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Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith, a medic with 176th Medical Group, transmits a nine-line medical evacuation request April 5, 2019, while participating in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

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Alaska Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Matthew Smith, a medic with 176th Medical Group, puts in an intravenous catheter April 5, 2019, on U.S. Army Spc. Eduardo Muñoz, a medic with 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne), while participating in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

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Alaska Air National Guardsmen of 176th Medical Group evacuate a simulated casualty April 5, 2019, while participating in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

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Alaska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Jason Collins, a physician assistant with 176th Medical Group, returns fire on simulated enemy forces April 5, 2019, while participating in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

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Alaska Air National Guard Lt. Col. Andrew Swartz, a doctor with 176th Medical Group, prepares for a tactical movement April 5, 2019, while participating in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by David Bedard/Released)

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176th Medical Group Guardsmen train Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Published April 15, 2019
By David Bedard
176th Wing Public Affairs

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska --

Alaska Air National Guardsmen with the 176th Medical Group participated in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training April 4, 2019, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.

The training is designed to keep service members critically wounded on the battlefield alive before they are medically evacuated.

The Guardsmen worked with simulated casualties while engaging opposing forces with paintball replicas of the M4 carbine. Trainers included other 176th MDG Airmen and Soldiers of the 725th Brigade Support Battalion (Airborne).

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