incidents at multiple More

U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team - 3 (FST-3) and USS Essex (LHD 2) medical department personnel triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty evacuation drill between the Essex and the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) du More

U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines from Alpha Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, move a tent while setting up a role two medical treatment facility during Exercise Dawn Blitz at Cam More

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Antonio Smith adjusts a medical tent Nov. 26, 2018 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set up various medical stations for More

U.S. Navy Lt. Tiffany Bradley simulates being a casualty during a mass casualty drill at a Role II medical facility on Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 13, 2019. Corpsmen and doctors with 3rd Medical Bat More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Nestor Hurtado tests the water purification in a water tank during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 2019. Corpsm More

Members of the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, rally to quickly gather the “wounded” during a mass casualty (MASCAL) scenario near the end of More

Spc. Jackson Chilcote, a dental specialist from Hustontown, Pa., and dental officer Col. Albert Sohen, a native of Bradford, Pa., assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group More

Cpt. Aileena Flynn, medical service officer, 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade, conducts Role 2 Prolonged Field Care training with Sky Soldiers during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) at the Grafenwoehr Traini More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kohan, right, a general surgeon, and U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Melissa Barrera, an emergency/trauma nurse, assist a simulated patient at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Marc More

BAHRAIN (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Navy CDR Rafal B. Banek (right) and U.S. Navy LCDR Christine M. Vass (left) assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade t More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Amanda Lawrence, left, a combat medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, prepares the equipment needed to practice conducting a cr More

U.S. Army Capt. Valerie Valerie, left, Role 2 officer-in-charge from the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, administers a flu shot on the arm of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. David Mayle, a mi More

Soldiers from the 557th Area Medical Support Company, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, unload the equipment needed to set up the Role I medical asset for the 30th Medical Brigade's MEDSHOCK‬ on McCully More

Armenian soldiers conduct medical training during Saber Junction 16 at the Hohenfels Training Center, in southeastern Germany with the support from the United State Army's 173rd Battalion Support Brigade. For t More

U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team - 3 (FST-3) and USS Essex (LHD 2) medical department personnel triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty evacuation drill between the Essex and the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) du More

U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joshua Minyard, an emergency room doctor with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, briefs Sailors and Marines from Alpha Surgical Company on the contents of role two medical contai More

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Damian Garcia lifts a medical tent Nov. 26, 2018 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan. Sailors with 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set up various medical stations for t More

U.S. Navy Corpsmen with 3rd Medical Battalion perpare to lift a simulated patient into a vehicle to be transported to a higher echeleon medical facility during a mass casualty drill at a Role II medical facilit More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Carolyn Lee Simulates a casualty during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 2019. Corpsmen with Bravo Company, 3rd More

Treatment Platoon Leader 2nd Lt. Kate Reed, an Allentown, Pa. native and Headquarters Platoon Sergeant Sgt. 1st Class Desirea Lipinski a resident of Jonestown, Pa., assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Co More

Combat medic specialist Spc. Bailey Wright, a Pen Argyl, Pa. native assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, holds a thick square of “s More

1st Sgt. Melissa Potter, Charlie Company, 173rd Brigade Support Battalion, 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade, briefs a medic from the Kosovo Forces about their Role 2 Prolonged Field Care training during Exercise More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Kohan, left, a general surgeon, and U.S. Army Spc. Steven Fernandez, a combat medic specialist, assist a simulated patient at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, March 3, More

BAHRAIN (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Navy CDR Rafal B. Banek (left) and U.S. Navy LCDR Christine M. Vass (right) assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade p More

U.S. Army Sgt. Darrell Whaley, an operating room specialist with the 250th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, prepares to make an incision on a simulated throat as he practices conducting a cricothyrotomy at More

U.S. Army Sgt. Chelsea Bulkowski, right, a combat medic from the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, reads the vaccine medical questionnaire before administering the flu shot to U.S. A More

Afghan locals wait for medical treatment from the Italian armed forces staff at Camp Arena, Dec. 11. The International Security Assistance Force medical facility at the camp treats civilians in an effort to pro More

Capt. Jonathan Haines, 557th Area Medical Support Company Commander, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, meets with Bundeswehr medical personnel during 30th Medical Brigade's MEDSHOCK‬ on McCully Barracks, More

