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Exercise Viper Walk showcases bilateral medical interchangeability

Medical team members from No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron participate in Medical team members from No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron and the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) participate in scenarios in their Role 2 forward medical treatment facility as part of Exercise Viper Walk 2024. *** Local Caption *** Army�s 2nd Health Battalion recently conducted Exercise Viper Walk, an opportunity to rehearse the land-based trauma system (LBTS) and the largest collective training exercise run within 2nd Health Brigade in 2024. The exercise included Australian Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force health personnel. The exercise consisted of learning activity and training scenarios designed to develop and demonstrate the readiness of 2nd Health Battalion to operate through the LBTS - providing patient treatment and evacuation from the point of injury through to the Role 2 Enhanced facility and preparation for strategic evacuation.

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Exercise Viper Walk showcases bilateral medical interchangeability

Medical team members from No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron and the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) participate in scenarios in their Role 2 forward medical treatment facility as part of Exercise Viper Walk 2024. *** Local Caption *** Army�s 2nd Health Battalion recently conducted Exercise Viper Walk, an opportunity to rehearse the land-based trauma system (LBTS) and the largest collective training exercise run within 2nd Health Brigade in 2024. The exercise included Australian Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force health personnel. The exercise consisted of learning activity and training scenarios designed to develop and demonstrate the readiness of 2nd Health Battalion to operate through the LBTS - providing patient treatment and evacuation from the point of injury through to the Role 2 Enhanced facility and preparation for strategic evacuation.

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Exercise Viper Walk showcases bilateral medical interchangeability

Medical team members from No 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron in front of the Role 2 forward medical treatment facility as part of Exercise Viper Walk 2024. *** Local Caption *** Army�s 2nd Health Battalion recently conducted Exercise Viper Walk, an opportunity to rehearse the land-based trauma system (LBTS) and the largest collective training exercise run within 2nd Health Brigade in 2024. The exercise included Australian Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force health personnel. The exercise consisted of learning activity and training scenarios designed to develop and demonstrate the readiness of 2nd Health Battalion to operate through the LBTS - providing patient treatment and evacuation from the point of injury through to the Role 2 Enhanced facility and preparation for strategic evacuation.

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Exercise Viper Walk showcases bilateral medical interchangeability

Squadron Leader Peter Yuide (left) from The Royal Australian Air Force surgical team performs thoracotomy surgery with Major Evan Dannhardt from the United States Air Force on a mannequin which is simulating a patient with a bullet wound during Exercise Viper Walk 2024. *** Local Caption *** Army�s 2nd Health Battalion recently conducted Exercise Viper Walk, an opportunity to rehearse the land-based trauma system (LBTS) and the largest collective training exercise run within 2nd Health Brigade in 2024. The exercise included Australian Air Force and New Zealand Defence Force health personnel. The exercise consisted of learning activity and training scenarios designed to develop and demonstrate the readiness of 2nd Health Battalion to operate through the LBTS - providing patient treatment and evacuation from the point of injury through to the Role 2 Enhanced facility and preparation for strategic evacuation.

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PACAF Airmen use ACE medicine to successfully treat civilian medical in-flight emergencies

Lt. Col. Ross Graham, deputy chief, Medical Readiness Division, PACAF Surgeon General, left, smiles alongside Maj. Michael Yim, PACAF SG international health specialist, on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, April 17, 2023. Both members recently responded to in-flight medical emergencies to help save the lives of civilian passengers until their flights landed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nick Wilson)

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U.S., Timor-Leste partnership strengthened through PAC ANGEL 22-4

U.S. Air Force physical therapy personnel and members of the Timor-Leste Defense Force teach a patient how to use a cane during the health services outreach event as part of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 12, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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U.S., Timor-Leste partnership strengthened through PAC ANGEL 22-4

U.S. Air Force Maj. Inara Xie, left, Pacific Angel 22-4 lead medical planner, speaks with members of the Timor-Leste Defense Force in support of Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 11, 2022. The operation is scheduled for Sept.12-17 and will focus on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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U.S., Timor-Leste partnership strengthened through PAC ANGEL 22-4

Patients stand in line for the health services outreach event during Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sept. 16, 2022. The operation, scheduled Sept. 12-17, focuses on capacity building through health services outreach, engineering civic action program construction projects and subject matter expert exchanges. Pacific Air Forces participate in PAC ANGEL operations in order to advance interoperability and build upon established partnerships between our military forces and our allies and partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar)

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Pacific Air Forces delivers COVID-19 mitigation supplies to assist Timor-Leste

U.S. Air Force Airmen in the Indo-Pacific partnered with the U.S. Embassy Timor-Leste to deliver medical supplies to assist with the mitigation of Covid-19. A large part of the support in prepping and delivering 109 boxes of supplies was performed by Airmen assigned to the 374th Airlift Wing out of Yokota Air Base, Japan. Pacific Air Forces’ units and their Airmen have worked for more than seven decades with other countries in the region to maintain a safe, free and open Indo-Pacific. (Courtesy Photo)