Armenian soldiers conduct medical training during Saber Junction 16 at the Hohenfels Training Center, in southeastern Germany with the support from the United State Army's 173rd Battalion Support Brigade. For t More

U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team - 3 (FST-3) and USS Essex (LHD 2) medical department personnel conduct a hot wash discussion following a casualty evacuation drill between the Essex and the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) d More

U.S. Navy Sailors and Marines from Alpha Surgical Company, 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, treat and process simulated casualty victims prior to transport as part of a casualty evacuation dri More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Tamar Farmer records the patient's treatment during a mass casualty drill at a Role II medical facility on Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 13, 2019. Corpsmen and do More

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsmen carry a simulated casualty from the impact site to safety during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 2019. Corpsmen with Brav More

Soldiers assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard set up an OE-254/GRC antenna during their company’s field training exercise (FTX) at t More

Sgt. Heather Patterson, a Carlisle, Pa. native and Sgt. Alexander Chiappini, a resident of Nanty Glo, Pa., combat medic specialists assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Gro More

Medics from the 4th Battalion, 319th Airborne Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade, conduct Role 2 Prolonged Field Care training during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) at the Grafenwoeh More

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Katherine Kidde, right, a nurse anesthetist, reads the symptoms and pain status of a simulated patient at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, March 3, 2020. U.S. and German physi More

BAHRAIN (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Navy CDR Rafal B. Banek (left) and U.S. Navy LCDR Christine M. Vass (right) assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade p More

U.S. Army Sgt. Darrell Whaley, an operating room specialist with the 250th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, prepares to make an incision on a simulated throat as he practices conducting a cricothyrotomy at More

U.S. Army Capt. Valerie Valerie, left, Role 2 officer-in-charge from the 466th Medical Company, Area Support, New York National Guard, administers a flu shot on the arm of Spc. Camari Crockett, an information t More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Monica Nelson, International Security Assistance Force photo journalist, holds an Afghan child during a medical assistance mission at Camp Arena, Dec. 11. The ISAF medical faci More

Pfc. Stephen Hill, 557th Area Support Medical Company, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, happily passes a litter in a chain formation to help set up the NATO Role 1 at McCully Barracks, Germany, on Jan. More

Soldiers from the 173rd Brigade Support Battalion conduct medical operations with the Armenians. Saber Junction 16 will evaluate and certify the mission readiness of the 173rd Airborne to conduct land operation More

U.S. Navy Fleet Surgical Team - 3 (FST-3) and USS Essex (LHD 2) medical department personnel triage a simulated casualty as part of a casualty evacuation drill between the Essex and the USS Rushmore (LSD 47) du More

U.S. Navy Lt. Alexandre Nguyen briefs Sailors after a mass casualty drill at a Role II medical facility on Ban Chan Krem, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 13, 2019. Corpsmen and doctors with 3rd Medical Battalion hone More

A U.S. Navy hospital corpsman gives a simulated patient an IV during a joint surgical field training exercise in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan May 21, 2019. Corpsmen with Bravo Company, 3rd Medical B More

Combat medic specialist Spc. Gregory Mondragon, a Zionsville, Pa. native and Capt. Jonathan Beekman of New City, N.Y., assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylva More

Combat medic specialist Spc. Amanda Franks, a Birdsboro, Pa. native assigned to the 108th Area Support Medical Company, 213th Regional Support Group, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, checks fluids during a mas More

Medics from the 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade, conduct Role 2 Prolonged Field Care training during Exercise Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Sept. 13, 2019. SJ19 is an exe More

German physicians assist a simulated patient at Erbil Air Base in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, March 3, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Angel Ruszkiewicz)

BAHRAIN (Oct. 29, 2020) U.S. Navy CDR Rafal B. Banek (right) and U.S. Navy LCDR Christine M. Vass (left) assigned to Expeditionary Resuscitative Surgical System, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade p More

U.S. Army Sgt. Darrell Whaley, an operating room specialist with the 250th Forward Resuscitative Surgical Team, prepares to make an incision on a simulated throat as he practices conducting a cricothyrotomy at More

Soldiers from the 557th Area Medical Support Company, 421st Multifunctional Medical Battalion, unload the equipment needed to set up the Role I medical asset for the 30th Medical Brigade's MEDSHOCK exercise‬ on More