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PACAF Surgeon General, Vietnamese Military Medical University conduct virtual knowledge exchange

U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Foutch, left, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) deputy command surgeon, and members of the PACAF Surgeon General’s Office attend a virtual knowledge exchange with the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU), May 5, 2021. The engagement allowed medical experts from the USAF and the VMMU to share ideas and discuss training and education opportunities between the two parties. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike)

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U.S. Air Force Capt. Cole Holloway a pilot from the 67th Fighter Squadron, and his wife, Meghan Holloway, stand in front of an F-15C Eagle Dec. 14, 2018, on Kadena Air Base, Japan. Cole was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as ALS in October of 2018. The couple has come to terms with Cole’s diagnosis and plans on accomplishing their life goals in a span of two years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Micaiah Anthony)

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PAC ANGEL 18-4 kicked off health services outreach in Sri Lanka

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Rodney Martin, 1st Dental Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., extracts a tooth during the first day of the Pacific Angel (PAC ANGEL) 18-4 health services outreach event in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Aug. 13, 2018. The health services outreach includes general medical, dental, physical therapy, optometry and pharmaceutical services for the people of Sri Lanka. PAC ANGEL 18-4 fosters partnerships through mutually beneficial activities such as host nation visits and bilateral engagements that provide health services outreach programs. Through exchanges such as this one, the U.S. works with partner countries to build capacity and partnerships throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Heather Redman)

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Pacific Angel 18-3 is underway in Vanuatu

U.S. Air Force Capt. Eric Noll, an optometrist with the 354th Medical Group, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, checks a patient’s eyesight at Tata Primary and Secondary School during Pacific Angel 18-3 in Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, July 16, 2018. The optometry team handed out 228 pairs of eye glasses and 534 pairs of sunglasses during the first two days of the clinic. Now entering its eleventh year Operation PAC ANGEL ensures that the region’s militaries are prepared to work together to address humanitarian crises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kelsey Tucker)

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Pacific Angel 18-3 is underway in Vanuatu

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kristen Hill, medical technician with the 152nd Medical Group, Nevada Air National Guard, checks a patient’s vitals at Tata Primary and Secondary School during Pacific Angel 18-3 in Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, July 16, 2018. U.S. military and partner nation pediatricians saw approximately 200 children at the clinic during the first two days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kelsey Tucker)

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Pacific Angel 18-3 is underway in Vanuatu

(left) U.S. Navy Lt. Denise Chiu, dentist, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Allan Callanta, dental technician, with the 1st Dental Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif., extract a patient’s tooth at Tata Primary and Secondary School during Pacific Angel 18-3 in Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, July 16, 2018. The dental team worked together to pull almost 180 teeth during the first two days of the clinic. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kelsey Tucker)

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Get in close, we love hugs!

U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Stewart, a pediatrician with the 673rd Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, cuddles close with Fijian students while taking a selfie together during a sports day community engagement activity at the Lautoka School for Special Education in Lautoka, Fiji, July 14, 2017. Stewart is part of this year’s Pacific Angel where he and more than 50 U.S. service members will join multilateral international participants from across the Indo-Asia-Pacific working together to assist the local community and improve capabilities among each other as one team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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Get in close, we love hugs!

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Benjamin Haase, a physical therapy assistant with the 673rd Medical Operations Squadron at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, takes a selfie with a Fijian boy during a sports day community engagement activity at the Lautoka School for Special Education in Lautoka, Fiji, July 14, 2017. The event afforded U.S. service members participating in Pacific Angel 2017 an opportunity to play with nearly 50 students in various field day-esque games designed to bring the two nations closer as allies and friends. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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Republic of Fiji Military Forces Sgt. Natoga Anitelu, left, a medical services technician, discusses the best ways to clear an infant’s airway with U.S. Air Force Capt. Paola Rosa, center, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Stewart, right, during a subject-matter expert exchange (SMEE) at a health care center in Ba, Fiji, July 11, 2017. These SMEE events afforded multilateral international participants and non-governmental organizations opportunities to share knowledge and improve each other’s skillsets. The events kicked-off Pacific Angel 2017 in Fiji, which lasts until July 24, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Samantha Morrison)

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Two Fijian boys race against time during an obstacle course competition where they paired up with a U.S. service member on each team and fought the clock to get the whole team through the course before time ran out during a sports day community engagement activity at the Lautoka School for Special Education in Lautoka, Fiji, July 14, 2017. The service members are in Lautoka as part of Pacific Angel 2017 where they’re working with the Fijian government to provide humanitarian assistance and subject matter expert exchanges July 11 to 24. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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U.S. Air Force Maj. Scott Stewart, a pediatrician with the 673rd Medical Group at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, shares techniques he uses to assist sick children during a subject matter exchange in Ba, Fiji, July 13, 2017. Stewart, along with two other U.S. Air Force health professionals spent two days in Ba working with and exchanging on the job knowledge each country can take back and use for the betterment of both societies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Benjamin W. Stratton)

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